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  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  of potential awesomeness” Francis Lawrence = "the amount of sweat on ... : Samuel Maurer's Day Off Good story, right? 5 months after this entry was ... 2, English House. Units of measure were alive and well within the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  two of the classes that I originally submitted are still on the list. I ... .362: Kinetics of Enzyme Inhibition Course 6 [annotation note="I've read up on ... .001: Introduction to Geology 12.007: Geobiology: History of Life on Earth

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  I've always been a procrastinator. I've procrastinated on such tasks from toddling around on the carpet and thinking "I suppose I'll try walking later," to my second-grade phase of "Why learn to tie my shoes now

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  should make a point of getting on that train.* I get asked about hacking at ... of laws and ending up on various rooftops around campus. Hacks could be ... . Let other people risk life and limb crawling on edges of buildings, I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  this past Saturday, on the evening of the Old New Year’s Day. The ... the season on the Charles River this past Monday night. The view is of ... on the right. Zooming in reveals a snowman and a snow dalek in front of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  literally live next to you. I was not on top of things and was mostly unaware ... perspective on MIT; the different scenes, as well as the type of people I want ... finding place Note: these are some retrospective thoughts on my

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  dormitory on campus—the Class of 1893 Dormitory—which had opened ... ." Students in the new dorms retaliated with streams of four well-directed fire ... ! It was certainly something new. Generally, when we think of hacking

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  ; Anthony Stark was born on Long Island, the son of Howard Stark, a wealthy ... of being on MTV." (Thanks!) The film, contrary to the web bios I ... room. Another nice touch is Tony Stark on the cover of MIT's alumni

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  's hiding the goods in her breakfast burrito." The last time I was on an ... The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... last time I was on an airplane, I was going the other direction - San

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  More reading going on here tonight, after a yummy Super Burrito and ... lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink." You may have seen Pink if you came for an on campus information session

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  at MIT - you can really focus on getting a good grasp of the material ... like you are competing to gain a good understanding of the material so ... will give you a good picture). Are you at the top of the class, the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... plethora of emotions that come with it. Right now, some of you are nearly giddy with elation, having just learned of your acceptance. Some of you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  . Afterwards, a group of us went down to embark on a long and cold journey to the ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  permission, of course.) Work on problem sets. Consider procrastinating on ... . Go on walks alone. Go on walks in the middle of the night. Go on walks ... . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  the table - ways of seeing that might be unlike my own. I love how ... it passed. Our view of the Boston Skyline from Killian Court on ... 2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  and down in excitement. I had a bunch of them and they were really good ... of the winning teams' strategies. My team is planning on doing this ... – not because they didn't think of good solutions. These are expected

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  '07 spoke at the Class of 2010 choice of major fair on Monday. I wanted ... 's going on with both of these majors. For the edification of frosh and ... , and one in kinetics. Because of the way the courses are structured (no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  their majors by visualizing it on a very large piece of plywood. Each ... , it is a reinforcement of the way they see themselves. Certainly major ... , wander around the comparative media studies office on the third floor of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... group, we pulled week-long mixing sessions where I rotated on 4-5 hours of ... .) But anyways, back to the original point of this story. It was on this

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  ago about all of the machine shops on campus? That was done by request ... give me some of yours. =) 3. Ask good questions. If you ask me “does MIT ... . My point is, we love getting good questions and entry ideas- a lot of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008