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  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  It was 2AM. After a heart-warming and tummy-filling Thanksgiving break with my parents and my favorite sister (she’s kind of my only sister ... . Everything is more dramatic at 2 in the morning. The scanner in CopyTech was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  notes), 2) direct quotes, and 3) my own comments. (3) can range from ... mathematician, he means that he took 2 years to get a Ph.D. in pure theoretical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  perfectly at ease with social interaction!" Me 2: "Ah-ah-ah, don't be getting ... peasy." Me 2: "Alright, hot shot, let's see it. How about that guy

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  Boston Festival of Indie Games! The 2nd annual convention hosted here in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public ... , here's the tabletop expo floor, on the 2nd floor of the student center

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  , every TA for this class was amazing)). 2. Try to go to recitation, it ... can be understaffed. 2. Find OH a few days before the pset is due and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  , with a long flowing white beard), (2) mechanical engineering has replaced ... research UROP at the Koch Institute and taking 2.00B (Toy Product Design), I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on ... 's something epic, really cool." On working as a hedge fund analyst: "At 2 PM on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  and engaging opportunity that will help you have a successful 2nd ... HASS classes fill two requirements: 1. MIT communication credits 2

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ’t feel like I get that a lot elsewhere and it really helps! 2. Engineering ... be a GEL2 next year, so if you apply for this year, you might get me as

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  . They sang “1, 2, 3, 4” by the Plain White T’s, which goes: There's only ... across the cell membrane. A Type I protein has an amine group (-NH2

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  2) quantify how much of an impact inquiry learning and project ... they may be, they are strength! Now to continue unified pset number 2

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  ?), use granulated sugar instead of confectioner's sugar 2) Nobody will ... making, I have no problems with contributing to life lesson #2 But beyond

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  Hey y’all, My god I can’t believe it! It has been almost 2 months since I arrived in Boston. I have been up to my ears in work, dance ... 2-3 months of hard work, you will be a whiz! Also, it’s important to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  "refocus" pictures after they are taken -- or rather, I guess, to generate 2D ... this: 8PM: Chinese food 1AM: pizza 7AM: bagels 12PM: Cosi's 2

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  , and particularly through one of my favorite classes, 2.009. (As an aside ... understand firsthand while exploring the mechanism for my 2.009 project (whose

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  and a 2-4 hour a week one, all on top of four 12-unit classes, so I just ... time. I've made a habit of beginning to study for orgo 2, which has a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  on Wednesdays, my class of 6 students, 2 professors and 1 TA watch ... on Fridays, my class of 6 students, 2 professors and 1 TA take really

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  , then stay tuned for a blog post about DIY supercomputing[2]! If I don ... ...) [2] Probably not involving anything like Map Reduce; I just wanted a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  'm writing my thesis, which is in product design. I'm taking 2.72 - Elements of ... interest in music, and 2.674, which is a nanotechnology lab. Oh, and I'm in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  colleagues for showing the world how MIT works." Her May 2nd email to the MIT ... the ship models and viewed parts of lectures on robotics in Course 2. We

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011