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  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  fulfilled by taking 4 gym classes, or by participating in 2 seasons of a ... freshman year… I took the class anyway. So, twice a week from 1-2 pm, I take ... I’m really great at missing 2 classes. But, even when I’ve fulfilled

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  or a 2-hour bus ride or a 6-hour plane ride to the nearest city! And ... we were on the subway. At 2 PM in New York. The result was a Lucy and ... carried 26.2 miles on the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of crazy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  my 2.001 lecture. You see the double-angle formulas, don’t you? Yuck. After that, I was working on my 2.001 pset, which thankfully didn’t cover ... scraping the bottom is 4.2 x 10 ^ -4242. That is truly, truly horrendous. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  a PS/2 (waterproof) keyboard. (He's got a much more technical ... was captivated by the 1977 film's legendary robot, R2D2, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  interviews. Finish interview at 2:05 PM and head to airport for 3:55 flight. I ... completing 2 essays, the math section, and a verbal section, I am offered to do ... to see my scores. Screen 1: Are you sure? Screen 2: Are you really sure

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  have classes in the morning and afternoons, often with breaks over 2 ... finally figured out my schedule. Here's what I'm taking this semester: 2.001: Mechanics and Materials 2.003: Dynamics and Vibrations 6.081: Special Subject

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  situation anyone in our family encounters. 1. Get psyched. 2. Stay with it. 3 ... integer n is greater than 2, then an + bn = cn has no solutions in non ... . 2. Charlotte noted, A short note to all- having a safe campus doesn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  recently won a $2,500 scholarship from the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach ... earned him the 2006 Morikami Scholarship. The $2,500 scholarship is awarded ... 2 percent on IQ tests, and has received numerous academic awards. He

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  for the summer. The dorms' summer rates for 2006 range from $1,700-$2 ... 2 summers in Boston when I was in high school and they were so fun ... companies guarantee that they'll accept at least 1 or 2 F/ASIP students for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  adventure begins. Leg 2 (The Trinity) Prague to Moscow, Kiev or Istanbul The ... affected by AIDS, and disabled people." #2. Mercy Corps "Mercy Corps ... Asia, the agency's unified global programs employ 2,700 staff worldwide

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  unusually busy Thursday. FRIDAY UROP Lab Tour (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM) -- Do you ... 100 atm? Then you ought to meet us in the lobby of Building 66 at 2:00, 2:30, 3:00 or 3:30 for a fun-filled tour of the Tester Lab, down in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  psets, 3 labs, and 2 papers that are all due tomorrow by 5pm. There's just ... usually have 2 psets a week, but this week I also had a presentation in one ... understand." I'd give this pset a 2 out of 5 on the "assume the fetal position

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  be cutting it a bit close. Hee. 2. Chris asked how I spent my summers ... ;>>> variety in lab jobs. Plus I have my own set of pipetmen in Morgan's lab. 2 ... , which is pretty much what we did too. My brother's band was about 2/3 or 3

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  . For example, there's only one front desk. At the same time, Conner 2 and Burton 2 are not the same floor, even though they are physically located at ... courtyard in between. (EC consists of 2 parallels, east and west, so that 3rd

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  do complain about them a lot, though. 2. Mushal asked how the biology ... sciences (and even those rankings were made back in 2002!), so MIT's #2 spot ... a degree in course 2 (mechanical engineering), thereby proving that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  Clinic for Students! WHEN? Monday (THIS WEEK!), 12/5, 11:30-2:00pm WHERE? Student Center 3rd Floor, PDR 1 and PDR 2 WHO? sponsored by MEDLINKS and ... pm Saturday December 10th @ 4pm & 8pm Sunday December 11th @ 2pm

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  caffeine intake so I would get a better correlation on my graph. Oops. 2 ... , course 6-2 (EECS): Twelve hours. Mark doesn't always go to class, has ... extracurricular activities. Jay '08, course 6-2 (EECS): Depends on the season. Jay

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  Section 2.12 of the Rules of the Faculty, no classes or tests can be scheduled during those 2 hours. If coaches decide to hold practices say, from ... those 2 hours. That said, next time I see Kevin '09, who lives next door

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  bands come through. Within 2 miles of MIT (and within 5 subway stops), you ... ), Lenny Kravitz & (Boston's own) Aerosmith (November 12), U2 (December 4 ... Beast (2nd East) of East Campus. The arch inscription has been modified

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  it's bad to eat within 2 hours of going to bed, so late at night when ... thought so too. Sam: Shirali told Mitra she should wait 2 hours after she ... right before I go to bed, and it's fine. Why should I wait 2 hours? Farhan

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005