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  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  a "reading week," but apparently a "reading day" is enough for MIT ... Professor Ian Hunter (my UROP is in his lab!) in 3-370. 5:30-7:00 PM: Lecture ... -renown neurosurgeon Rolando del Maestro, followed by a talk entitled "Progress in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  for all three of them. This is in fact a theory we have actually assumed ... -defined, somewhat abstract, and entirely distracting. This is a more fleshed out ... while ago. So without further ado (keeping in mind that this is all very

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... (shown concurrently on our television with a giant strawberry dropping in Harrisburg and a white rose dropping in York), we played two party games that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  editorials. Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as ... 't: Toward a Pedagogy of Discomfort. This is one of the things I still think ... somebody in the UK dreamt that a loved one had died, only for that loved one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  was Enric Rovira. He's a master chocolatier in Barcelona, who is well ... tempered in different ways (one is glossier than the other). All in all, a ... outside the MIT bubble is an important part of being a student here!) One

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is a little harder for your situation. You may be overwhelmed thinking ... 's review a few common questions you may have about enrolling at MIT.  

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... 're like in the lab. This is a pretty important part of the package, since ... chemicals and worth-more-than-your-life machines.) A grad school interview is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  answer is YES, you can. People will say this a million times - but if you ... of them but there are only 24 hours in a day and you also have to get ... some sleep. MIT is just a liiiitle harder than most other colleges, so

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday, but it is no different. But before I once again immerse myself in the ... . This thing is TOFU. TOFU is the baby of Ryan Wistort, a grad student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  intended midpoint, and see my friend Kamoya approaching me, in a significantly more reasonable-looking jacket. We take refuge from the wind in a ... UberPool. Kamoya is Nigerian like me. He lived in Lagos for several

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  has its own atmosphere and culture." In fact the website is awesome, so ... , who's an upperclassman that lives in the same dorm. It's a great ... , you see the front desk: On the right is an Athena cluster, with a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  is great. I'm in the same suite as I was last year, but have moved to a ... , wrote. Interestingly, Abrams is directing Mission: Impossible 3, in which ... Verde's (grocery store in the student center) and bought a banana. At this point, I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  that darken whenever a television is in view. The second is low- power RF ... first time in a long time, Dean's axiom is itself cause for celebration. ... are many reasons, reasons too complex to discuss in a PhD dissertation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  you in August), we got to Six Flags and began an engineer's tour of a ... engineers at a theme park waiting in line to get on a roller coaster and you ... Hurricane Harbor, the water park where we swam amidst 12 year olds in a wave

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  and is around to answer your questions as well, or a seminar, in which ... . REX is a very good thing for people like Keri, who for a brief moment in ... !.. (three years ago! ahem..) Working at Pixar is kind of like working at a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  become genuine. It is wayyyy to early in the morning to keep up a “oh hi there I don’t know you that well” façade. In addition, there is still a ... thing about finding a family in a fraternity is that having cool brothers

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  composting bins and a low-cost biodigester under the guidance of an expert in ... teaching creativity-building educational modules at a youth shelter in Phnom ... in Cambodia. Greetings from Kampong Thom! It has been a jam

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  ; Basically, the drug Crixivan ® is used to combat HIV, but it is a very ... to perform a critical step in the production process. By inserting a ... firehose-survivors was Ana Posada. Ana, a Biology major from Lawrenceville

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  . Studying abroad is a great opportunity too and in some ways I regret that I ... MIT’s (in)famous fall career fair is this coming Friday…which means ... laundry until after finals week. :D A lot of this behavior is motivated by

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  longer essay? The Part II is a great place for us to get to hear your voice ... coursework you've had, and the choices you've made. This part is not a contest ... well in a challenging curriculum. Next, it's time for your teacher

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005