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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  3 ATPs," when explaining biochemistry to us. Then there’s 8 ... rebounded from the wall. That individual is me Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-3

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  Once, while working as a cashier, I noticed that a customer’s total had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. I automatically said, “Heh… $3.14. Like pi.” The

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  fact that they are never (or almost never) actually produced.   3 ... blag! That gives me an excuse to procrastinate for like, 3 more days

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  because today was the One And Only 03/14/15, which is 3.1415. But it's only ... else? Pi isn’t really 3.1415926....either. We just happened to choose

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  I look at the clock - it's 5 am. I started working at 3 pm. What just happened? No pset, no exam, no looming deadline. I spent the past 14 hours ... interesting. The winner of the Pitch grand prize of $3,000 was High Q Imaging, a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  Lobby 7 on my way to take the 3.091 (Solid State Chem) midterm. Quick ... ! Also 3.091 midterm grades released. I know right?! The average was a 63

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  weren't running regularly due to the 3 ft tall piles of snow on ... out. 3. Sherry Tasting @ Craigie on Main The Alumni Association

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  around 20 hours behind the wheel over the course of 3 days. Here's a ... definitely a highlight of the trip.   3. Icy Apocalypse Preparation As the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  .) There are three basic layers: (1) baselayer, (2) midlayer, (3) outerwear ... /Arc'teryx, but cheap fleece works too. (3) Outerwear This is where you'll have to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  : 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, as well as awards for Most Avante-Garde, Most ... personal little world of zen.     3rd Place: Josefin B

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  more difficult to actually find the time to learn how to integrate sec^3 ... 've been up till 3 AM in the Hayden Library (an awesome place to study, by

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  it has been okay.  I am taking one technical class, 3.022, or ... than 3.022, I am working on my management minor with 15.812 and 15

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  (60 units) so taking sophomore standing allowed me to do that. 3 ... calculus), 18.03 (differential equations), and 21f.703 (Spanish 3). Is it

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  . Quito itself is at just under 10,000 ft (3 km) above sea level, and the ... country". As they left the car I logged Embarrassing Spanish Incident #3 by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  shrieked with laughter and rocked back and forth (amplitude ~3 feet. very ... and my body says that it's 3 AM because it's stubbornly insisting on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  speedy (2.3 GHz i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD), has a gorgeous screen large enough ... , but I greatly prefer the iPad's 4:3 aspect ratio for web browsing and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  decisions, 3/14, 6:28pm in Boston (Pi Day, Tau Time). 3/14, 11:28pm in Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  Over one weekend in the fall (Splash!) and one weekend in the spring (Spark!) 3,000 middle and high school students descend onto MIT campus for ... observable on earth and their influence on history Evolution of currency 3

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  by spoils, they mean a 3-D printed rendering of Charles Darwin looking ... ’ deliberation and a decibel measurement of the crowd’s enthusiasm, 3-D doubtful

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  show up 2-3 hours before the house opens, and the box office has a ... each of the 3 plays, figuring out when we can move into Kresge Little

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013