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  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  So I’m currently at NACAC in New Orleans. I’ll post more about the awesome people I’m meeting (and delicious food I’m eating) next week. But right now, I’d like to…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  Howdy folks. It’s freebie time – for the 99.9% of you readers who don’t know what I’m talking about, I direct you to Snively’s post, which noted, “Twice a year…

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

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have the rest…

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  It’s 2am, I’m up reading about plane crashes (more on my classes later), and a cool thing is happening on campus. Technique, MIT’s yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is…

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  It’s the night before your organic chemistry problem set is due – although, at this point, “night” is probably the wrong word, since the sky is turning a funny mix…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  Jeff: you mean da BAAAAD way? lyk, gurl you so bad me: no. Jeff: oh. so you’re diseased. Being sick at MIT is no fun. Along with the obvious drawbacks…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  Like Tetris? Like Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)? Now you can play both, on a 6-foot tall LED display, thanks to three bored MIT students. Burton-Conner Tetris Battle (Burton Conner is…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  Both days last weekend I got up at ungodly-early hours (read: 7:30am) because I was volunteering for two different programs. Sunday morning was Delve, an AP preparation course run by…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  These first 3 weeks at MIT can best described as a whirlwind of new faces, parties, spontaneous fun activities, late-night chats, pset-induced stress (yes, already), and of course free food.…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  I took a gap year after graduating from high school, and it was amazing. I wrote this essay during my freshman fall here at MIT and thought it might be…

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I wandered down to one of MIT’s many perpetually air-conditioned Athena clusters for my daily dose…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I greatly enjoy eating, and I also enjoy eating great amounts of food. When I was…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  I’ll be honest with you––actually, brief aside here, have you ever heard someone tell you that they won’t be honest with you? It makes me laugh to think about someone…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography (whoops!), so here's something you should know: at MIT, I am a proud member of the Theta Xi fraternity.…

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don’t have to look any further than how I parent to really get a good…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  This post is about the classes I’m taking – and is a case in xkcd’s point. Without further ado, allow me to introduce you to… 8.03: Physics III (Waves and…

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

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  Note: I’ll be doing a Q&A video with our very own Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill, but we need your questions! Send anything and everything you’ve been dying to ask…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  Hello! My name is Natnael Getahun, but please call me Nat. I’m your third freshman blogger, class of ’15, and I thought I would take a second to introduce myself.…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, “what’s happened to Mikey since last year’s waitlist decisions were posted in May?!” Well, given that we’re so busy…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  Hello! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m the girl who rollerblades everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right time of day. My…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011