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• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  find that near the Boston University bridge, there are a couple of ... . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  first regional meeting of the year, Thursday night in Orlando/Winter Park, FL. Amy has already flown to Texas in advance of her meeting in Dallas ... other universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  One of the coolest things about MIT is Residence Exploration (REX ... first week of orientation, you get to go around and visit all the dorms ... , most dorms do some sort of in-house rush to decide what floor, house, or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  England Aquarium to check out Sharks 3D. There was a catch, of course ... from a shallow area of water in the Cape Cod area. (public reminder to ... , and the glasses cause one of the images to enter one eye and the other

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  winter around here. I'm done with yet another MIT Wednesday, consisting of ... mid-afternoon. It's been a busier than usual couple of weeks though ... after running to Building 35 for a quiz. I've since spent the balance of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  tap dance break or something in the middle, and at the end of the song ... old adage "Chemical engineering is the practice of doing for a profit ... metal-ligand catalyst via spectoscopy (5.04), finding the best set of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  While I’m sure some of you have a good sense of what I do as an ... more agonizing) - that is all actually just a portion of my day ... other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  .701 became a way for me to start learning pure mathematics to the degree that i ... 'd do it again. in my preparation for this class, i read one of the ... were utterly confused, now makes sense. and at the end of every semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  fundamental particle of his universe is sugar. 4.Lowercase Greek letters all ... repeat that for emphasis. Conflicts. With. Lunch, the refuge of covert slackers since time immemorial, an oasis of idle leisure amidst the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

   really tired. This isn't a universal experience—a lot of my friends spent every moment ... my CPW! Interspaced between pictures of Boston and campus were other assorted pictures—midnight karaoke, bleached hair, and lots, lots, lots of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  and Planning), and a young woman who had studied at the University of ... -campus premiere of the documentary Underwater Dreams. The film follows the journey of four high school students from the Arizona desert, who in 2004 won

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  one of the smallest economics programs of major universities, so that ... talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Jonathan Gruber received his Bachelor Of Science in Course 14 (Economics) from MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  . Our housemasters of several years, Prof. Julian Wheatley and his wife Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year ... housemaster will be chosen by a committee, which is comprised of other

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  , University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Princeton. Ironically, every girl that ... their kids start going to school. Many of them believe that a woman must ... mediocrity in both. In fact, 60% of interviewed students said that they planned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  University of Texas at Arlington, Pelkins transferred to MIT his sophomore year ... . “Will you go back?” This moment is a snapshot of many conversations I ... challenge of obligation. I invited members of the EESA (Ethiopian

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  past At the beginning of the semester, upon looking at my overloaded ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my ... many finals I would have to take at the beginning of the semester instead

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  this was not one of those mornings. This was a curious morning indeed. I ... + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by ... of background info: The MIT Concert Band is a student organization, as

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don ... 's book author to speak, and donated a copy of one of his books to all of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk ... 't remember what it felt like anymore, just that I felt a bit of real fear at the thought of running five miles one morning. I would hope my roommates

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  past fall, just days after arriving on campus, a bunch of freshman girls ... reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me, piercings are a rite of passage. Aside from being super cute, my piercings are

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020