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  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  at MIT, and I love it. Here are some of the classes I am taking or have ... the class by listening to, looking at, or talking about an example of ... , including a look at the "Table of Forms."  We would have lots of assignments

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  Regulations of the Faculty 2.11: Classes shall be suspended during the following ... the Registrar in consultation with the Chair of the Faculty[…] — Day ... 's Muriel Cooper-esque. There were lots of Museum staff around all the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The landscape of the Charles River around MIT is almost ... , swimming and fishing are progressively re-emerging as about 90% of the length of the river is now considered safe for swimming. Health risks remain

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was ... ! The experience of college has so far been incredibly fast-paced and ... community--I recently ended my term as president of the Ethiopian

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  ? Of landing inside the best Wall Street firm from which to write the story of an age? Of landing in the seat with the best view of the business ... last year for the commencement of the Class of 2011. And it's echoed in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  horrifically cursed system of units, where 12 units is considered the equivalent ... more typical 5.5 to the exceptional 7.5 of sophomore fall. So, once again ... of my life—the SuperUROP corresponding to 6.UAR, a year-long class

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  start at the stroke of midnight, at the sun’s first rays, or at whatever ... me rolling out of bed on a particularly warm Thursday morning in the ... alarm shatters the sweet silence of my 4-hour slumber, but I use ninja

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  hands on some power tools- of the large variety. One of the principle ... was the setup for a lab where we analyzed the gas velocity profile of laminar flow of nitrogen in a long tube. Notice all the wires. Each lab

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  , except that he vastly underrates both Galaxy Quest (one of the best movies ... better than two stars). Now, Roger Ebert didn't like "War of the Worlds", and not just because of the whole Tom Cruise/Oprah thing. Rather, he was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist committee, May 1 (really May 2, since May 1 is a Sunday) marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next. From an admissions perspective

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  . All three elevators have a board full of posters, and the floor ... series of dings whenever they open, but, like the distinct colors of their ... as can be, and as the farthest elevator from the entrance of Simmons

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  reagents. With the use of the special Parafilm M dispenser, which are sized ... conveniently cut off uniform sized strips or squares of 2" (50.8 mm) length. The ... asked about the availability of some other thickness, there is, at this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  ="Spanish IV"]21G.704.[/annotation] One of the benefits of this is that I had no ... of the work I accomplished this week! I've had a pretty chill semester ... typically known for having a lot of budget dedicated to it. I chose the game

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  the imagined animalistic avatars of some MIT courses, programs, and ... , and that none of them were harmed in the making of this hack.   ... strangest and most exotic creature of them all: the wild, weird humans of MIT.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  MIT so far. I know the future only has a lot more of these in store, but ... realizing how much of a shitshow the movie was, we switched to Pitch Perfect ... day. That was also the day I broke up with my boyfriend of one and a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  coating every mouthful of cheap sustenance reminded us of the importance of balancing work and fun because fun is the seasoning of life but needs to complement the substance of our life experiences, or something equally

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  months immersing myself in as many books as I can cram in the windows of ... the end of the semester and fifteen more the following semester! A lot ... called Significant Figures that talks about the histories of some of the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  Whitehead Institute, Mike works under the auspices of Prof. Harvey Lodish and ... cloning of the adiponectin receptor. Identified in the Lodish lab a few ... and the liver to promote the metabolism of fatty acids and glucose, as

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fantasy Feast Fantasy foods and costumed friends.

  

  . Below are some of my beautiful costumed friends and some of the food they prepared, photographed by the amazing YQ ‘16. The foods highlighted in the ... cake, deviled eggs, onigiri, and pork stew. The strawberry kiwi punch is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop ... examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a ... Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010