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Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.
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Blog / MIT Life
Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.
'M IN IT FIND ME (you won't be able to, so here, I'll just tell you: I'm in the second group stunt and the partner stunt and the top of the -
Blog / MIT Life
Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…
feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco light shows, a visit to the doctor, a turtle race, and ring spinning. In ... . He has been trying in vain to beat his record of 41 seconds. Clearly -
Blog / MIT Life
Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday
interest in Pakistani politics: Samad Khurram and Aqil Sajjad from Harvard ... . This event is especially important in light of Benazir Bhutto -
Blog / Events
Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)
Update #1 (1:40 PM) Currently in 13-4101 trying to solve our first puzzle before I have to go to lab meeting in 20 minutes ... ahh! Update #2 (7:17 AM) Sorry for the delay in updating but the rest of the day has -
Blog / Community Projects
Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?
the barstools never got made. In fact, the lumber is still stacked in ... wanted a small table to put in my room, but Rick decided to go all out, and ... expected it to be, especially when I put it in my room. I tried it out for a -
Blog / Academics & Research
What Though the Odds A survival story.
finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend ... , everything has. Including me. A lot can happen in a semester, especially a semester at MIT. In retrospect, I realize that - in spite of reading the -
Blog / Hacks
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.
foiled at the twelfth hour, the conspirators nonetheless secured a place in ... of our number decided to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in a uniquely ... observers might have noticed that a few things were amiss... In fact, Guy -
Blog / MIT Life
Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.
how I felt when my plane first landed in Boston - when I walked onto ... clarify a point or answer a question I had. I remember turning in my first ... I had three tests in a row, plus a problem set due that same Thursday -
Blog / Academics & Research
Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.
Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I've been spending hours in used bookstores and swimming and taking deep ... pronounce as "Ra-to-lee" even though the logo has the built-in pronounciation -
Blog / Academics & Research
If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?
imaginary, then the dots in the applet will be blue." (Draws dots in orange on board, waves chalk in the air.) "See? Blue." "And now I'm reminded of an ... have some colored chalk in my hand; otherwise, everything will be in -
Blog / Admissions
Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.
admitted from the waitlist in the past? Last year, we admitted 40 students ... numbers of people. Most people on the waitlist will not be admitted, in all likelihood. I hope that you will have another great choice to fall in love with -
Blog / Events
Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.
In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, who received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from MIT in 1977. He gave an inspiring presentation that -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.
In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... committee this year even more than I have in past years. Maybe that's just ... guys are just awesome and inspiring. Probably a combo of the two. In any -
Blog / IAP
More IAP updates
something to that effect. Some students in the lab have fallen asleep at ... did gun defense in Jiu Jitsu last night (in the self-defense PE class ... otherwise have just run off, but to be able to defend yourself in a situation -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…
Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... begins with taking an undergraduate course in molecular biology with James -
Blog / Life after MIT
Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.
in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (known as ... deal with the faculty and fellow students a few at a time, in your classes and in research groups you may end up working with. We are a very -
Blog / Life after MIT
Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.
interested in catching up on some TV. This month, you can see (at least) three ... Diana Husmann '08, a junior in Course 8 (Physics), and Ellen Spertus '90, who was named "Sexiest Geek Alive" in 2001. Speaking of geeks, tonight -
Blog / Admissions
The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.
MIT students (and alums, if any feel like weighing in!) will comment in -
Blog / Events
Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)
, the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up ... turkeys: Kelly (09) demonstrates step one in purple: Louis (07) can do it ... our names on our turkeys and they sat proudly on our doors, perched in