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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  queries: I'm a little concerned about MIT's degree of toughness...is it ... my hands.) At this moment I'm sitting at my kitchen table feeling ... 't've done any better. (Wow, I'm really pulling out the bad pop song references

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  . (More about what I'm doing with Chemistry will come over the next few ... tours of some labs. As I'm a nerd for everything neuroscience, can you understand why I'm really excited for the next three years? Speaking of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  believe me, this time I'm really gonna move it!). My pictures aren't quite ... seriously looks like she's having a heart attack right now, so I'm too ... 's just a fake model; I'm not too sure really). Of course, I had to take its

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  . But someone from NextExec should raise hell about this." Now, I'm not ... someone who likes to enjoy a hot shower every morning, I'm almost definitely ... ; your dream school most certainly isn't going to be flawless. I'm here to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  time awesome to think that I'm actually growing up and doing my own ... you need some context about me and my history. I'm from "Suburbia ... people. And a word for the parents: I know that you get worried. I'm 21

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  whatever crazy topic you want. I'm really unoriginal and don't have many ... common area and a kitchen and 3-6 rooms, including one double (I'm pretty ... ...Although Zach '08 estimates about 50. Alyssa asked: but anyway, im just

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I'm ... .) Since I just tried to rewrite this story and did so poorly, I'm ... home tomorrow and it'll all be fine." And I'm like, "NO! You don

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

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  due to excess carotene. So, I'm not Jewish. Not that there's anything wrong with that! But no, really, I'm not Jewish. Not even a little bit ... me, but I'm actually not Jewish." Hillel: "Oh, okay. *click*" Ha! That

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... Denver meeting, I was asked by students, "I'm interested in computer ... get excited about. Currently, I'm in a cafe in "Old Town" Las Vegas, New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five ... opportunities. Career Fair If I'm being honest, not a lot of undergrads seem to ... been there twice before, just because I'm never on the 5th floor of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  time, I'm not taking any Course 2 classes, except I guess Thermodynamics ... .110) and Mechanical Engineering (2.772) class. I'm hoping to have time ... . So here's what I'm taking so far: BE.110: Thermodynamics of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  science for 30 years. No no. I'm serious. Well, this is it: the last time I ... the little Turkish internet cafe on the corner tomorrow. But I'm pretty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  practical to work at the NIH since I'm also studying for the MCATs and I have far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There ... ,275, calculated at $9 per hour. This is more than I'm getting paid at the NIH. But

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  week. Whenever I'm at a spot with any kind of cascading water (which is ... are smarter than me. So I'm sure some of you know the answer to this ... about it. I'm also open to reccomended reading (titles, topics, authors

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  asked my lab supervisors to talk with me in German, I'm getting an intensive cultural experience for at least 8 hours a day, and I think I'm ... "This is America, speak English!" shirt I'm going to punch them in their

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  inconvinient, how do you think? A MacGregor room is eight feet by fifteen feet. I'm ... 't actually know, because I'm never on the internet off campus. :) 2. Christina ... that I really, really, really want to take, and I'm ok with two others

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  international buffet. Now, I'm not sure how I break down percentage-wise, but I'm ... walls and a ceiling (I'm not sure if the Stata Center could be explained

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  ), so I'm not going tomorrow. Which means that 7.27 (human disease) and 9 ... 'll ever attend. I am trying really hard to scrounge up some sad, much as I'm ... that's all I'm going to say about that. Just three final exams between

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  that we've taken (I'm a course 9 major and she's a double major in course ... requirement. I'm having trouble describing it so I'll just copy straight from ... know of at MIT, at least for undergrads (I'm not sure if there's any on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006