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  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  In case you haven’t noticed, I’m blogging less frequently now. There are at least two reasons behind this, one that’s my choosing and the other that’s just happenstance. The first…

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible. Following the advice of…

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  I know, I know, it’s CPW season, but that doesn’t mean that every blog entry has to be about CPW, so I’m going to treat you to another story. I…

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  Hi Everyone! It’s been quite a while since I last blogged. MIT can be a harsh mistress. But I’d like to use this post to get back into the swing…

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  I’ve never been one for actually truly believing in karma (what goes around comes around) but this last Monday pushed me a step or so towards accepting it. Here’s how…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  I woke up this morning at 8:15, 45 minutes after my alarm was going to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my…

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  practice of medicine and research process. When it came time to seriously

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I’m back! I’m determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to last for…

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  my research and being able to continue looking at unanswered questions ... career in research and since I'd like to go into academia, I need to be

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  people who worked in my research lab over the summer – it was basically a research reunion! Then, we then headed over the French house to

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  transfer admission, I'd say do well in your classes, do some research - stuff

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of the last five days, with exaggeration inserted only when absolutely, absolutely necessary Saturday, 2 PM – I wake up. Come…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  First of all, I give you an excerpt from my personal blog, written way back in early September (yeah, remember that?) Imagine you’re working on your first 18.02 pset. Okay,…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chess prodigy Bobby Fischer has been wanted by the US Government since 1992, when he violated economic sanctions against Yugoslavia by engaging in a chess match there.…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  for their research, because all you have to do is say the world

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? If you drink one can of soda every day for six months, you will gain fifteen pounds more than you would have gained not drinking that soda.…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Mary Tyler Moore sent a signed copy of the single “Buddy Holly” to Weezer. Yesterday I met three people who did not know who Mary Tyler Moore…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? i^i = e^(-pi/2) Sorry for the lack of MIT-related updating now that I’m back on campus–I’ve been busy running errands with Sam’s Mom and sorting through the…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? There is a free-food at mit dot edu mailing list, just for people who are interested in scavenging for free food in random locations at MIT? For…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? An Italian defender once said of Pele, after the 1970 World Cup finals, “I told myself before the game, he’s made of skin and bones just like…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006