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  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  sunshine - and that was it. Part of me is still wondering when my next problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of ... 'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  five, six...even two pretty crazy people who are taking eight (and are feeling the pain appropriately). And even beyond the classroom, MIT students ... 's Dream, and much more. And let's not forget the value of simply chilling

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  thing, you're talking to someone who loves sleep. Sleep and food are two ... thinking, and if there's one thing we're good at here, it's creative thinking, darn it. Being a biology major and dataphile and Excel-lover, I have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  keeping a lab notebook), and even in my journal at age 9 I included a ... .M. Church. I live at 12183 Cainwood Avenue. I aspire to become an author. (and ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which apparently means that I'm going to be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  (among other options) included Chancellor Phil Clay and MIT Vice President ... caught the attention of many reporters and resulted in stories in a variety of media, from USA Today to CNN and space.com. Full article at http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  geniuses, green carpeting, green couches, and green chairs, the Lewis Music Library has a phenomenal collection of resources to educate and entertain ... disc players, and DVD players. No, you can’t reserve this floor for your

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  Brief note: I am currently in Ohio, shopping for wedding dresses. And ... 2007 Brass Rat, and Matt has written briefly about the Brass Rats for the ... opportunity to dine -- they don't serve hamburgers and fries there, you know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... human-powered plane) and Decavitator (a human-powered boat), which were both powered to world records (Daedalus and Decavitator) by MIT aero

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  class I took last semester. Reading the literature and interviewing people ... people’s lives but about which I knew almost nothing when I started, and maybe even more about myself as a writer and a person. I thought you might

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  At 9:50 last night, Lucas ‘14 and I were walking through Building 14 ... strong!” Building 14 is shaped like a square and has a square courtyard ... windows, and one of the windows was flapping around on its hinge. The woman

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  over a week ago, and the last time I blogged was last year, but I never ... so many awesome entries planned, and I have to write them, because then I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  taking three classes this term, and the grade in all of them is based almost entirely on tests... so basically I have three tests, a pset, and possibly a paper between me and graduation. Not to mention that my grad

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  lot of different cues I know about myself that indicate a bad state, and ... different and typically more positive way,” which I think perfectly captures ... what’s next. It’s literally “a” and “new”. A new… what? You may be

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  cuz we really like the animation style and multiple universes would let ... do! Angela ‘24, Karthik ‘22, Emily ‘22, and I spent who knows how many hours working on it starting from last fall, throughout IAP, and all the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  case, universities) subsidize something that they are offering for free ... the good, and a proportion lower than the social optimum will get the ... is no help, and I am not compensating others for this. If I had to pay

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  state, wandering through life like a ghost and trying to find different ... , even if I'm in a disoriented state. And I'm grateful to the people that ... edgy, I've spent the past month and a half feeling as though I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  . :) Class 1: All about glassblowing, safety, and collecting the glass. The very first class was safety day. Why? Because glass is super hot, and ... your mind and body. We’re actually recommended to wear long sleeve shirts

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  separate according to density and the initial degree of intermixing**. Voila ... Amidst a Dali-esque landscape of finals-related drudgery and holiday ... end-of-semester jitteriness, and observe the stress-killing antics that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  comment and I'll let you know. DID YOU KNOW? The entry title comes from ... around on a dock with a Vietnamese children's choir and singing "even ... sing things like "1776!" and he replies "When did Columbus sail the ocean

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... . Who: 9 students from MIT and UC Berkeley What: Biking across the ... Plants” and “Eyewire: A Game to Map the Brain”) Images from the Spokes

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013