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  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  Prize for Girls. Founded two years ago in NYC, the Math Prize moved to MIT ... to Boston, and we were meeting for dinner at the delicious Fire+Ice in ... perfect opportunity to get off my butt, ride my bike, and save $3.40 in T

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  about my UROP   ^_^ It all started back in March, when I began poking ... Computer Science), with a heavy interest in biology.  I had intended to get a ... hooked on this idea.  In a nutshell, there exist satellites called SPHERES

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  account! The contest was hosted by OnStar, GM’s in-vehicle operator, which ... Innovation & Design (EID), a class in the GEL program, together last fall ... , Blade Kotelly, mentioned it in class. A few months passed and then Sarah

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  post, in the voice of last Friday. Where were you a year ago today? Ed ... revealing about our culture that these events stand out in tandem to me, but there are two days in my life that felt quite similar: September 11th

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  This semester, I'm taking a graduate class in General Relativity that conflicts with lunchtime in pretty much every single reference frame. Let me ... creativity and free-thinking, is the venerated observance of Lunchtime in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  in its evocations of tacky yet luxurious department-store sofas. Of ... inflection, perhaps in a context that makes absolutely no sense. Like: “Yo, it ... week and didn't even have to wait in line. If you asked me about how I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday ... create classes in everything from "Alebgra 1" to "The Atomic Science of Space Weapons" and everything in between. You can check out some of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  goal in life during class two weeks ago, when we were discussing the isolation of the Clock gene in mice. Clock is the result of a point mutation in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  commencement address for the Class of 2008, as well as a response in the opinions column from an MIT student deeply affected by the sight of food riots in ... -hand experience. Back in the nascent dawn of Fall semester, I joined the Tech staff

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  three feet per second, and in last decade scientists have begun to ... station. But Prof. Jeffrey Karp, an investigator in the Harvard-MIT Health ... immune system, and tested these nifty band-aids on pig intestine in the lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab ... prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... , not IN the tour. I present to you a glimpse into what the average MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  here loves to use formulas as much as possible, and in every scenario ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort ... Delta. This simply means Learning Delta. Before you write in to challenge

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  attention when it was introduced in 2005. It was featured on Good Morning ... associate at the MIT Media Laboratory in Cambridge. "I've been known to hit ... , repositions itself, and eventually comes to rest in a place far enough away from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  by engaging in a chess match there. However, he has sought political asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to ... one where Spock says "Logic is a little bird, chirping in a meadow." So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  information that she found in a women's fitness magazine at the Z-Center while ... print out a copy of this entry and submit that. So in 6.003 there are three kinds of classes that I'm supposed to go to per week. In lectures

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the role of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in college admissions turned out ... , and we in college admissions officers reinforce that, they don't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  chlorine in the water might have something to do with it. Now, I know Mollie ... hours, in pool water, in salt water, in fresh water, in the ocean, where I ... crest white. Plus, there aren't any sloughed skin cells in my drinking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  dancing." Adam's line of reasoning is that once you're in a relationship, you have no need to hump somebody on the dance floor, because [fill in ... about living in Macgregor next year, but I have a question. I know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  them in a comment. Be fruitful and check it out. Another question you ... Hillel pin in with my admission envelope, with Hebrew letters that roughly ... in Kresge Oval every year, and an apologetic e-mail from an abdicating

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... operate, events with free Bertucci's, hallway colloquies at four in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005