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  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  for any sort of advice. The term was commonly used by callers to Tom ... wanted to meet Randall Monroe. We agreed that we'd walk back by the lecture ... has to do with the fact that for almost my entire life I’ve had to deal

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to colleges but by reference-letter shopping instead and using more flattering letters written by other teachers. To deter this, he now charges $20 per

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  story... (brush up by checking out Matt's entry #1, entry #2, and entry #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for ... character in Garry Trudeau's popular Doonesbury comic strip, will be coming to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  'm too afraid to jinx myself by making some general statement about MIT. On ... semester will go by quickly and before you know it, you'll be headed to ... , aided by PASS/NO RECORD!! I'm going to miss ol' P/NR next semester, but

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  supply and demand, you quickly progress to indifference curves, isoquants ... !. Taught by the same professor that I went to Spain with, Spanish 3 is a ... together and how everything starts to "make sense" after you really do work

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to ... CourseWare) kept a minute-by-minute log of the excitement in Boston from her experiences. Also, check out the front pages of today's Boston dalies: The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  -consuming, makes sense to me. I come up with little stories in my head about ammonia ... work compared to freshman year; sadly, this heavier workload is coupled ... have been some pretty epic molecular wars that take place in my 70-page

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... ?) love of organic chemistry! Everything's been rushing by so quickly that ... I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  unanswered questions, let me quickly answer them before heading off to the ... do not need to have your scores at MIT by January 1st. We will have ... material?" I'd say it's best to try to get things in by the beginning of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  June issue of Glamour (I’m on page 185…), or click here to see the ... ’s typical to neglect your appearance after working on a problem set until 4 am ... day in lab. So you may be surprised to hear that 2 MIT students, Alia

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  , but the shift from the 1 to the e seems sudden, as if the 1 was quickly ... 4.500, Intro to Design Computing, my favorite class this semester, is ... involved using CAD software to design 2d and 3d objects, and then laser

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  graduates when they're 16, and makes a million by 17." (me: umm...) 2:45 to 3 ... ?). Someone tried to avoid showering by spreading himself with honey, so he ... make a working elevator." Host: "So you think NTU is coming up to par

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  proud, and that's what makes the course worth it. :-) I'm not trying to ... yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  're only kept awake enough not to miss your stop, yet tired enough to make ... composure, to make things feel a bit happier and nicer. Wanting to find that ... (in addition to still blogging for MIT Admissions - sorry eager blogging

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  Little by DBC Pierre. In this entry, I thought I'd prove to you that MIT ... one passage so powerful that I was afraid to turn a page for five ... was trying to find myself but was unsuccessful. Then we went to Shawna

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  scene. Autostitching can be used to make panorama shots and even "mini ... make an image clearer by algorithmically undoing optical distortions and ... understand the documentation and how to make sense of Drake in general, but we

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  make yourself sit down and write something from start to finish. My hard ... have a few one act plays to my name by the end of the semester. Also, the ... first semester senior who just decided to change her major around, this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  essays to an outside company? Probably not enough to make the competition ... American College Application Process. Most of my visits to college websites ... heading to MIT one hour and then think that I wasn't getting into my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  and over again to make sure they are correct. Exams are worse. While ... , it will take me a while to dig through my mental archive to remember ... for my classes. Coursework (im)permanence. Hopefully by writing this, I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  dress to make a seductive geometric statement." Created by Madhurima Das ... were able to incorporate a variety of textures and patterns by weaving ... of cables, which connect us to the world via the internet!" Created by

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016