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  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  Questions 1. Sevi asked, here is a question for you about Mac ... for many dorms was just put in last summer. There is a website with floorplans for MIT buildings, but I think it's only accessible on campus. I don

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

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  '08, who lives in my suite, and had a sudden craving for garlic bread ... : As we worked, Akash talked about his plans for the 2009 Class Council ... Potter!' So I think I'm going to put together an event for MIT '09s to go

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  silly silly vern vern. So, read on for a well-crafted narrative and ... a stunned grouse, for one hour, nine minutes, and seventeen seconds, and then I came home and passed out on my floor for two hours. Ah, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  Lab at MIT's Center for Cancer Research studying the delivery of small-interfering RNA (siRNA) in mice. It may seem odd for a student like me, who plans ... goes well, this mouse model can be used to create a therapy for influenza

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  from the shackles and am finally cooking for myself again. The first ... one. We love rice cookers here in the blogs, and for good reason. First ... fed myself for the past two weeks, and, as far as I can tell, I have not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  each and every MIT library. Now I have collected my notes for your ... original draft for this post, I had given Dewey four stars because of the trek: it's the library for the Sloan School of Management, which is all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  . When I got into MIT, visited for CPW, and finally comMITted, the biggest ... , but their MIT -- full of friendship, companions for psets and for ... waiting for me. There was never any question about whether I would apply to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  VSVDbZUakc After realizing I've done a team update for the [annotation ... the Best of the Blog zine. It was great, and you know, vandalism can be a good thing…I guess? Hmm, on second thought, and for legal reasons

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying ... to this application! These essays have to be the best thing I’ve ever

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the speaking, but the substance of which he spoke. For many people, Colin really ... with you all. Here's a video of the speech, and below is the text. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  probably an easy decision for you (at least it was for me.) Hopefully you ... , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a non-profit organization (Teach for America, Peace Corps), work in a lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  spectrum of introductory classes as you established a track for elective ... , academic or not, and you leave for college in the fall, on a plane, train ... housemasters invite you to their apartments for tea. The fresh faces and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  do the same for others last year. Within the blogger team, Kano, Anika, and Gloria also mentor for Metropolis! It's a pretty good gig. We're typically responsible for running one open hours session and one equipment

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  . The runners were going about the pace I’d shoot for in a three-mile race ... for a Green Line train, and were spat out in the middle of Allston. A ... my little sister will inspire me to go to more. I’ve found outlets for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  studying for the same tests. Your schedule is like the food trays in the ... , but focus more on technology for the developing world, you can do that ... take a break from the weird food analogy for now. (Sidenote: if by now

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  as well, but for now I am enjoying myself in the moment, even with the ... side, that also means it is harder to find people to ask for help ... ’m already looking for a job! Anyway, my classes are a lot of the reason I am

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  interested in 4-145, the Blackjack Team practice room. For example, Chris wrote ... at MIT). But see for yourself. Below is the movie 4-145, then the real 4-145: Anyway, see the room for yourself when you visit MIT. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  your many fits of frustration. So you decide to punt the thing - for now ... someone clear that up for me here? Cut to the day after my last final, the day before I flew home for the first time since August, the day I saw

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  Netflix to brush up on my Spanish, googled instructions for how to make a 3 ... thinking about this actually for the last few years, perhaps in an effort to ...   As I began to better understand what it means for a place to be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  back from my Easter visit home just in time for my training session at ... Bryan's blog soon! Read on for responses to comments. Lots of responses ... _ forget it. Not to mention it really _is_ the basis for the beginnings of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006