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• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  you choose to get a PhD, begin when you are 19 2. Be distantly related ... awarded the Nobel prize, bringing the grand total to 63 faculty, researchers ... amazing ability to turn genes on and off at their whim. I used RNAi during

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... me to thinking about quiz bowl. I was thinking about how much fun I had ... of graffiti on a chalkboard as I was walking through building 56. Get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  backgrounds. I was a little intimidated by them, but after getting to know them ... council so much and I wish we were in person so I could get to know them ... 18th) but I'm really excited to learn more since it allows me to get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  love eating. SO MUCH. And there's so much variety here and I get to try ... ). Absolutely LOVE tennis, I hope to go to every major and get a (viewing) grand ... fit in the group, but I was so proud of myself for getting to the top

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  beyond the *literal* shuffle-shuffle-i'm-so-cold-and-need-to-get ... speed up a little, 1.5x speed online lectures to get through them all, go ... an effort this break to try to move a little. Since we don’t like most

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  group projects to encourage students to get their hands dirty and try ... There's a story my mother likes to tell about the time, soon after I ... teacher. Evidently, when my time to show-and-tell had arrived, I read aloud

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  excuse to get all dressed up: The ladies, always classy. The guys ... inside and tried to stay calm: Chilling, or as close as we could get to ... harder then we did all season (and didn't even get to race!). They are the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  ;grad students” worked long hours and seemed to get cool results ... opportunity to see what real research is like. Not only do you get to flip ... the papers? What does the abbreviation “PhD” mean to you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  studied Engineering at the University of Havana before coming to the US in 1949 to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rennselaer Polytechnic ... inventions, since I came to MIT to learn from creative engineering gurus like

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  time to get stuff done. I'm just glad I'm a freshman- I feel no pressure ... to get in for another few months. I guess I just got lucky. (*How did I ... 't kid yourself), I was really looking forward to relaxing this weekend. Of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  had to take a little detour to the hospital to get an x-ray to confirm ... campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this is where I'll come home to for the next couple of months. MIT during

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  ’s awkward to get a call during dinner from someone you don’t know. But, we’re just trying to help! I am really glad to have been able to answer some of ... opportunity to talk to some of the prospective members of the Class of 2011

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  to get it. My life is getting infinitely more complex. I have to think ... . To anyone reading this, it gets lighter. I will give you a short ... 've reached this strange turning point in my life where I want to do things more

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  /unexpected as getting into MIT (I know what it feels like, I'm allowed to compare ... airport I'm trying to fly into is about to get buried in the worst snow ... the year after that. So, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to try to get a

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... from four to six to a zillion years, depending on how fast you get your ... best part about being a professor is that you get to be last author on

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

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  Last semester was pretty rough, and I vowed to make this semester different. I tried to get into a fifth class and didn't (it was too ... to get to try them all. I like knowledge, and experiences, and learning

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  As my second semester at the Institute draws to a close, I've been ... came to MIT, but I had few opportunities to formally pursue it. This ... It [program description] MIT CodeIt is an outreach program which aims to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  !* So I get to class on Tuesday and see this: "Interesting, that should ... my life (fun)^-1. The only thing worse than being sick and wanting to die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  trip to get fruit snacks from the vending machine. Bryan runs into friend ... , but I'm glad to be back. Bryan: Cool. Friend: Weren't you supposed to ... to you later. Bryan: ... </end awkward situation> zomg ben

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a four day experience for first year students to explore MIT dorms and find

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022