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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  . Sophomore year was indeed better. Architecture courses started, picked up some ... of, that you can stand by and own up to. 2. Follow up -- it’s not that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  was there, helping me make whatever I dreamed up.” The only condition ... his father's college workshop.  To be able to make whatever I dreamed up ... : break students up into groups of around five, teach them how to use

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  didn’t, carried my laptop up to my room, checked either my MIT or Caltech ... , the complete text of Atlas Shrugged, which ended up winning the hunt ... ’t end up solving), Czar Cycle: None of us know Greek, one of us knows

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  restriction enzyme will allow you to cut up DNA and paste different combinations ... of size and charge. By firing up a current that courses through an ion ... , it helps you finish up a 9.12 lab. Otherwise, you can use the lengths

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  dressed up super pretty for the final awards ceremony!  It was so much fun ... finally showed up, and I actually got admitted to my dream school!!  I WAS ... to MIT.  She said okay, and then I crawled up the stairs and passed out

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  flowing endorphins, catching up to me like a tidal wave I had sought to ... looked back and asked what made me give that all up. But all I know - or ... at my summer job. After having slept for nearly 12 hours, I wake up

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  thankfully Schnoogle is still up). So everyone in the room is going around ... with being a Classics major and eventually ended up majoring in Religion ... them that connected up with fandom! So I applied to grad school at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  each piece are different light bulbs which light up at different times to ... booklet that I picked up at List: Haacke rejects the name &lsquo ... would recommend looking up some of his more recent pieces if you

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  couch, and put my feet up on his desk. The downside, I guess, is that I ... yourself to risk playing the alchemist and trying to cook things up to make ... LOVED IT. We had a duty to our readers to come up with a way to offer just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  possible responses from users. In the end, they came up with 173 categories ... Clara. In California, the group set up a podium in their hotel room so ... on Eastern Daylight time, they got up at 5:00 the next morning, so they

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  picked up my pset and glanced through it quickly, counting problems to ... 'll really enjoy the questions that spring up as you work through some ... my closest friends I've met through psetting. Huh. So to wrap it up

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  , beginning this year we will be setting up an email address specifically for ... in mid-late April with an update on what you've been up to since our ... ! Keep us up to date all the way through May 1 and beyond if you remain

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  've grown up on the stations in MA; my presets are ordered such that 104.1 is ... start of my next assignment, however, something came up. I was heading to ... pick up my vehicle, cash in hand. Since I'd been itching to get in some

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  that uncommon, why would they bring up Michael Jackson, who (I thought ... -- the internet ate him up. One of the Scary Movies featured a nasty MJ jab ... much of my generation focused on Michael in that light; we grew up on the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  it's always pretty awesome to see what people come up with :) We ... level of partying that happened this year has definitely jumped up a notch ... this was my way for making up for not spending any time there at all this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  and I are catching up, oh, how was Asia, it's been a while, yeah, 4 ... , despite our best efforts, we meet up and head over to TFT too late, and ... , but 6 weeks is enough to get people excited for classes to start up

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  up points that make or break neuroimaging studies. 7.342 - The X in ... Introductory Bio can sign up), but if they did, there'd be too many people for ... sort your mail. I offer up your daily dose of snark. It's a rockin' good

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  -solving, hacking, checking your laundry status on the Internet, and staying up past your bedtime and then past your waking-up time with the most brilliant ... -like irony. To wit: According to the Internet, Harvard just got 1-upped.

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  train to look for my house. A woman helped me carry my luggage up two ... for days. I walked until the Japanese Ghost of Christmas Past walked up ... gozaimashita." The woman hung up the phone. "Issyou ni ikimasyoo!" Her offer to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  of liking it. It’s like dress up. Only… with… your life. And this is ... ended up learning a ton from the class. Best and worst decision I have ... lab everyday for over 4 weeks straight. I’d wake up every morning

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009