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• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  and forks. Warning: you may get pied in the face (Kes was the first ... (CONGRATULATIONS, Class of 2012! I'm way excited to meet all of you, and also not because you make me feel old. But I'm mostly excited

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  -level classes, some of which you can get credit for (I didn't do any of those ... school. You can't compare an in-the-classroom learning environment with ... spent a summer back in New Mexico (can't get enough of that place) working

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  It's so nice to be graduated -- I can make lists of things that I ... helped me acquire my ninja-like time management skills. When you know you have to go to work, you have to think twice about turning off your alarm

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  , since I seem to always be falling behind in my classes and getting royally ... leadership, college students also get a further understanding of what it ... crazy dance icebreaker. I had the time of my life getting to know other

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  philosophy. And I won’t deny that progress can sometimes creep up on you. I am ... interminable, since in order to successfully win a game you have to get through ... recognizing and accepting that I can be really bad at things was one of the most

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  not to stress. If you do find yourself getting stressed, take a step ... is supposed to be fun; don't let the application get you even before ... So many of you are starting off with college applications trying to

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  So where have I been? Short answer: doing work. Or just at work. I just got a UROP doing chemistry and molecular biology-related stuff in ... have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  that if celestial bodies won't move for you, you can at least move your ... being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black ... brainwashed you into buying Coca-Cola. Need I say more? 3.Slumdog Millionaire

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  But I figured that all of you would still enjoy reading about my classes ... of moving objects. Rolling, oscillating, and spinning. You name a ... Chemistry: Some of you might be confused as to why I'm taking this class, and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  figured that I'd let you know what I'm taking this term, since some of you ... much computer clue as I'd like, and I'd like to get more. The technical ... the coffee, though I guess if you're a coffee drinker and don't manage

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  For those of you who commented in the last post or emailed me, thank you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading ... probably late October. Luckily, I've done so many of them, I can talk about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  until the end to see his really great advice for prefrosh! Melis: Can you ... prize was a very pleasant surprise. M: Can you give a little bit of ... that you’ll find someone who can teach you some new technique you

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

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  Surgical Sciences Masters degree? Now you get it online from one of the best ... enter a university, much less a Masters program? No worries! Now you can ... citizens? You can do that online even if you’re six years old. How is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  it together yesterday morning, but I bet you can find it yourself if ... , are you even old enough to go to a bar?” (“Of course! barely.”) My ... the floor in a heap of mandibular disarray. #obliviouscodemonkey *I can

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  on time Tuesday morning, so I can't tell you about the tour of Boston ... Exponent, Inc. Novartis You can count six here. Six! They range from ... "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  while we watched the season 3 finale of The Amazing Race. As you can see ... and if you ever stole anything in your life, you should confess now, because Marilee Jones has magical glasses that can see into people's souls

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  MIT: Regressions, where I saw footage of Timothy Leary, the father of ... had written "Come Together" as a campaign song for Leary! Getting sucked ... in high school) and saw it as the album where the Beatles' sound grew

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  ubiquitous this year, the dorm dining halls will have all-you-can-eat meals ... Baker Dining (where you were supposed to bring your own food to the dining ... There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining. You

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  it’s all in your head… And overnight, you learn that it’s “sleep inertia” and actually you can wake up so easily if you have those meds. I ... : From the way fat patients (like me) get denied appropriate care to how

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  ". On the second day we drove to the village Vík, where our hotel for the ... the town Höfn, where our hostel for the night was located; about halfway ... . On Day 5, we backtracked to Skaftafell, where we'd registered to take

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016