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  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  A couple entries ago, I described 6.046 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms), one of the classes I'm taking the semester. We have a test coming up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  Every year, the MIT admissions staff reads tens of thousands of ... admissions selection process. During that process, we notice a lot of ... big deal; we're not sticklers for that type of stuff (and hey, nobody

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  in. This is one of the best parts of summer in my mind. Whether you actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of ... , especially in summer. Here are my picks: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  man fresh out of college would drive 90 miles each way to his new job as ... secretly longed for the day when he would not have to spend 3.5 hours of his life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... I made some of my best friends, and where I got to use a bit of my own creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  In its 149 years of existence, MIT has been involved with many of ... proud of this video! We practiced sooo much for this performance. It seriously feels as though I spent more of last week in dance practice than I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across ... lot of people have been having final projects due this week. Outside ... sort of wandered around the floor for a while trying to work some of it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  distant lands (Lexington, Massachusetts) to attend what is hailed as one of ... ;class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality. Most of the time, the issue was due to my own ineptitude, but the fact

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  University in 2000 as a project of Hillel at Stanford; since then, it has ... Huang and Vivian Tang, works under the supervision of Camp Kesem National ... be one of many counselors who will supervise campers in August. “Kids

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days

  

  Thanks to everyone who volunteered to write a CPW Blog Entry. At this time, I've got plenty of volunteers from a wide array of backgrounds, so ... most of your CPW experience.

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  So I just read this article in Time Magazine about bringing schools out of the 20th century. So putting this in the context of your ... don't know know? 4. What type of environments are most conducive to

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I ... two-second timer instead of ten-second." "You better run." "Don't worry!"

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  game which actually relates to the name of this very blog. It's like ... check out the Math Department here and its plethora of resources. Here are a few other good math opportunities and resources: Art of Problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought ... -> 16 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> winner. More pictures of some of

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  ). While technically you don't need any knowledge of 18.02 to understand 18 ... because of my awesome addition skills. (Kindergarden, remember?) As I got ... , and spends most of his time framing houses. He used to come home from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on covering: History of Diversity@MIT 1861 to present Cross ... Cross-cultural Ally Development Roundtable discussions on topics of choice

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  next few weeks, I'll be highlighting one of my classes in each entry. This week, I'll start off with one of my most popular classes, 2.007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  Today was the last day of 2.670. I had wanted to make a really cool ... that you want on a 3D CAD program like Solidworks (see image below of a ... engines and ran them at the same time: [] Here are some examples of pretty

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours of hunting! I'll post some fun puzzles in my next ... captained by my friend Dan '03. Way to go! Dan '03 of The Evil Midnight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal ... history of the MIT Department of Economics and its graduates. MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005