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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  Why was I surprised by my classes? Let's start with 18.03, Differential ... has been over stuff I'm familiar with (vectors). Actually, if you make it past first semester of freshmen year without being comfortable with

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  MIT Application Tracking Detail page. We will follow up with your Educational ... score report. We will follow up with the testing agency. If we are missing ... email with your TOEFL registration name. As mid-year grades are not yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  , the weeks are dragging on. But it's okay because I'm here with 24 other ... people showed up with food so it was really awesome! A few days later, some ... this. There was a large field with apple trees and we went apple picking

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  failed test. However, with extra time over the summer and this semester to ... " and go with something that I knew.) 2. May 2007 (Senior Year): As many ... MIT with aspirations of becoming UA president and making sweeping

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF. The table at dinner. In ... fair, with nearly 1500 students from 40+ countries. On Thursday morning ... her project, with her sign, which became a hit of the fair. And some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  DChen '10 said, "when I left CPW, I was left with a longing to return ... while CPW will probably indeed fill you with a sense of warmth and the ... chilling with my prefrosh and going to class, etc. (we unfortunately do not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  . Campus Preview Weekend is full with free food all over campus. Open houses ... people that I would be going to school with for four years. I also had a ... questions, and if you aren't satisfied with the answer, ask someone else. Rule

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  calling as many admitted students as possible. We'll start with east coast ... block of rooms with special rates expires. Register as soon as you can ... information to match you with a host & living group. Some living groups are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  tasks were previously performed manually. What can be done with a ticket ... kinds of things appeal to them, and how do they interact with their fellow ... Parisian life. RATP is known for experimenting with new and innovative

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  with an array of engineering challenges. Working in groups of four, each ... was the audience packed with parents, children, and students, but almost ... MIT and he graduated last year with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  concert. There was some tie-in with Verizon's release of a newer ... showing me these places! This coffee shop was bustling with what appeared to be a mix of MIT students, Harvard students, and local residents with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  Center in w11. Join MIT Hillel for an evening packed to the brim with pi ... who knows the most digits of Pi will be rewarded with a Pie! Come for ... wonder what that means. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  backend stuff with the web site that was long overdue. Lots of it you can ... experiences with you and look forward to additional guest authors - including ... design tasks that come with this, they do take up quite a bit of time

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  's room with one thousand inflated balloons. My flight back to Harrisburg ... Non-linear dynamics which deals a lot with chaos/fractal patterns and ... can hang with the problem sets, you're alright. I feel 12% better about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  The UA Committee on Orientation has come out with a report on ... living groups with donuts and handed out surveys, an old information ... dorms with distinct cultures. Contributors to writing the report and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  will present an evening with Iranian graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi on ... Satrapi mixed explanations of her artistic process with nuggets of advice ... her colleagues. Working in parallel with English classes at institutions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  , I'll cover Hall Rush with 5E Rush photos. Most of these are actually ... of safety precautions with Danger Zone. Riders were strapped in with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  Land, with and an all-too-brief encounter with my beloved high school ... off my contact with all media outlets during its final week so I could

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  . Me in fierce boffer combat with Dan '08 on the Random Hall roofdeck ... /Vice-President candidates' debate. I've been through two UAP/VP elections (with a 50% success ... . My attempt at an avatar me, complete with my trenchcoat and the lucky

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  media stories. Emily Houston from Burke, Va., began shooting with her dad ... and 16 percent underrepresented minorities. The class weighs in with a ... director of admissions. "Certainly this is true with regard to test scores

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006