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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... is dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, which means that it helps ... you to function. Have you heard of Parkinson’s Disease? The condition is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  courthouse. Not very impressive, is it? Every guest had to pass through a ... with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and ... Saturday at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. The event was a smashing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  feeling was that feeling you got when you just spent a night out with ... time you go over it, and it can get ripped open and feel worse again. the ... a summer sunset, as it filled the sky with orange and blue, as i held

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  barely exercise, and also my time management is a mess, and maybe I should ... decade I start a company with my younger brother, who is on a gap year ... career goals, but it'd be nice if I graduated with around a 4.7, which is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  , feel a bit less homesick. Butterstick's human, Shannon, is a Residential ... a piece of lemon cupcake. Who says old dogs can't learn new tricks? ... This is Butterstick. Butterstick weighs 10 pounds. She was named

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  for a week of vacation (YES!) - back on January 2. I hope you all have wonderful holiday vacations, and here's to a great 2007! I'll leave you with ... is so smooth. Ellen rocks! Rick can sing his butt off. (Just ask

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  the meantime, I leave you with a taste of pictures to come: Bonus ... bake you a cake at CPW* after she kills me for promising this without her ... edge of the top bunk and feeling mildly superhero-esque in a thrill

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  care about people - I'm a good dad THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT ... - Exercise - Taking Timur's money in Texas Hold 'Em THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A RELATIONSHIP: - Honesty - Depth - Laughter THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO: - Save

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in ... , it's because I woke up . . . to go study. Finals are coming up! You see, there's this little class called "2.006" also known as "Thermal Fluids Two

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  dorm on Thursday. While the prospect of a free dinner is typically ... Iman Kandil who is a senior and has been involved with the MSA for all ... quite a while after the formal presentation ended. I also met Nour who is

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  home. Allow me to give you the grand tour. Picture 1 gives you a great ... papers: If you look at picture 2, you can clearly see my filing system ... staples I've learned to look before I sit: Finally, in picture 3 you can

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  . Sam (not this Sam) asked when you can start a UROP. You can definitely start one in your first term at MIT, providing that you can find a faculty ... is getting his master's in course 6 (EECS) in June, and has accepted a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  really cool and there is a special place in my heart for CubeSats because I ... time you make a flight). SpaceX is quite seriously working on getting a ... afterwards there's a gigantic meet-and-greet. They come armed with free samples

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

  a jerk. That is all. ... As you probably remember, we are launching the new MITAdmissions ... , ExpressionEngine, is, like my mom's 16 year old minivan with 250,000 miles on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  here, at MIT, with these people." MIT is challenging, there's zero ... conflict with one another, I'm thoroughly at a loss as to where to go and ... admissions bloggers, Dave wrote: "MIT is a singularly wonderful place. As Stu

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  can't wait to meet you all, really! French class is a lot of fun, and ... probably a good indicator of how busy one can get at MIT if he or she tries. :-) Physics is a continual thorn in my side, but everything else seems to be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  -all really. Because what I mean to say is that I am feeling a feeling about ...  fresh. Like a paper cut your mind can't quite ignore yet, or the very first ... to leave a part of myself behind me, and move onto what's next. Is the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  , I thought, Wow, this is a sign I don't belong here...   But the info ... Hockfield, “MIT is where science and society meet.” Right then, my body is ... in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  since there is no point of giving any money at all. That the dictators ... . When this is a choice, more students give $0, and some students steal up ... , and reserves a lecture for the economics of prostitution. The story is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  ’t let you all miss out on the BEST PART!! The culmination of 2.007 is the final robot competition, where students for a single-run showcase on ... -elimination tournament on Tuesday! Quote from an email: "Each head-to-head match is a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025