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• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  School is back in session, and I know the question burning in the ... and their effect in the English language would have you believe, I've had a lot to do and thus unsurprisingly, I've kept pretty busy. Yes

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  paintballs. I hadn't played paintball since I was in high school almost a decade ago. And when I played back then, it was an unorganized free ... people to act as insurgents and hostages, I jumped at the opportunity. The

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  general feeling of panic. I, myself, only got about 5-6 hours of sleep each day last week. This is non-trivial because I like to, and usually do ... 're probably wondering why I have so much work when there are no tests until

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Institute fashion - with a hack! Late last night, I received a mysterious ... contained a number of pictures, which I am more than happy to pass on to you ... part in the celebration! While those are all the photos I have for now

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  about deadlines. Rather than give you my own "don't panic" advice, I thought I'd give you the words straight from Joanne, who oversees our entire ... aforementioned number. Easy for me to say "relax," I know - but truly, materials

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  Last night, I watched an award winning cartoon about snails, "Les Escargots." One of the things I promised myself is that this year I would try ... 's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  As I write this, droves of MIT students, sharply dressed in suits ... Agency (CIA) iRobot Biogen Idec Bose Goldman Sachs Veolia Water ... Kinsey & Company Microsoft ...and that's just a sampling. When I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  I conducted my first of ten meetings this fall in Hartford this week. I think the meeting went quite well; the ~250 people in attendance seemed to find the session helpful and informative. I did get one question

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  Here are the classes I'm taking this term: 14.05: Macroeconomics ... Nobel Prize and National Medal of Science) good thing I have: An alarm ... thing I have: A copy of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room on DVD 21F

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below: Okay, so I'm not ... , I've watched the fireworks from many locations on and around campus ... continues until sunset. I love the folks at MIt Sailing and highly recommend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  most amazing lottery win ever, only rivaled by that one time I won two ... 's Candy Bar (where I contemplated buying a shirt that says "I love nerds" on it until I realized I ALREADY OWN A SHIRT THAT SAYS THIS) more unevenly

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... -from-behind win by the home team thanks to a Troy Glaus three-run home run. Yet I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  In honor of blog post number [latex]6283 \approx 1000\tau[/latex], I ... ]\tau = 6.283… = 2\pi[/latex]. And I cannot help but tell you about the glory ... this is the post number i claim it was[/caption] why tau? Note: This

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that ... will make your time easier as you arrive at MIT. 1. Documents I expect that MIT has already sent you your I-20 forms. I also expect that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  ; tool = working. "I'm gonna be tooling in Hayden tonight."  2. n ... Sciences; used to refer to any non-technical class. "I'm taking .006, 18 ... , overworked, drained, etc. etc. "Man, I am so hosed." See also: firehose

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  activities MIT is offering this year. I obviously can’t speak much about events other dorms are running, but I can talk at length about East Campus ... to look super cool. I’m not allowed to post any pictures of what it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  dance." Cynthia O' '16 and I swooned in our seats and ate free shish kebabs afterwards while we talked to Tommy DeFrantz. I considered switching ... Complex or Billboard. Below are the bits I scribbled down. On race: I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  /14/15 at 9:26AM: So now, a few weeks and a lot of press coverage later, I figured I'd blog about how and why we did it. The Idea According to my inbox ... ago, Matt and I spent a solid summer afternoon trying to figure out if

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  remain on the wait list. Can you tell me where I am on the wait list? No ... application was lacking, or what I should improve on? If we waitlisted you, it ... over our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  supervisions are setup within your college (another system I'll talk about in a ... Cambridge. Here's a handy chart I threw together to show contact time at MIT ... of this post. Since coming to cambridge I've had a wide array of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014