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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  -around awesome person. Wednesday, Mar 1. Free day in Palo Alto! I sleep in, go to a ... 've been extremely lucky to interview at all of the top five programs in biology, and eat lots of free food and stay in free hotels and fly using

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  still wasn't enough to earn me my favorite grade in the class: an A ... by engaging in a chess match there. However, he has sought political asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  about sex? Want to prove once and for all who the true players are in Burton-Connor? Come represent your floor in a fast-paced game of "Sex ... -o-lanterns at the Life is good Pumpkin Festival! In addition to jack

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done ... bought so he could send it to his girl back home. I agreed. We were in a ... and ejaculating, and me in a state of shock, unable to say anything but

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  chipped in $35 and rented cars and a cabin (apparently, MIT students can ... . What better way to get to know your hall? So a lot of you have ... seemingly obvious hole in the middle. So I know how easy it is to dwell on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative ... of higher learning in France, the Cambridge students are using Internet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  starts closer to 2:39:00. I was in the red MIT boat so I had a slightly ... delightful experience. I decided a good first step to get back into actually ... a significant amount of sitting in coffee shops (rip) and studying for

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  . People used to think that the brain's only function was to vent heat, which ... : a few hours after lecture, look what appeared!]: In other lecture-related news, the productivity geek in me decided to try out an entirely new note

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  occurred at our house. I'm happy to announce that we did not, in fact, burn down, and that we still exist! I first moved to WILG after I took a gap year and thus couldn't get on-campus housing anymore. I used to live in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  -level work in a state where for many, going to any college is seen as an ... ran 45 miles a week to get in shape for cross-country. I swam and dove ... , just to see what's happening in the exciting world of high schoolers and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  traditional ingredient used in your recipe for a healthier choice (you will have ... addition to a set of custom-designed Apple Bake mugs for the top five winners ... Overall and Most Creative. Certain floors in BC tend to be more gung

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  shouldn't exist, but it doesn't) and used to be in a rock band. I had a ... have a book called "Neuroscience in Space" to use. Neuroscience in space ... remember starting to giggle - and then my eyes were closed and I was in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  in order to pull my GPA up a few points. B's are fine with me. Of ... mit is as a prefrosh, to a rising sophomore whose gone through all the ... grade like back in high school? for example, were you a straight a student

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  ethanol sometimes has a small amount of methanol mixed in specifically to ... media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of pink colors! It ... "] SDS [/annotation] suggests that it’s “not expected to present a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  the two? Would you ever toss a coin to decide, in this case?" I get ... helpers A.M.C. asked, "Just to make sure: Have you received my CD-ROM that ... replied, "A.M.C., they might not know you by your pseudonym. It's easier to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  : - Have one of my songs used in a major motion picture, or at least on The ... THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: - Prioritizing sleep - Exercise - Taking Timur's money in Texas Hold 'Em THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  had to do a live performance in front of retired cast members. the first ... going to rehearse scenes without a stage to perform in? how were they ... reviews, and i ended up falling in love with a few of them. then i found out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  —found out the answers, and have a good mind to kick myself in the head. 7 ... is preparing everyone here to make a palpable difference in the world ... able to use them as a platform for development wherever we are. The

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  'll probably be ready to be a real person in a year. Many other nerds seem to ... : "There's always the temptation, when teaching a computer science class, to use a ... A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  , informatics, and biology. In each country there's a selection process to try to ... ) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only ... as a really cool thing. Being at MIT meant that I was going to school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008