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  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  ;   It’s a magnificent lobby all on its own, but even better for the ... Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January ... office just a few feet down the infinite corridor. I enter with my morning

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  called poly(glycerol-co-sebacate acrylate), created a mold for the polymer ... Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators Under 35 for 2008. The metallic blue ... wonders have inspired scientists to innovate. When a group of MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  bioengineering has been a good idea for me because I can take what I've learned and then apply it to biological systems. It will be a love/hate relationship ... 'm at it again. :-o When I was a young one in kindergarten, I thought the

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  . This year, for the first time, the party was preceded by a special ... [see also: Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory] Last night, after a ... usually said "A-Kai-Oh") sorority's annual Fondue party. AXO Fondue is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  -M (a communications intensive class for my major in major), and for ... . There. And I went and learned about math. I felt like myself for a moment ... that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  the semester is stressful for everyone. For me, it's a plodding ... have changed in the past four years, mostly for the better, and I'm a ... from September to November 2. a resilient device, typically a helical

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  and searched all the counters and drawers for a key that might quite ... neurotic college applicant waiting for a decision. (Come on, who can blame ... would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  's blog for the day... Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don ... MIT to compete in front of YOU for prizes and bragging rights. Yuan ... : Shaye is a wannabe rockstar. Shaye: No I'm not! Yuan: Remember that girl

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  for yourself. 21A.453 - Anthropology of the Middle East professor ... crazy; for three hours a week, I sit at a conference table with her and ... .30; 21A.453 In alphabetical order, this term, I am taking: Anthropology

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  year of blogging with another blogger wrapped. these have become a consistent tradition, and if I had to guess, they'll continue for a while ... always been on top. slay fatima did a lot of listening to TSwift this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  HEY THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING POSTER FOR MIT 50K" thing. We didn ... DID YOU KNOW? Madonna is 48 years old. Seriously. Guys, I need a ... tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  identical copies of one nurse, and shut them again. The room spun for a while ... a mathematical model for them] Me: "Oh! That's funny. I thought I saw ... (EVA). This break, I have a big paper to write for the class. We were

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  ’ contraption for the MIT Museum sponsored Friday After Thanksgiving (F.A ... of activities -- “studying” and “sleeping.” Unfortunately, I have a ... I scanned the front page of The Tech, MIT’s major newspaper, and saw a

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

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  for a buckle lost from your first shoe, or for your lesson book which ... Alexandria, we would be at a loss for a corkscrew?" *Cleopatra Different fire ... .R.R. Tolkien, Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is a language of long, cold

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  semester, there was not so much time for feelings. I carved out a few hours ... , but if you're in a frosh double, you have to vacate it for next year ... random person in the hallway and mistake them, just momentarily, for a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  couple weeks.  Wish me luck!  I have been studying a lot and I really hope ... EMT exams, I am trying to take a less stressful courseload, and so far ... microstructural scale.  I am still a bit confused about what we are learning and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  a tourist visiting Boston for the first time. BTW that's supposed to ... Square for a little bit later that afternoon because I had nothing to do. I ... . I really want to make a second part for this post if I get the chance.

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  come across an open area, which you saw on the map and devised a plan for ... us for the day when we may have to take out a real enemy bunker. We put ... Hi, I am Cadet O'Brien. I am a Junior at MIT majoring in course 3

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  Yeah, I know. It's a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear ... department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman ... for 8.01 and 8.02), so I took 8.03. I had a great time and thought “If

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and ... Modernism." Joyce's Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man were ... styles, extensive vocabulary (250,000 words from a vocabulary of 30

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007