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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  can end up learning some useful techniques. To be honest, I don't ... to new things, the chance to explore tangential interests that don't

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  : Why do you or don’t you feel a personal obligation to 'buy local ... town center. Do NOT stare at a cow in the eyes! And especially don’t

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  I don’t watch much TV anymore and I’m a little behind when it comes to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... ?" Silence. "If you want to call Aidan stupid, then call him stupid. But don’t

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  think about. When transportation systems work, people don’t think about them, but when they don’t, they complain. A successful transport network

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  figuring out where to live, so don't worry TOO much about it. CPW is about ... everyone that you just don't find anywhere else, and I think it's a fantastic

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  -day starting lineup switch. This is because I don’t particularly like nutmeg ... eating uncooked cornmeal if I don’t get some French toast up on this plate

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  graduated, don't worry, you're all set -- you will be able to skip this ... grade)" or "B+ (online course)." Also, you don't need to write "Currently

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  reply read, “Mmmm speghatuuuuuna :).” We don’t even agree on the spelling ... example, I have no idea what this is called. I honestly don’t because my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  -changing opportunity. I think, however, that a decision is only the “wrong” one if I don’t ... *. ------ *If you don't know what this is, go read some Harry Potter. Or click

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  ! ...But it's totally not. Don't worry, Kate's got it covered (she went, too ... finish, but don't get too embedded in your bubble universe [of college apps

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  I don't use Gmail?) looking for that esoteric username they assigned ... things than work, silly. (2) This is why you should back things up. Don’t

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  Professor Kaiser, You are hilarious. Mostly because I don’t think you realize ... note: if you’re ever in an exam and you don’t know the answer to a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  chili, borscht, sopapillas, enchiladas, rolos, and decided that I don't ... halfway up my forearm ...but that's not to say that I don't like big furry

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  (why don’t chemists use percent like everyone else? That’s 14.3% of my ... ) works better than LN2, so long as you don’t eat any little chunks of dry

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  freshman year due to a lack of motivation…or something. But I don’t think it ... : non-studio) life for a while…and she said something like, Why don’t you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  -TAWN-Yuh (like “Tanya” with a “Na” in front! Or so I tell people so they don’t call ... here to being thoroughly undecided, and I don’t have the faintest clue

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  These past few days have felt as though they're from someone else's life. While typically I sleep early, avoid daily runs, and don't take things that don't belong to me, I've spent the past 100+ hours staying up

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT is an amazing, world-changing place. But it's not for everyone. Recently, two people who turned down MIT after being admitted have become

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  many classes we wonder when they get a chance to eat (if you don't have ... , which, being devoted to make-or-break exams, means students there don't do

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  Boston until last week - first of all, go to a Red Sox game: I don't ... case you don't recognize them by name - this is Hedwig's theme, from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010