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• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing ... Thermodynamics and Kinetics, or physical chemistry. Physics + chemistry???? Whose ... of me with bad hair. Hee. And yes, sum1, MIT does have a marching band

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  few responses (28) from incoming freshmen (25) and upperclassmen (3). I wish I could say that most were awful and we had an easy time deciding ... , and I'm still disappointed that we couldn't find a place for more of the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  their project titles: Use of Homology Modeling and Molecular Docking to ... Analysis of Disease Susceptibility and Hereditary Patterns Using a Multi-Population Data Set Near-Infrared Albedo and Flux Variation of Saturn's Rings at 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  my transition from pueblerina to big city girl. A year and a half has passed since that blog post and I’d like to give you an update. When I ... of belonging, and community. I had already found the perfect coffee

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  -established, widely-accepted, and straightforward procedures, which makes me all the ... through each and every one of my actions over and over and over again. I ... days - and not my usual ten minutes - of moping, I've finally decided to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  I have a billion things to say about this semester already and I ... to October...) and building gliders for it. Running away from getting ... physics and decision making involved? I could definitely say that in many

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  classical physics. You have an object and you move it. The length of the path ... between the intitial position of the object and its final position is called ... travelled and displacement are not always equivalent amounts. Sure, if you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  joint titled "Tasty Burger" with Hairuo, Royal, and Trevor. (They're cool.) > Hairuo, Royal, and Trevor are telling me I should double major in ... weekend. First and most importantly, I got nine hours of sleep last night

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs (the classes that all undergraduates at MIT are required to take), and ... 'm on have exploded with commentary, and there will be a survey and a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  Every year, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus comes to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of ... freshman year and I had an exam or something equally unskippable last year

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  turkeys into oil and blogging, I actually don't have time to participate in ... or potato-bean soup for the Mafia potluck at NH4, and Sam's Mom settled ... sauce and 45 minutes of frying later, I had forty-six nigh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  , Subpoenas, and You." I laughed. Of course they'd have to remind MIT students ... bookmark/leaflet entitled "Copyright, Subpoenas, and YOU!" that highly ... chance to watch most of them because of work, lack of TV, and not enough

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  ."]problem set classes and project classes.[/annotation] A problem set class has regular problem sets, possibly exams, and possibly a final project. A ... , and one chemistry. They're all pretty similar, structurally. In fact, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  architect of Simmons Hall. I'll update you on the lecture and also answer some ... you that you have a host, and that you will be well taken care of while ... .CPW Farewell: Saturday, 5pm (and probably Battle of the Bands, too). The head of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  turn on my blinking bike lights, flip my kickstand, and pedal as fast as ... road bike instead.  Only occasionally do I glance to the side and notice ... has become such a constant in my life recently, and I fear I'm starting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  few years. I was really entertained by this clever and subtle hack, so I ... a while since the Hack Gallery was updated, and only a couple of these ... -group, and the team working on the hack often included members of such groups

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  . Some interesting theories have been tossed around, and I'd like to ... due to proteins and oils sloughed off the skin of the people on the ... and the things in it (salt, chlorine, oils) play some kind of role in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  Truffle-Making, and am currently missing the OrigaMIT Paper Folding) I've just returned from the records office downstairs, and boy do they have a ... processing that mail as quickly and efficiently as they can, but be patient

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT focuses the ... remember and to learn, as well as related functions like perception, attention, and consciousness.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT's Fraternity, Sorority, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) include 26 fraternities, 10 sororities, and five living groups. With core principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office