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• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  Introductions are generally a clunky thing for me. There's some basic ... judged for quoting HMS Pinafore in this person's presence? Would this be a ... -knit friend group. This timescale felt too long for college: I wanted to meet

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  I spent today playing with yeast cells, and I couldn't be happier ... Professor Angelika Amon of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ... proud of myself for making it on time - only to find that I wasn't even

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  much for the rainbow smelt population in the river, but it did make for ... about 36 people go, we slept in cabins, we swam, we played Mafia, and we ... poultry, so I took the hamburger and my receipt back up and asked for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  doesn't love me back. Yesterday, for example, I was trying to get a ... a slightly different permutation in order to get a nice figure for our ... get it over with. The gel ran for about two hours, then I set it up to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ...  when they should have taught you. It is indeed very common for letters to come from ... as the norm. However, it is not uncommon for us to receive letters from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  country, where vineyards are cared for and some of the world’s best ... Economy, Development and Tourism, MIT-Chile will create opportunities for ... . Opportunities are available for 2012 in fields such as engineering, physics

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the ... luxury!!) to go on fun trips and retreats. On Friday, my floor, Putz, headed out for our annual camping trip in seven rental cars, with trunks

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  speak for themselves, and our friends over at CalTech have helped us out a ... stored the file away figuring it would be useful for something one day. The release of the WikiWatcher suite near pranking season makes for a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five ... audition for those coveted blogger spots that will be open next fall! We ... facts as well as your own experience and thoughts - Fun, energy, and voice

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  , I'd gotten myself a shiny new UROP for IAP. It was my first time ... that knit. For a relatively small lab with about ten or so people, that ... off we went to Broadway Station on the Red Line. I'd started crocheting

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  bathroom wafting overhead for six hours, the guy in front of me reclining ... thankful for this particular kid, though, because 1) there is only one of ... lot more food. Sophomore year seems about as good a time as any for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  for you guys -- I wanted to take them when I was in early, so I wouldn ... lunch hour and get me ingredients for cookies and pie! So I guess instead ... 've been working in Morgan's lab for the last three years, which makes me one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  half-explain/half-give advice on academic preparation for your freshman ... your transcript as simply a P for pass. No it doesn't matter if you got a ... earning letter grades for passing that do affect GPA, but you still will

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  like cutting my own hair because it’s fun and for my basic hair style ... twists, hold it up with bobby pins and hope for the best. I have been known ... For the last few months, I've gone round campus compiling hair

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  Room, for teacher registration. To be fair, it's no less chaotic in here, but the conversation snippets are fun to listen to. "Dude, you ... classroom. I LOVE arriving early, and seeing the number of kids waiting for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  athletics, and you write "I learn for the fun of it," the person reading your ... or two digits. For example, "Course VI" (which is the only one written ... jargon) is MIT for "Electrical Engineering and Computer Science." Below are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  is really fun, and also teaches you a lot. For example, in Turkey, I ... coming back here for Lent term than I was when coming here in September. I ... and on, all for about $10-$20. This year, not as many bands come into

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  and such. Then she asked me what my plans were for the break. "Work," I ... still rolling full tilt into the spring. The registration deadline for ... though we're not on spring break, we can still have fun. Por exemplo: One

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  the amount of work they had done for a class--"Oh, I didn't even bother studying for this test" or "Ha, I just wrote this entire term paper the night ... this? Let me tell you about my day yesterday. I was on campus for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• 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 ... INVADERS!" they exclaimed. The place was a bit too remote for me – its ... – but I suppose it’s passable for a just a few days. Thank God there was

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010