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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  to be 0.98 times the speed of light - exactly what we hoped to get ... ray muons at sea level. At first, we kept getting an answer several ... left to get a snack. When I returned, I was out of breath (there was a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  't get into Harvard supposed to get into Minerva? Even the most cynical ... prestigious private school I was in love with. I didn't get in. I went to a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  things like “Best Wrong Answer” — I found myself choking up. Getting to be ... Conditions: Play with this for a bit, until you get the idea. Then try to win ... interviewer) in action to get the most out of this one, but having a interview

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically ... interests with others helps to get your thoughts and priorities in order. In ... , and was super quick to get back to me when I followed up via e

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  director, Noel Morales '12) and practiced continually to ensure no one gets ... , costumes finished and cues programmed, and the cast has to get used to acting ... people that we get to hang out with all through the process and with whom

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  sides I avoided lest I get salmonella poisoning, or cancer, or, worse ... sprouted like a mushroom in my lung. “Dangit Jess, we're getting old.” You ... (and a monitor, and a keyboard, and a mouse, and a . . . you get the idea

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  would get to it eventually a few times, and then I forgot a few times ... as they engage in popular tourist activities such as getting in the way ... getting a necklace of flowers. As for myself, I'm stuck here until I finish

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  , let's see, when you do that you get a series of numbers that all seem ... , and monitor all the puzzles) and get to work on it. It was titled ... couldn't get it, and it was disappointing. After Mystery Hunt ended there

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  : students often get very frustrated when majors are listed in alphabetical ... representative to talk to several undergraduates about the program to get some ... "secondary" major, but they do get the opportunity to explore that major more

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  and MIT would probably throw some cash my way to get it started. I also ... she started singing You Can't Always Get What You Want and it all melted ... back to my airport hotel in the interest of getting out early because of

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  the weekend. You'll get a much better feel for MIT. There are generally ... aid, not merit stuff. Is this true? Surely some people get merit ... for how you can get to know MIT better -- a great starting point are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  , I lied, we turned around just before getting to the island. But that ... doubt getting some sort of degree in Course 7 with her award ... managed to get a degree from the Sloan School of Management or something

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  about the MIT workload. I'm sure I could get it done, but would it be at ... the MIT I experienced (I sometimes get a little verklempt reading it ... 't know the distribution, though you can get a sense of it from the survey

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  enough to get some solos in Fugues songs last year, and when I did, I found ... ability to transcend the goal, transcend the success of the best, if you get ... the meaning when you get it, and you are impaled by shock.’ […] ‘Or

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  since I was seven years old, the idea of getting to know new people was ... during coffee chats that I wanted to get to know the rest of the chapter ... if you’re running a marathon and feel yourself getting tired, but the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  we get our moves "out" of a bitboard? Simple, just loop through them ... see, we add a bonus for castling moves, while getting checkmated ... here. To get around this, piece square tables are generated dynamically

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  can i get into MIT" My best advice to all of you is to read this website ... . ------------------------------------- Vihang wrote, "Is there any place where i can get these [ZigZag] videos in ... anything else) Also (I hope I get to ask 2 questions in one comment), I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  will get us there. 11.011 The Art and Science of Negotiation This class ... think I was more successful at not getting overly stressed by PSETs and

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  !"]FPOP applications[/annotation], advisor forms… You thought the get ... . “Oh no! How dare they ask a simple get-to-know-you question instead of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  ="aligncenter" width="300"] generic code snippet[/caption] gets turned into something ... constraints (needing to get all my units in so I can graduate)!! Some stats

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025