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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I'd take a moment to tell you guys what I'm up to for the semester. This ... to make up for a humanities free freshman spring semester. Finishing 6

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing ... you have to shoot an m&m in order to make it all the way down the ... This blog post is about the following picture: In particular

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  that in mind, I looked up the word for "umbrella" in Google translator ... DID YOU KNOW? The song "Hips Don't Lie" went to #1 in nearly every ... to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this ... in an elevator once. Their $40 "America's Choice" plan is on par with ... river. EDIT: In her comment, Stephanie brings up an excellent point that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  Drop In, AA: Meeting I hosted an associate advisor drop in event with Shayna A. '23 where we basically sat in a Zoom room for an hour and chatted ... , failures, and experiences in between. For starters, my past few couple weeks

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

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  ! Apple Bake has been a fall culinary tradition in Burton-Conner for the ... for an entire weekend, flooded the field, and won most of the prize ... three of the seven categories (including Best Overall for an apple

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  and Counterpoint II) and signed up for an X-tra Special musicianship ... for 30 minutes and went to a lab meeting and started an e & m ... edge of the top bunk and feeling mildly superhero-esque in a thrill

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  States during Fourth of July. (or if I was, I was in little-town Maine for ... that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  at a restaurant here in Cambridge! This might not be a big deal for ... -and-greet in April, and I compared that tiny get-together to “seeing color for ... I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  , telling me to go for a seminar rather than traditional, with an adviser that ... doesn't matter if you were born in [as a student], or married in [as an ... - because for some reason, even though he was HALF AN HOUR LATE, he got his

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  'm headed off for an hour or two, when I come back I'll update this blogpost ... This post is sans elephants. Elephant Sans, however, would make for a ... time, in a land far far away (from all you non-local blog readers), a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  'll just apologize for being derelict in my blogging over the past few months ... --since she spent an entire semester of her undergraduate studies in Cameroon ... for about an hour for the sake of staying the course, by which we really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  significant in either A Prayer for Owen Meany or Donnie Darko. Joe's Dad takes a break for lunch while Joe does an interpretive dance. I think we ... On the third day there was abundant sunshine and temperatures were in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT ... was to be home in December for winter break (back home, “winter” is 70 ... , letting you apply the winter skills you've learned in lecture.  Yay for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  in which you majored. Extracurriculars aren't considered at all for ... Well, I'm packing tonight for my interview at UCLA's ACCESS biology ... morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... too :-) It's three in the morning and MIT's campus is, for once ... 's never been a TA for a class; he's not in the MIT directory. He comes back

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  , including staining some neurons with antibodies and preparing for an ... in lab, be on the cheerleading squad, and work for the admissions ... information elsewhere, for example in your personal statement or in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  in student life seem to indicate an administrative preference for an ... 1931. In 1939, MIT purchased an apartment building and converted it into ... —some based on seniority, others based on how long an individual had lived in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  OMG OMG OMG! TODAY'S THE DAY DAY DAY!

  

  In case you forget when decisions come out: For Some: For Others: And Then Some:

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my ... started talking about San Diego as an option since we would be staying in ... in fall. I stayed at ZP until 4 am, which was an interesting decision

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022