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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  shouldn't choose not to come here because you think you'll be able to get in ... culinary horizons!) Work Next week is my last week in the lab (which is to ... logs this information to Excel. It takes me about 10 minutes to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  already turned in your applications. And yes, you will be accepted to ... your schoolwork!). Because eventually, you're going to get to go to that college, and you're going to get to (not HAVE to!) kick up a storm again and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  learned in classes to create a tangible product. Did you know that Collier ... ’t work? Am I just bad at doing research? In some ways, the answer to that ... and guidance, I was afraid of being seen as incompetent; unable to get

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  trekking to an Athena cluster in the middle of the snowy night (uphill both ... sophomore year due to some inherent advantage in scheduling. Courseload varies ... puddles when I just stomp right through them." In other important news, get

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . Enjoy the little things in life. Whether that be getting to the T stop ... worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail ... about myself in the process. After all, it's only when we're pushed to our

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  , spurring me to scream for Selena, the official bug person in this apartment ... aggressively push the lever up and down in order for the toaster to heat up ... always seem to happen when one person or another is in a Zoom call, by the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  ended, but I'd like to sum things up in one post and just get it all out ... 'll post more information about how to get involved with birthright in the ... Propulsions Laboratory over in Pasadena, and I get to see Caltech and Los

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  coursework) Debating what majors + clubs to get involved in Organizing BIG ... were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student ... good faith. We might not get to everybody, but we'll try to answer as

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  of Framingham, Massachusetts. And get this: we came in third place ... went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to blog about it. If, for some reason, you don't like following links to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  , Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to ... ) before he got appointed, to sort of get the definite okay," said Federer ... blog readership will be excited to learn this fact. Adam Helfant, MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  binary star passes in front of another binary star, you get an eclipse. The ... with scientists in Chile, Arizona, and Hawaii (if you want to travel to ... UROPers hung up their lab coats to head home, Shaye and two other undergrads

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  he was sometimes struggling to get some medieval poem in arcane english ... pretty sure that you're going to MIT?", "What are you going to major in ... , and the other college discussion board. It was great to them in real

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  hoped to meet you in, but since I’m already stuck in a staring contest ... blotted by some cruel impressionist painter, my days in quarantine seem to ... musical roots to combat the negative effects of quarantine. In truth, I

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  when I get back to campus it'll be back to IHTFP, but in some weird ... surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I ... been hiking and exercising a lot, and trying my best not to get burned by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  involved with permitting MIT students to stay in their dorms when Harvard is ... has been much easier to take Harvard classes in the Spring term, when ... know that Harvard currently schedules its finals in mid-to-late January

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

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  large events, get funding, and how to get involved in student activities ... the initiative to make a change in the community. The MIT Public Services Center offers students the opportunity to volunteer in its numerous

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  early '80s, they were doing a big push to get a lot more girls to go into ... professional background in the Navy. And then from there, I applied to the ... in space when STS-115 launches. More than one-third of the nation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  actually do get to practice in real situations all these skills that we ... : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete ... about GEL as opposed to other leadership improvement programs I’ve done in

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  ="MIT's Writing course/major"]21W[/annotation] classes are HARD to get into. In the ... even want a shot at getting into these classes”. Well, this was news to me! I was left scrambling at the last minute to try and get into a

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses and doctors are nice and have your best interest in mind. But hospitals can also drive you cRaZy. I'm in the hospital, and have been since

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015