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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  When I tell people that I'm majoring in Biology, they typically ... -dimensional puzzle; and in our post-genomic age, it has become an INFORMATION SCIENCE ... junior fall (now). In the summer, for Elizabeth C. 13's Science Out Loud

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  papers. My first few weeks at Cambridge flew by. Participating in meets ... competiting in four styles of dance, Waltz, Quickstep, Cha Cha, and Jive. With ... . Team 79 posing after the team matches in Nottingham. Dancing some

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  -night "insomnia cookies" to breakfast bagels with half-and-half milk. Toss in a hallway lined with air mattresses for catnappers, and throw in a bunch of ... defined by Wikipedia: "the act of engaging in activities (such as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  last checked in, I was just settling into my new life in Cambridge, MA ... : Tortillas. These round slices of heaven are revered in Mexican cuisine; for ... out the flavors in tacos al pastor or enchiladas, while flour tortillas

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  Spending a lot of time in the Unified Lounge (Unified is a course 16 class ... ;:) In any case, I must return to my summer before winter rolls around ... physics and decision making involved? I could definitely say that in many

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  of time in my room working on psets and studying for all my classes :P ... bridges. In this class, we look at structures in equilibrium and learn how ... because I've been able to learn more about the force distributions in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  difficult" - by MIT standards] Dear psets, In the past week, you've tried ... concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before ... more grateful. Because in high school, homework was boring. It was

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  Yesterday, (or was it a few days ago?) I reached into a pocket in my ... in ink, and that my ID was ruined...(or splattered-decorated with ink, if you want to look at it that way.) I was in line at La

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a ... . Founded in 1989 by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, FRC is an activity where a ... monstrosity to compete in a game announced in the first weekend of January. Dean

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  several years back when I was in junior high. What do you think occupied ... ? Inspiration comes from people who are passionate about something. In my opinion ... they love; they share what they love with others in hopes that they

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  of the first floor of Random Hall. One of three all-male floors in ... rights on eBay for $36 and used the money to build stadium seating in the ... dinner included. Tonight we are in Destiny kitchen.   The MacBook is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  , but I feel a vicarious thrill seeing the same expression reflected in the eyes of the torrent of 2015s that have descended upon campus in the past week. Like many freshmen, I was participating in one of MIT's many

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  ’t tell my colleagues in other departments I said that) department at MIT, and a department that is top ranked in Computer Science, in Computer Engineering, and in Electrical/Electronics/Communications Engineering. So it was

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I ... semester, I knew I couldn’t stay in all three groups. But I really didn ... fun. And in case you’re wondering, a “wind ensemble”

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post. NOTE: You needn’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... * For me, it was really awesome getting the chance to work in a lab and to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  yeah, I haven't written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you ... being in lab. You see, I am taking Project Lab, this 30-unit class (normal ... every week in my lab, looking at worms, running gels and blots, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  in exotic locales (okay, maybe not so exotic), this IAP had been REALLY ... reason for doing so, you see. In a little bit more than 48 hours, I will be ... multiple choice questions in the realms of biology, chemistry, organic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  Numbers 1: MEnging I graduated in June, but I'm not gone yet! Due to a great program in Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer ... .Eng program in Course 6 is something students can apply for in their junior year

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  ... Hmm I don't know when I was actually planning to hand it in... June 4th ... . I am in the office from 1:30 to 5:15 so drop it off sometime between ... (Shot Noise, Dark Current, Variations in Quantum Efficiency, Saturation

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... while everyone else was frolicking in the snow or relaxing at home, I was ... !) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009