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  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 ... usually read or seen by several people, multiple times throughout the ... much time and effort the student has put into the application. So be sure

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

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  pronounce my last name. I only know one other person with the same first name as me, and she has the same last name too, so that wouldn't even ... know I could make decisions that dumb. (I couldn't swim at the time

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2x4s. (We'll see how it weathers Hurricane Irene -- we survived the ... .) For the record, the current weather is gorgeous. This year, it's all a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  thought I'd put up a post that collects some of the best pi(e) references ... 's Today's Big Thing: And, of course, the Pi Song: And actually, if you play both of these videos at the same time, you get an interesting little

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  In the middle of 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) lecture, 16 men dressed in red and pink burst through the door. "Excuse me, professor!" The first ... remember) here?" A brunette near the front of the room slowly stood up, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mr. E. Hunt In which I return to blogging only to learn that I forgot how to blog,…

  

  Truth be told, I have no idea how to use the MIT admissions web interface anymore after taking an unintentional sabbatical from the esteemed ... sentences without the crutches of LaTeX syntax and an average math density of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  two words of the language native to the country you'll be traveling to ... .' Google Translate, I love you. (Edit: Actually, I don't. Considering the ... Technology Initiatives) program called Highlights for High Schools . The five

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student ... mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise ... bigger: Pepsi Refresh. The Pepsi Refresh Project is, as you might guess

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  the world's firsts . This past weekend, MIT dived into yet another: the first intercollegiate Indian classical dance competition in the ... dance as I did. As the host school, we didn't actually compete in the

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

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  voyages into Boston, meandering past our usual destinations and toward the ... college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the time, the sole thought running through my head was, "Hey, this is free

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  7 I've been studying pretty much non-stop. The final is on Monday, that gives me 1.5 more days to learn everything. The good part? I think I ... * But, I digress. I walked out of the dorm this morning at 6:20 AM. As I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  When the most stressful thing in your life is having repetitive ... . Things like rearranging the plates and cups in our cabinet in an artistic way. Like watching 6 episodes of the magic school bus. Like exfoliating

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense? Well, you're not alone. Tomorrow is the second annual Blog Action Day ... important topic to drive the popular discourse towards more important topic

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  when, when I blogged about the new chairs that could possibly be ... read and get acquainted with the various seating options. I picked up a copy of "The Tech" after work today. I was very excited to get my Tech

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  By Chris Mills '12 It's 3:30 a.m. I have to leave to get to the ... , I glance at the clock and wonder how I managed to waste so much time. My suitcase is unpacked-in fact I haven't even brought it down from the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  Tomorrow, I expect MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, will publish ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... (1 in 6). MIT has traditionally been among the more conservative

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  , each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a ... be prayers every evening, and the choir gives it voice (hence, evensong ... all the pretense of being a real Trinity student and sat down in one of

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  , or something. I'm not very far from "the real world," as they say, and apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... entail flipping burgers. The only practical result of this for me, since I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  Last week, I dropped 9.15 from my preregistration schedule for the ... terms, was the class I was looking forward to the most. The problem ... 72 units during my first term entirely on grades - especially the 72

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  The following entry was written by the very cool and talented Minh ... of the name. Some of you may have read about me in Melis’ previous entries, but the short version of the story is that I’m currently a freshman

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007