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  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  is Parafilm? Parafilm M is a unique self-sealing, moldable and flexible ... , impressive water vapor transport properties, and is resistant to many common ... thickness of all Parafilm products is 0.005 (127 um) and although we are often

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  that you pursue things that interest and challenge you. These can be ... , volunteer work, music and theater performance, and religious activities. Furthermore, if your interests don't align with an organization and you pursue

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you ... sometimes this semester I wanted to throw my hands up and give up, but in my ... drink from that firehose and you get it done. I can say that this semester

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  scanning tunneling microscope that operates at very low temperatures and in ... they work. Vivek Venkatachalam, a Senior in Physics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has worked on this project for two and a half

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  was a most busy and miserable day that can be summarized in one sentence ... Market in three weeks and the shelves of my formerly bomb ... beans, salsa, hot sauce, extra lettuce, and sometimes guacamole (if I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I ... the lab, participating in cheerleading recruitment and tryouts, and helping with Macgregor rush and in-house rush for my entry. Somehow I got

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  ago, of course) and it was sunny, warm, and breezy, so I decided to bike ... great weather and explore for a couple minutes. By the way, it's sunny, warm, and breezy 9 months a year in Boston, just like in Southern

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  needed to do were to buy a map, enlist the help of a local, and marry Amber Brkich. A friendly janitor directed us to the subway station and we took an ... immediately with his hands anyway. As both Shana and I are conservationally

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  . Unfortunately, I got back from a 60 mile bike journey throughout Vermont and New ... myself doing entertaining things (and about twenty pictures of my friends ... started biking. Well, now my laptop is toast and I'm having immense

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  cross-register with Harvard undergraduate courses, because MIT and Harvard ... MIT's schedule and Harvard's schedule are pretty much the same (MIT and ... between MIT and Harvard, as Harvard is contemplating moving to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  anxiety, it also brings many events and traditions celebrating the ... the festivities that Mitra did, and the "MIT celebrity"-served midnight breakfast, starring President Susan Hockfield and Dean of Admissions Marilee

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... unexpected growth. We adapt and continue onward. Some of you may feel happy to ... have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is an open forum to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  of you who want to talk with us, shake it off, and get back up again. We ask that you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, even ... blogs and our whole process. Remember that you will survive, even

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  major) and a CI-H(communications intensive class in humanities) that ... ’t have any final exams so I got to go back home early for the break and ... blogs and didn’t have too much content left in me. Next semester, I’ll be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  supervisor, past mentors, and other people whose advice I value, I decided to ... (masters of science) students first, and you only officially become a Ph ... MIT’s early action round. And today, I’m [annotation note="it's due

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  . anyway, last tuesday, andy and dylan made an undertale-themed menu, with a ... chisps, and starfait. there were also fourteen tomatoes. the steak was pretty good, both the actual steak and the tofu steak. i haven't eaten

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  sunlight subtly and softly trickles into the room just like it did all those ... over blue examination booklets, and stops at me scribbling away at my ... this feeling (that I can't quite pin down), and I say that I love it or

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old

  

  week on the blogs. *cue all of the sad faces and crying emojis* Writing on the blogs, sharing tidbits of our lives at MIT and hearing from you ... , that we realize just how much more there is left to be written about and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  (and actually like a 17 min walk from Next House which is the furthest ... well. Whole Foods, Target and HMart are all a walkable distance down ... option. Or at least that's what me and my podmates discovered this past

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  during the summer!!   dance last IAP, I was dancing and ... , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night ... incredible experiences of my life and I cannot WAIT for the next one. [caption

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021