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• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  enough to fit a bed. Living in a small half is a good lesson in keeping ... side of the building. If my door is open I have a strategic view of the most popular intersection in the dorm. If my door is closed my room is as

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  Direction - my biggest regret in life is declining tickets to see them in ... forgot this song existed until I heard it in Darwin's, a Cambridge cafe ... Pete Wentz and the lyricism and aesthetic of the entire album is such a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  ."]digital communication[/annotation] in higher education from my time as a grad assistant to ... , because in all honesty, who cares? The answer is no one. [annotation note ... answer because, quite frankly, MIT is just a place. Nothing more, nothing

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  Kesem is a free week-long summer camp for kids of cancer patients; more ... at home for just a little while and to immerse themselves in pure camp ... be teens! This is the first time that CK-MIT has a teen program - it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  only is it a pretty big line to get in your head, a lot of the times I ... have an older sister who is a pretty cool human bean while simultaneously ... in a place called "Malinckrodt". (I wasn't an Orientation Leader in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , he has a lot of flexibility in his hours since all he needs is his ... Speaking from experience, having a UROP is a big time and emotional investment. On average, UROPers spend eight hours in the lab per week and a lot

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

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  down in her hometown of Covington GA to see a football game and a free ... four colors of paint in my hair. Anyway, it wasn't a problem because my grad student Andy is in Switzerland and I'm basically doing all his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Charles is a very dirty and very old river. As Wikipedia tells us: Despite ... old age. But no longer, Frodo. Evil is stirring in 6.002. The Exam has ... mate Mirat '08. People ask me, is MIT really the third ugliest school in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is ... : Mary Chin earned her BS in civil engineering and a MEng in environmental ... treadmill. And the world is a better place for it.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  only take a second, and I haven't blogged in so long that I got pushed ... off the front page is grape-flavored anything (it's not even a flavor, I ... . Excited to get fitted for my dentures. Anyway, I'm still hosed, and I have a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  calculating last year that if I got an A in every one of my six classes this ... the tenths place)! But if I got a B in any one of them it would stay the ... would (theoretically) just let me skip the harder problem sets once in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  ’s office is leading a Dear Colleague letter in the Senate that closely ... Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  periodic lectures in room 35-225. This is a picture from our lecture on ... out the most recent ball to go in. This is a prototype of the ball ... Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. You see, I've been very

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala ... bite-sized, fondant-wrapped sugary surprises. Wait, is that a mini robot ... Janney, is just one of several whose work is profiled in the “artistic MIT

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a ... than just a yes or no answer here =) For those of you interested in playing with it before seeing the answer, do so; the solution is in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  This is a new program for the junior class launched in 2007. Assisted by ... , especially in a world where leadership, interpersonal, and management skills ... interdisciplinary problem-solving, MIT is uniquely equipped, and obliged, to make a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  states where it is illegal to do what at a gas station? 5. What famous 1972 ... discussed it in STS.001, a class that he designed three decades ago. He replied, with a laugh, "I actually told him to put that in the speech! I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one ... stuff. Day One: - we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA repair. Lyle will also be teaching 7.341, Not Just a Bag of Enzymes: DNA

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  I say welcome! Come on in, the water is just fine. I hope that you ... . This is, after all, a community designed for and about you. When I began ... you have to be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  in the upstairs restroom.” Suddenly, I heard a storm of footsteps up ... , my age and still a few days shy from returning to his college in the US ... this is a lot of big talk for someone who has barely spent 24 hours here

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025