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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  Cambridge and face with the mountain of essays and applications. BUT FRET NOT ... ? Meet Professor Angelika Amon, an HHMI investigator, who currently works ... said. It was a really cool talk, not only because it was right on the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  , and we DEFINITELY do not have exams." Proctor: "Oh...okay. We'll sort it ... Challenge. The high school I'm working at is 100% Navajo, and has a ... ’t immediately come to mind. Did not expect this. Since today was my first day

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  needed. When I came back to MIT to work (three years ago this week, I ... tour to know I worked in Admissions instead wanting them to get pay attend to the tour guide not spend their time asking me questions. Alina

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  tell us about your current research work? A. In my lab we are tackling ... nature of the human mind? Much of our work uses a brain imaging method ... the cutting edge of brain imaging research. They learn not only what is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  -on-a-drum-with-a-stick thing.) Not only that, but our three hours of practice a week count as a ... typical MIT classes, so it works out. Our fall concert was held in early December, not long before finals, in the student center. We arrived a few

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  twins, they each carry a 4.76 GPA. "We both worked so hard throughout high ... the fall. They say it's not because they want to be together, but ... . "This is why we have to work to make sure our speeches are different," she

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  wastes in one day what MIT works an entire year to save." "Somebody ... from the dome." BUT it is not any of these things. No, MIT hasn ... the train moving. Exclusive access to film hackers working on

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  different at MIT. Not in a bad way at all, in a hilarious way. Since my first ... that many MIT students have a general idea of how that works...but are a ... : Well, you can't put expensive things in public places and not expect them

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  really want to do nothing but study all day? Of course not! And neither ... , it's not surprising that a flyer for a Time-Management seminar caught ... )Find a method that works for you. Some people are post-it note people

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  Pauli myself. But I'm not in charge of that. I'm in charge of feeding 20 ... : Really seeing the city. I guess if I had to pick, I certainly do regret not ... the pool. Ran off to the gym to work out and tumble, and hopped in the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  't care if my lungs explode tomorrow: I'm gonna graduate. But that's not ... best UROP experience I've had here. I worked with Eric Verploegen (soon ... page to find out more about them. I worked with Eric officially for pay

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been ... class from 9 units to 15 because it's not a low time commitment class ... much about what we're working on, I'd like to share some pictures of what

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  characters into the mix, suddenly your goals are not nearly so easy to achieve ... new game writers. The first week, they work six or more hours a day ... . The second week, they test-run all the games to work out the kinks. At

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  world with the same eyes. Mine work just like yours do. My sun is yellow ... being a chemical engineer and working in the biotech industry. During my ... you like it this much, why not major in it?” So I did. I'm in Navy ROTC

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  , so maybe I'm not a mad scientist. But, when people ask me where I am ... Research Center, this seminar is shaping up to be really swell =) Not only do ... there’s minimal homework and free lunch! I worked in an NIH Clinical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the ... white when it gets churned around a lot? It's a physical change, not a ... /forcing me to do things that most parents beg/force their kids not to do. There

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  ! Based on a comment I got yesterday, there are still people working... and ... any of you watching the GRAMMYS last night? I must say, NELLY was not ... clever (and not paid to endorse Burger King), "That's hot." 10

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  of our office. To sum it up, admissions should be a process, not a ... professionals. "NACAC is not for sale" became the mantra. We'll see. Woke up ... back to the hotel with Matt to work on our Blogging In Admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  to wander, so long as one is somewhat aware of places not to go. (The ... 't entirely work -- I ran into him a few days after getting my MIT letter ... was like, "Yeah, I heard, good work! Did you hear that I'm getting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  work on my 6.UAR showcase poster. it's not so bad since as i said earlier ... semester, i've got a working poster that i can recycle, but there's a lot ... . i've got 45 minutes before blogger check-in, and i'm not quite sure

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023