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  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  For First Semester Freshmen, Registration Day can be tough. You can only pick 54 class units, while using the precious Pass/No Record grading policy wisely. Online Tools Luckily, MIT has…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  almonds that I have yet to eat. They are delicious). K thanks. Though I wax

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  Sonata in E, K. 264 C.P.E. Bach Sonata No. 1 in F (Prussian

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  This past March, a few days after my birthday, I spent a Saturday teaching three iterations of a three-hour-long class called Hands-on Introduction to DNA! to seventh through ninth graders…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  Today is the fifth annual Save The Frogs Day, a day to spread awareness about the amphibian extinction crisis. When I was in high school I used to spend this…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  undergraduate and graduate students from all over the U.S. and U.K., we hear from

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  This is my final paper for Science Journalism, a science writing class I took last semester. Reading the literature and interviewing people for this paper taught me a lot about…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  largest city (pop 55k) in the state and located near its geographic center

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  (Espionage and 20k), 5W!TS does production and effects work for museums. You

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  (I wrote this entry after spending three months working in Tokyo for use by MISTI – MIT Science and Technology Initiative, an amazing program that sets you up with internships…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  In Matt’s recent entry about the movie 21, he mentioned that he found Ben’s room “more soulless than any dorm room I’ve seen at MIT.” I haven’t seen the movie…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  . Chemistry, biology, and the related engineering disciplines (a.k.a. Courses 5

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  Avenue in the mid 20s) and at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, and is

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  K to reduce noise- underneath it there you see the nitrogen tank

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  . =) Responses to questions: Kelsey K asked: But, are there welding facilities

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  learning about momentum transfer (a.k.a. "how rockets work") as one of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  A lot of you have written me to tell me you’ve voted, and it’s INCREDIBLE have all your support! Voting’s open until the 28th, so be sure to share this…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  (Yeah, okay, that was a really bad title. I GET IT. Not everyone can have their neighbors be eaten by countries, have entries dedicated to them in conjunction with Ben’s…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  For the past six years or so, I’ve been a desk calendar addict. You know, the ones that have something to read every day, and you rip them off every…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  came to visit. Shoutout to Angela K. 27 and Jenny Y. ‘26 for compromising ... H. '27, Angela K. '27, Jenny Y. '26, Emily C. '25, and Dom D. '27 for

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024