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  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  typical pset might only contain 5 problems, every one of those problems is ... sign might take 10 minutes to figure out. I might be using the same ... 's nothing quite like that intellectual high I get when I've been working 5

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  June 5th. For some reason I always pictured that I'd have more time ... . I am in the office from 1:30 to 5:15 so drop it off sometime between ... #1 and #3 together, we've put at least 10 hours into #2 so far just to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  Star Trek Characters?! (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10 ... blog too! I'm going on 42 hours with 1.5 hours of sleep, a lot of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was ... celebrates "Guy Fawkes Night" on November 5 by building bonfires, lighting ... wild. It's B for Vendetta! A rather impressive sight in Lobby 10

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  , with accumulations of 5 to 8 inches of snow expected. Meanwhile crude oil ... approximately 5,000 gallons of used vegetable oil (UVO) annually. Currently, MIT must pay $1.10 a gallon to get rid of this oil, which is used to deep

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  our community. Over the past 5-10 years, we have seen a surge in ... recommendations (but don't submit more than 5 total recommendations) from those who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  an MIT alum. I also made a surprise visit to my 5th grade teacher along ... to read Nature and I swear there were at least 10 MIT references. In fact, my 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) professor, Dr. Drennan, wrote a short

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  that it turns from day to night within about 5 seconds when Magneto lifts ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite ... taking the movie seriously. 10. You should probably stay after the closing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  comparisons, where k is a small constant (could be 5, 10, 15, etc). The number ... the running sum to 2 + 3 = 5. Then you see 9, so you update the running sum to 5 + 9 = 14, and so on. In this way, you don’t need to actually

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  BG High Grad Gets Full Ride to MIT Amy Bingham / WBKO A former Bosnian refugee is going to the nation’s number one engineering school on a full scholarship. 18-year-old…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  days a week to ride Champagne, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood that she

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  Revere’s top grad bound for MIT By Thor Jourgensen / The Daily Item Tuesday, June 6, 2006 REVERE – Class of 2006 valedictorian Anthony Rindone will quote Thoreau Wednesday when…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  Following up on my July/August series on news articles about the Class of 2010, here’s one more… Central grad’s MIT future a family dream By ERIN QUINN San Angelo Standard-Times…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  This past summer, Hasan Minhaj FINALLY made his way to my hometown on his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to see in person…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  Spackenkill Student is a Youthful Leader April 28, 2006 By Jeremy Schwartz / The Weekly Beat Sulinya Ramanan has not yet completed high school, but she has accomplished more in…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  ‘Miracle Child’ of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT July 17, 2006 BY DEBORAH KOLBEN / The New York Sun If you’ve ever walked through Union Square Park,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  Santaluces valedictorian headed to MIT, career in medicine By Kathi Mcfarland, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Corey Kubber recently won a $2,500 scholarship from the Morikami…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  Flowers student to attend MIT, thanks to scholarships Student received prestigious Hispanic Heritage Youth Award Thursday, May 25, 2006 by Jennifer Donatelli, Staff Writer [Photo by Lawrence Jackson Jr. –…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  About the interview… For students applying for early action, the deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is Friday (October 20). So, if you haven’t yet, go…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  are 4 papers that are each 9-10 questions long. You have 3 hours for each paper and choose 5 questions to answer on each one. What this means ... 16 have been covered already. Compsci exams are June 2nd-5th. Luckily

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014