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  Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue

  

  doesn't look like this: Well I may not go to see the fireworks today ... strangely similar to those for pasta. Bacilli with tomato sauce, anyone? Ok, yes, the MCATs are making me crazy! Time for some futbol!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  to check out the view from up there. Nice work on ZigZag to producer Jeff Silva of Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), who makes each

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day

  

  to pick up your UMA pi day T-shirt! All contest winners get pi ... you to the Pie + Ice Cream Study Break! Tuesday, 3.14 @ 7 PM Student ... /comments/rants on campus dining Help make a difference on campus! --------

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  is making sure you don’t overdo it. A good rule of thumb is to have a ... want to make sure you pick a pair that are waterproof, because eventually ... . To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Scientific Researches: «Blink-Free Photos, Guaranteed» (2006) Presented by N ... Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost ... . «Fragmentation of Rods by Cascading Cracks: Why Spaghetti Does Not Break in Half

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  are so freaking capable of adapting to drastic life changes. It might ... . The people in your life should make your world bigger, not smaller ... to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  classes this past semester. to make matters worse, this class was tedious ... manage my time, and how to select a courseload that will make me feel ... recreating the Monty Hall problem (anybody got two goats to spare?) writing

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  of a horror movie, only real. I did eventually make it back to MIT and ... day at work. Due to a lovely and thick stacks of nondisclosure ... ' toys, are then sent to packaging so that they have a solid model to mold

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  school you go to, make sure youТƒфre committing yourself to the right one ... and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the ... the idea that parents need to lighten up. "Just as you've changed and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  directions is impressive, we are not actually impressed by the inability to ... : Responding to questions about cultural background by talking exclusively about ... someone might actually want to accomplish by complaining about the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , which is all I needed to "make" a few hacks of my own. Enjoy!     What was the best April Fool's Day prank you've pulled? Love to hear in the ... squirt ring (UPDATE: SOLD OUT!) If one of you makes this, I want ten

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  Do you know what it's like to only have two classes left to graduate ... classes in previous terms I could have graduated by now!" But I am not ... in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  Ok Early Action accepted students (AKA prefrosh), stay by your phones ... don't particularly want to walk all the way over to campus in order to ... as long as the telethon lasts, to answer questions in the comments, and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I've favorited since I've gotten here. "What does this have to do with MIT?" Look ... about the environment caused me to watch them. Also, many were shown to me

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still ... than when I got into MIT for undergrad. I knew I was going to get into

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by ... 's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a "barbarian wedding." There's going to be a great entry about all the fun Mitra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San ... . Then your left hand. (It really helps to trust the person holding on to your belt.) Then lean forward. (This is where you really need to trust

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  Materials II Before I begin to arduously study for my 1:30 final, I thought I ... morning. To: Bryan From: Matt Sung to the tune of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will ... live with thermo by my side. Then I spend so many nights getting all the

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... 0.57 miles long, cost 500 million euros, and took six years to build and over eighty to plan. It functions as a giant bathtub, connecting two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005