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• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  election year. It's business as usual for most seasoned Americans but, for me ... voting for the first time. In 2004, I'd worked as an election official, on ... the night, by flashlight, for some reason, after the stragglers have

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  're not trapped in a Vogon airlock (or are you?), but I do have advice for ... upperclassmen or the Admissions Office hear, for this is top-secret information ... few other things you should know. #1: Get to know your host. For the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  " was not a good name for a train. Yo, I'm in grad school. How's that ... 4 years at MIT, if you ever ask yourself, "Do I have time for a ... control you!", which I've been trying unsuccessfully to write for the past

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  pending patents and is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his ... Prize” for engineers) and author of over 900 papers, Professor ... until the end to see his really great advice for prefrosh! Melis: Can you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  Unfortunately for me, I've been hit with what's hopefully some sort ... for the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. On the upside, we've been ... classes you take can be applied toward the degree requirements for both

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  , and one-time workshops, I threw on the wheel for an average of eight ... , aiming for the center. [caption id="attachment_110860" align ... ’re looking for a slightly tapered triangle, thickest at the base. Make sure you

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  psetted a couple times a week, for two of my classes, with someone who ... physics capstone, which pairs you with one lab partner for the entire class ... always felt near-impossible for me to put forth. This goes beyond

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the ... quirks before. For example, many know that MIT’s buildings aren’t named ... circle for only a moment before diverging). 9/10 [caption id

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at least a decade, but has since been abandoned for wayfaring students to stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  strategies for repositioning the debate. Instruction and practice in written ... requirement for MIT. All students must take 4 CI's during their time at MIT. Two ... hate debating. I think it's stressful and nervewracking. I signed up for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  first day of class, we talk about the goals for the class, safety, and ... , and the air pistol is pretty much made for that. The trigger is light ... it was a general rule for precision shooting events that weapons be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  !), but RNAi, for example, was first fully characterized in C. elegans, and ... for that discovery (every once in awhile I will see Professor Horvitz at joint lab meetings!). Two Nobel Prizes in five years for a microscopic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for ... Infinite Corridor for pasta salads and cold trays of curry leftover from ... incomprehensible store layout turns shopping for dried split peas into a labrythine

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  . (If anyone else has an explanation for this, by all means, drop me a note.) It's been an Institute tradition since about 1929 for each class ... really fun experience. Now for the fun part: Class of 2009 Ring Design A

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  .3700.[/annotation] Although [annotation note="Mathematics for Computer Science"]6 ... "smarter", I've just become used to working on assignments for longer periods ... 'm not looking forward to! Which is also a first for me. There was always at least

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  an engineer or veterinarian in London in my apartment for 1 and some ... except for myself. I imagined a life of biomedical devices, then a life of ... library. Sometimes it's the Santa Monica pier for a quick bite before

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  and crumble in ways that were not previously noticeable. for instance ... severe than they used to be. for instance, as a result of running ... this for a few days i realized i didn’t really remember how to take

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  alternative is cooking for yourself! Cook whatever you want, [annotation note ... way for you to get involved - just download, log on, and get saving ... and an instant good deed for the planet.  How it works is that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  The other day, I skivved off studying for thermodynamics and instead ... and asking for advice. I noticed how people addressed him, and how they ... 't fundamentally that different. Still, it's not for me. There was no chip on my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  , aka a January term but ~quirky~). For me, my senior IAP was an ... to see what changed for me and what didn't. Here are some things I did ... : I had to take a break from exercise during the fall semester for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022