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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  ". On the second day we drove to the village Vík, where our hotel for the ... for several hours--there was a power outage, it was cold out, no one ... all the way back to our room, and went to sleep, preparing for another

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  excerpt from the PE course listing for last quarter. Here's a link to the full course listings for this semester!   I mean, tango? Fencing? I ... reps, and space for us to track our progress. Each class we would run

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  needed to exchange last year’s light-rail tickets for current ones because ... , what’s your name?” We talked for a while. He said he’s from Texas and he ... for my number too, I didn’t give it to him. We talked some more, laughed

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and friend. When I came to MIT, I was looking for an education that ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  welcomes the prefrosh? The students and staff are not doing it for tangible ... try out for an a capella group. I looked forward to living in East ... following up with Tangled at 4 am (after a Seven-Eleven store trip for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the wait list work? We are aiming for a class of about ... not be admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is ... from the wait list? For example, if someone from state X or major Y

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  Demotivators for Christmas from someone who knows me far too well, and just ... incomplete information, which means that it’s impossible - even for computers ... for 27 days before devolving into over-caffeinated insomniatic hackathon

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  ’ve been on campus for just over three weeks, and, according to the Google ... future when the novelty wears off, but for now, it’s an exhilarating ... took calc my senior year, but didn’t get transfer credit for the class

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  world for the three months we call summer break. I’ve had the opportunity ... one, people will leave for internships, MISTI, vacations, or whatever ... for posterity: Ingredients: 1 tray of brownie-cookie-dough-Oreo hybrid

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  vs Cambridge for IB Computer Scientists (it varies heavily based on ... reproduce the answer. When you're completely stumped in a lecture for a course ... for students. This method of teaching is useful for those who understand

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about ... admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is associative ... from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or major Y

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  decided to make Macaroni and Cheese for dinner. Deciding that a little ... somehow, for some reason, Milk wasn’t so gracelessly disposed. Perhaps the ... celebrated for their virtues, Milk receives annual homage by all other Random

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1130 students this year. Based on our estimates ... not be admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is ... from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or major Y

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is "zumba", taught by a very cheerful ... room with mirrors for walls, from 9-10am on Mondays and Wednesdays. At 10 ... third floor of Building 36. To allow for these kinds of circumstances, MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  Raisin Bran, read the syllabus for "Zumba" (my new PE class) and choked on ... -zero temperatures). I stuffed a few more calories down my throat, packed my bag for ... bubbles. My parents didn't take me back for another year. Just as my brain

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  ET, the kickstarter for Ministry of Supply, the business apparel ... specifically, what fascinated me about MIT. So, I came to MIT in April 2007 for ... camp/platform for teaching Android programming in Bangalore, India and I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  that day though, I had a surprise waiting for me that cheered me up ... would have studied for the MCAT differently. I thought I'd share some of ... nerdy though; people kind of gave me funny looks for flipping through them

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  different “names” in our respective languages for our numbers…all around the ... different combinations using these digits to express a manner of things. For ... are trying to convey. In a sense, making it possible for us to make any

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  chandelier, in all of its hypar glory, which I had for many years passed by in ... when I was Coordinator for ARTalk and part of the Arts Communication ... or two photos from the dress rehearsal for this blog! The incredible

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  , Jess. For kicks, I asked to borrow five minutes of her fame, and she gave ... , though. For one, I have a UROP (a research job) that’s in a field totally ... ahead of you, Jess. I’m working as an editorial assistant for Angles (http

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010