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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  During a pset party last night, one of my hallmates called her own ... degrees, in every career field, with the obvious exception of the five or ... that impacts millions of strangers. A biologist can publish a paper that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  Howdy folks. It's freebie time - for the 99.9% of you readers who don ... , "Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We each ... OOOoo! 20.320 Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems The boring

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  redundant, apparently). When school starts back up it's like a whirlwind of ... ring circus, except instead of elephants,it's nerds; acrobats, calculus; and confusingly just as much juggling. But one of my favorite parts of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for ... to start looking for opportunities outside of the lab. It was terrifying. For almost five years of my life I had been set on this one path

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  Alright, a quick peak out of blogger retirement today to share some Lobby 7 hacker awesomeness. 1) If you haven't heard of hacking, go here ... one of your eyes, creating a 3D image. The 3D is cool, but irrelevant

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... decision you’ve made/ You’ve put a stamp of approval on every part of the ... came out, some of you were happy and would have found the above message

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  I’ve never really understood the appeal of beach vacations. I spend a day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation ... least three things during IAP: 1.) Lots and lots of running. Indoor track

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  front of you. And, of course, as you leave the security checkpoint, your ... number of friends from home, MIT comrades, and MIT alums were heading down ... of unwise out-of-towners who didn’t have SmarTrip cards or otherwise

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of ... down time - and it's a lot simpler than trying to approach the speed of ... , then called the office and was driven the rest of the way by a kind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  , casually tossed a disc around, then lined up at our respective ends of the ... would inspire me to new heights of athleticism (although given his recent ... member of the other team, who had come running over to make the block. Foot

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  Last week, the blogging committee - comprised, as always, of the ... . With an acceptance rate of just under 9.7%, it's actually more difficult ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had come! You all have met Alina, one of our newest bloggers. Well, I first

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  . Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... Achilles heel. It’s not for want of trying. I bake a lot; last summer I kept

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  night of live music, dancing, and some pretty funky Haitian food, and ... didn't eat all that much, I feel so full of everything that's happened ... point to get back before dark, since some of our professors were concerned

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the "yield

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I recently bought a pair of rollerblades for $8 from the Garment ... of clothes in a pile being sold at a dollar fifty a pound - and I think I probably haven't looked this uncool since my fouth-grade days of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  Tomorrow marks the return of classes, p-sets, papers, reading assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... I actually liked reading the textbook. We'd watch a whole bunch of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  between. My trip was a lot of fun! I saw the Pacific Ocean…… ….got lost ... in the right direction….. ……eventually found the Hollywood Walk of Fame and saw the stars of some of my favorite actors….. He graduated

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  wasn't a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind. The same thing will happen with Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, or pretty much any other science fiction or fantasy movie or series of movies

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  the sheer lunacy of the idea). The Admissions office is chock full of brilliant people, some of whom you know from the blogs and others you don ... Admissions we don't lie about MIT. That kind of Zen-like simplicity is on par

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009