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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  , week, month, whatever, is over. I have a strange feeling my entire four ... going back to school after a long absence. It is hard -- not the level of ... students who aren't yet freshmen. A pretty logical moniker: "frosh" is short

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  our new freshmen, Sarah '17, is amazing and cooked a few batches for the ... might attend the lectures as a listener, though. So there it is. I ... a semester now, and we're good friends, but the RLAD is new so there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  , it is necessary to pass a short playing exam on the literature at the ... appointment or just stop by 4-243. Practice rooms: There is a suite of eight ... subjects are offered? Here is a partial list of subjects: Fundamentals of

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  In a public high school with about 700 people per class, there was barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much ... learned to shove facts into my head, regurgitate it on a test a week later

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  The Problem: A reviewer went "You guys did things while assuming that ... Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I ... ,000 [aquaporins] per square micron.”  which is kind of vague (what do you mean, up

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  If you read my last post, I've had a pretty hard October. However ... sharing similar stories helped me realize how we're all struggling. But more ... something more meaningful and larger than myself. What surprised me was how

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  , or how another DEALer is the youngest licensed stockbroker... anywhere ... First things first -- I took a weekend trip back to New York and ... freshmen. Totally optional, but a great way for incoming students to meet

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  of my friends and everything around me is that hundreds of other people ... in A Day In The Life, a project open to the entire MIT community ... Technique describes as a "collective photo blog" and which allows you to view

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  his blog profile, is a happy dude, and full of smiles. But he hates ... video, but Rebecca Black is Mikey's kryptonite. In his office he drew a ... slow loris holding a tiny umbrella. And all was well. This is a life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  This blog post unfolds in three parts: (1) a story about how I got ... chat is super supportive. Anytime someone sends a new picture of their ... ="maximum cuddliness!" /] Laura R. '22 says that the community is "honestly such a light

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  ) Today, the requirement is half that much. After leaving Lawrence, we ... friends for a little fun outside of the city. Step One: Acquire vehicle. Now at first, I was a little confused. I didn't know if this was a

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment ... "Sunshowers" by M.I.A. "I bongo with my lingo and I beat it like a wing, yo" 3 ... aquajogging this afternoon. Joe is on the cross-country team, but had his little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  Day is a very popular weekend for retreats, brief trips back home, or ... The Tech hosted its annual retreat in Maine. Maine seems to have a lot ... a large vacation home located near a lake in the town. The owners of

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  applications? Do you get the summer off? Actually, it is a busy (though certainly ... example, I think a lot of schools abroad don't realize that MIT is a ... at the College of Wooster. This is the first time for me in a dorm in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  improvement is part of how you can jump to the next step of adulthood. I think a lot about choice, and the choices I need to make. A lot of this is ... while being forced to face the consequences is a big part of becoming an

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  stuff! In no particular order, here is a list: 1) We went on an errand ... M. '20!! As expected from a company that is essentially the second ... literally over IAP, which is so incredibly impressive. 5) A friend who

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  character in the picture is a modification of the 'Masked Rider' who was ... name is Xing Cai and a full profile of her character is available from ... @mit.edu. They're your best bet. Alex wrote, "In your opinion, is a 780 Math Level

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  Porter Room Win as much as $500 for your floor, the most prize money ever ... ! Apple Bake has been a fall culinary tradition in Burton-Conner for the ... floor actually has an Apple Bake Chair. While a lot of people on the other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  Period, but I think "It's Awesome Pterodactyl" is much more descriptive ... the horrifying discovery of what "windchill" is. This year however, is a ... having it's annual "Winter School". Winter School is a series of lectures

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012