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  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter ... home. Allow me to give you the grand tour. Picture 1 gives you a great ... this office. I guess some things never change. As a kid my mom used to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing list, there are three things you need to know: 1) Right outside our kitchen, there is a "sacrificial table" - "sac tab" for short. Any item

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  "hard coreness," so to 5p3a|<. We've seen it time and time again. Two ... stay up all tonight to start and finish a stupid HASS paper." Evoking ... four hours in the 6.002 laboratory trying to figure out how to use a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  parkinson's law asserts that work expands to fill the time allotted to it, like a gas does. so i'm telling myself that i need to get this ... we get to critically examine programming languages from a design

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  importantly, the chance to play with dolphins. For me, Florida was a bit of ... So usually in the beginning of January, Boston is under a solid layer ... (global warming must be playing its part), we still trekked down to Florida

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  In a world...where engineers want to become leaders...3 students must ... The Tech, went on a field trip to MassWeb, the newspaper's publisher ... things off with a lesson from ESD.950, the Engineering Leadership class the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  ). Looking forward to meeting you all in a few weeks! :) ... Congratulations on being accepted to MIT! You're amazing! And your hair looks especially good today! Did you do something new to it? Nope

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  and you see somebody with a brass rat on then you know they went to MIT ... . Instead of writing words, I decided to steal a page out of Jess Kim's book ... WAAAAAAY a long time ago, Chris blogged about Ring Premiere. We

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  Here are some ideas from my limited experience to help you meet, seduce, and hopefully-not-but-maybe-because-people-sometimes-grow-apart-and-that's-just-a ... with a reversed brass rat and ironed shirt Killian Court Lecture Series

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  Engineering. This is a great way to get introduced to the field, with some ... causes of war, with a focus on practical measures to prevent and control ... talking about a fall term class she's helping to teach. She's been getting a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At ... information session was a stellar opportunity to "spend time with my friend in ... ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time ... vice versa). I am, however, going to co-op the term to also apply to the ... group of rising seniors (and other underclass students) who are anxious to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  's always going to be a tie. Voters just max out each contestant's phone lines ... it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I'm wrong: American Idol has a finite number of phone lines. The phone lines

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  classes, 7.05 Biochemistry. Class Details: Lecture: 3 times a week for 1.5 hours Recitation: Once a week for 1 hour Problem Sets: 8, not graded Exams ... pronounces what we know as H20 as "woodur." Too bad I don't have a sound

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  to be at all! Everyone works hard and studies, but they hang out, party, have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy side, and we embrace and accept that. Someone can tell a nerdy joke and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  funny story. It shows a human side of you that we'll relate to. Fun fact ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves ... 's Wheel (which was actually challenging!), cooking classes, and a Walking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  pizza pies. To top the evening off we'll have a Pi competition; the person ... blue and green. By now I think there should be a category called "e ... Spiderman To: [email protected] Date: 01-25-07 1:00 PM Subject: pi, Pi, pie

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

  Time and change

  

  taking the bus down even further south to visit my dad in Woodstock, Georgia. It's very strange. The first few times I went back to a parental ... go to a place like MIT, and I promise you, you not only change but you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  Hey, cool, my column's in the Tech! See? My column was a response to Ruth '07's column from last week. Two people complimented me on my ... you don't know them? It's a very odd feeling. I'm still at the point

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  About one million Americans have a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to ... Issel Lim has spent the past year trying to create an effective mouse

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005