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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  my activity coefficient away. He explained to us that this was a ... the classical style, you have to prepare the 7th degree of a chord in ... pset due in at 2 PM, this chorus tends to take on a special meaning

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  access, find a way to make what you're saying relevant to their lives ... honest, I still get terrified every single time I have to make a ... My earliest memory of making a presentation consists of saying

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  colonists used to make chocolate, from a woman in full colonial costume. Back ... things to see. There's a lot to see in Boston; we only got to two of these ... monument has been on my bucket list for a while. It’s 294 stairs to the top

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... they run out of donuts. That day we got to get a lot of donuts to share ... the shop.        Irina left a well-attired friendly octopus to guard

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  use the provided parts to make air cannon to get a ping pong ball to ... try to take naps if you’re stressing about making a deadline. I ... weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  to those with a “stronger” profile, which would make the very possible ... conducting mine. It was really easy to get a new EC. I just had to make a phone ... trying to do something important with a deadline, like apply to college

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  films of all time: Sneakers. I've got a week's worth of questions to catch ... that Will Smith turned down a scholarship to MIT to pursue his rap career ... a bit goofy. "Who wants to see a Mobius strip?" he says to us, as he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  . This sounds awful when taken out of context. 17. It takes a lot to make ... come to CPW, in case a weekend of free food, free shirts, and hanging out ... itself. "Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  , "Is there a deadline for deferred applicants to send in supplemental ... 's okay to mail a CD containing my coursework project in response to the Optional "Show us a device/design" question." It's very important to know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  inflection, perhaps in a context that makes absolutely no sense. Like: “Yo, it ... -owning Canadian grandma I've ever met on this side of the Mississippi), a trip to ... 15 +/-2, I would have given you a solid 9.5 and then offered to adjust

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  first vector, somewhere, making a line segment. Then draw the second ... ends should make a parallelogram: Now repeat this process with the ... don’t want.) Then connect these endpoints to form a hexagon. Repeat the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  . Fact: Learning is a process, not a competition, and I’m excited to be ... way that I related to quite a bit: she personified imposter syndrome as a Part of Her. She (roughly) said: “I don’t want this Part of Me to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  (sometimes) funny. A few months ago I decided I wanted to make one for the ... line to a text file. Then, I cobbled together a tweet generator in Ruby. This script takes the text file as a source, uses the MarkyMarkov gem to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better ... students to whom we do not offer admission today, we have placed a modest

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  overflow room) so a lot of people didn't have to go to class (humph*) - the ... " - just allow me to say that I feel if you are a student at MIT, you should ... finding the relevant sections yourself. To take this as a sign of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  knowledge and experience is now a year outdated. Why listen to me every other ... an avocado that's getting a little ripe, it's much better to eat the ... . Otherwise it's like 4 or 5 AM. You get used to this and develop a routine, it

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  thing I said to the lab assistant was, "Can you give me a hand? I have no ... or something. Thirty minutes later, I returned to the kitchen to find a ... world is? Well, I will tell you. It is going to the Zesiger Center to go

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  hard to feel like you’re making any progress at MIT. A lot of progress is ... sharing one’s life experience with others. And as a way to make the world a ... until I got to MIT my freshman year. I got a pair for $25 with kneepads

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

    a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by ... ♪   ♫These days life goes like this Wake up, go to class and then Gotta be a ... was making plans To take our PSets, just us two and go do them on our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all ... of 12 schools down to 3. (Whewww!!! That’s been a journey.) We are now ... : Is now a good time to talk? D: Ahhh, sure. Q: You’re down to 3

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010