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  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how ... , which makes me incredibly sad -- why did I go back and fix the code for ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...ding_out.shtml The first step (Mollie): Asking for help at MIT http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  one of endurance, that you do it over and over again for 26 miles and it ... vying for course 16 grads at career fairs, I'd say you're pretty set if ... me wrong. I'm still your source for all things Course 16. My intentions

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  atop my mini-fridge for a long, suspenseful day before its first chance ... we head for Briggs Field where everything was coming to a head. On our ... rocket do, Jesse? For those that are interested, this is our official

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  more. The catalyst for last night’s dearth of shuteye was a combination ... and one just downstairs. It seems like for the past few months, people ... for you. (Numbers and underscores suck. It’s the million-dollar question

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  chemical change, so what gives? This has now been bothering me for over a ... able to update my blog this summer! I feel so guilty for my prolonged ... of water, basically waiting for some major accident to happen. I don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  the Men's Ice Hockey game for a little Marching Band on Ice action and ... liberated from solid food for the rest of my life by an errant puck. Yes, we ... I think he deserves some credit for the whole affair. And we got

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS) at MIT have developed a ... sort of microscope for charges, where each foil acts as a lens. Once the ... oscilloscope, it can detect, for example, whether a particle is an electron or a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  couple of examples. Take for example, 18.02, Multivariable Calculus, a ... . Now here's my take on all this (feel free to ask around for other ... entry be without photos? For the next two months, I'll be highlighting

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  how 18.01 is a prereq and 18.02 is a co-requsitie for 8.02. Since I ... , here's a shout out to the Lego Lab for being cool enough to work with ... you could all decide for yourselves about the MIT campus: Coming Soon

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  library in 1996, for the simple reason that ''nobody else seemed to be doing ... lending a book out can approach $2 for some libraries; printing out a black ... 're happy to be open and available for you.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  There's a story on the AP wire today (look for it in your local paper ... are developing software for cell phones that would analyze speech ... speed-dating conversations. He can now predict the verdict for 80 per cent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  trying to study for the 5.43: Advanced Organic Chemistry final. Just come ... with two coats of Parisian. Ruth is opting for a subdued combination of ... xanga. EDIT 08/09/05: Ruth and I painted for five hours tonight. My room

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  the Last Dance For Me. I must say that I do like the crooners. (Michael ... course, a big reason for the it being named that, aside from the popularity ... ), This One Jazz Bar. A freshman yelled at me this year for supporting women

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  decisions for me and suddenly I miss the innocence my parents had wrapped me ... road trip to take for a three day weekend? What makes a good partner ... ’m stupid for asking so many questions? How can I ration the number of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  September rolled around, I set my alarm for an ambitious 1 whole hour before ... . Hahahahaha. That plan worked for a while. But by the second week of classes, a ... myself to concentrate for hours on end. I would not recommend trying this

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  soft-spoken. Be docile. I did this every weekend for the first 17 years ... woke up the next day and laid in bed for 15 minutes, feeling sparkly. I ... vindication I felt, being able to root for her, was strangely freeing. I wonder

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  have no excuses! (I've also realized that there is a Spongebob gif for ... unpredicatble moments (no "GASP!!!!!" moments except for ones involving some insane special effects) for me, but I was curled up in the fetal position

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  behind and I cook the vegetables for a few minutes only, the fewer the ... incomprehensible. But, perhaps the best reason I can give for my love of Ladies and ... . Colors are really the best approximation I have for what’s happening

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  permanent or constant in my time here at MIT except for blogging. Even my ... 've really learned at MIT, or if I've only learned how to ask for help. I walk ... . I've been learning to be okay with my mediocrity and I think for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  receive from the office instructs them to keep an eye out for "delivery owls ... :   Noah was going to be on campus for MIT's SAT test prep ... ). A number of my students in Credit for Reddit this spring have declared

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015