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• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  -considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right now, and I don't have the time or headspace to write them. But, like I tell our bloggers, not every blog post needs to aspire to being among the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  get from cleaning your room without anyone telling you to. Apart from ... January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break between the semesters to relax, recharge, recoup, and reflect*. But somehow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  , and even attempted to get in on magnificent Black Friday deals, but ... Note: this one is dedicated to the expectant EA applicants. Hope you can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  classes within that department. The idea is to get some depth in a HASS ... do so, I need to get better at my science writing - so that's one ... four semesters left. 2) I have to declare my concentration (every MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  . I was getting a tuberculosis skin test, which I needed in order to ... rocket ships. They're sick and exhausted but they still want to get up and ... ) and it was close to Halloween: my birthday. My little sister poked her

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  . I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at ... of navigating to just the topic you want. You know that bright, rainbow ... key to the rest of the site. Each page of the site contains, first and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  island to hone your creative writing skills). When you all get into MIT ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... . They had beaten five other teams, but lost to Ed's Elephants due to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  Crunch afterparty. But my main reason for being there was to get more into virtual ... and I get back on a semi-regular schedule, I want to keep this momentum going in meeting people and building cool things as I get ready to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  worm - not bad eh? Not to get into the science too much here, but the ... consistently over 30 hours per week running assays and getting results. I used to ... Hey guys, This guy tried to guilt-trip me into writing a blog, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  tomorrow/Saturday at pi time). but we're not going to talk about any of that ... good that this world has to offer. this post is that place. here are some ... stop![/caption] hug machine: hug machine. very simple. come get hug <

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  caught up in racing to get all my work done this sophomore fall that for a ... Hey friends!! I wanted to drop this brief blag here because I WAS SO ... much my childhood! I went to all the book premiers and dressed up as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during ... people called it a night, going upstairs to their rooms. I didn't want to ... around Twitter.    First pic credited to Twitter User Dirty 30 Dave

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more details than you could ever want, don't worry). To summarize, here's a map: After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  started to get that overwhelmed feeling again, wondering if I really was ... : Carmeuse   Since my freshman year, I have seriously wanted to ... plane taking off from JFK when it finally hits me: I’m going to a

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  Kresge Auditorium almost rolling in laughter, listening to arguably some of ... analogies, and are certainly not limited to expressions such as “Release your ... director, giving us musical direction, ideas of what feeling to evoke while

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  to the family... but eating dinner all together as a family. I wasn't even allowed to read, which is lame because my little brother is allowed to watch important football games (read: all of them) during dinner

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first semester is a time to make that daily fire hose drinking session a little bit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  really serious – People take the TOEIC to get jobs, seek promotions, make ... waking up at 10:30 AM everyday to nothing but enjoying sunshine, pointless ... forward to the alarm ringing at 6:45 AM. I drive an hour to work – which

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  to get involved with the radio station and have my very own show ... for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy ... places I visited during my CPW, and I encourage you all to visit it as well

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  [by Patrick '09] I am another Biochemist coming from MIT to Cambridge ... foundation. Ask any young Cantabridgian to expound on collagen, but s/he may not know how to use a pipette: Cambridge teaches passion. It assumes

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008