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  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  just hope I could drop all my classes and spend all day in the lab. I learn a greater deal in lab than in classes. I think UROP has been an ... independent I’ll be in the lab. I think these three criteria were

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  really left this place. I just lurk and cruft and linger in the tunnels ... of judgement, and I have taken advantage of that trust. While I can ... .) In a weird convergence of universes, I ended up teaching a class that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... in India. Last Tuesday was my final day in Anaikatti, when I turned in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  sitting in my room reading the problems. I ignored this and walked along ... clicking through the 6.031 Reading (I’ll have to actually read it in the ... themselves are in many ways responsibilities - I am thoughtful and care deeply

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  's how I'm planning on approaching it anyway. In other news, I've fallen ... moment. In the past three days, three separate experiments have gone wrong at lab. The procedures involved in these experiments (fluorescent in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  when it can do good. I'm also not implying "high-achieving good ... belt all at once. I straight-up failed a class in my fall semester that ... . I cried a lot, often in my room or empty classrooms on campus, with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  long (5 hr) incubation, so I can mix the DNA in with the cells, then go ... 's mostly what I do in the summer. Oh, and Adam and I went to Friendly's with ... this week in addition to writing the paper and making figures; mostly I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... Saturday afternoon, I wandered over to East Campus where I promptly got

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  This past semester I took Intro Psychology at MIT with Professor ... of the most interesting and fun lectures I've ever had at MIT. As a ... like but also where it’s located, and this knowledge is helpful because

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  SolidWorks file looked like As you can see, I added some footsteps to ... of the final run of the paper weight so you can see the lathe in action ... " in diameter (TINY!). I popped the part into the vice, set my zero at

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  If you asked me before spring break where I like to eat around MIT, I ... drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that ... pouring outside. I didn't want to walk in the rain or call an Uber, so I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can participate in this year's World Economic Forum! Visit http ... individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?" World leaders

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  it's IAP! I don't have classes! I can end my day at 5 pm like I could ... dancing a lot. I enrolled in an online class taught by one of my favorite ... 't like very much, so I dropped it in the second week and didn't even log a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  excited, in fact, that I came home after class last Friday to this lovely ... perfectly: I was booked to be in my Science, Technology, and Society (STS ... the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  there. When I returned, I was surprised to see someone in my seat. I ... breaking it, and offered helping in any way he could. I was baffled by the ... you can get a sense of what it was like[/caption] I examined the damage

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  +/- .5 C at 1000 psi today after three solid days of calibration. Now I can ... deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely ... -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  on a lot of wooden coasters. I've been on the Beast, in Ohio, which is ... -lit underground tunnels. Superman was so imposing that, as we waited in line and I ... Yesterday, I got up early, despite having gone to bed late the night

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• 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.

  

  thinking about, and where the time I put in materialized in the form of cool ... never told them but I like to pretend that they cared. But, in all ... guest-blog about it, and I figured, hey, science is awesome, MIT is

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... foreigner who did not even speak the language. “I wanted to remedy this ... each other. How we did this without words is beyond me, but I will always

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  could share in the joy!" Well, now you can share the excitement! [I ... The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can ... admits and mailing the early action decisions as soon as we can. I'll keep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004