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  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  in? Do I have a chance to get into MIT considering the fact that I will ... , assuming you'll do research in a lab with graduate students, you ask them ... Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  , because we have a standing agreement not to go to dances. We used to go during my sophomore year, but one time we were at a dorm formal and looked ... dancing." Adam's line of reasoning is that once you're in a relationship

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  challenging classes I’ve ever taken. It’s a natural followup to MIT ... processing power, limited running time, limited accuracy. As a simple example, which we'll come back to in a followup piece, suppose I gave you a list of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  're not trapped in a Vogon airlock (or are you?), but I do have advice for ... do your own thing. Yes, I know I just said your host is a wonderful ... classes, tour a lab, or just do random crazy things like building your own

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  doing for over three years. That realization was quickly followed by a ... I took a test early last week for my Japanese language and culture ... . It was raining, and the Charles River was a churning, thick gray

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  my last concert with the mit ohms, my a cappella group, happened around two weeks ago usually we hire a sound company to handle sound on ... , do live mixing during the concert, and then tear down their equipment

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  Longtime readers may recall that I am a big fan of the His Dark ... graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I think my entire theory of the blogs, and what we try to do with them, is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  This was me about a year ago: Even now, I remember what it felt ... hustle and bustle of the street had a certain magic to it. The cars were ... the signals changed. The sky was a pleasant grey, and my face felt the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  love with a problem and wanting to do something about it. Most people ... ? The guy who did the voice for a cartoon horse." Yet even though he didn't have a college degree or a fancy job title, Matt Damon still had a story

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  review of software and related documents on which you work. As a manager, do not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with their ... if you have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  take a moment to answer some of the more frequent ones we’ve seen ... : one from a math/science teacher, one from a humanities/social studies teacher, and one from a guidance counselor. Find the teachers who will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  do it all now. It's okay to jog instead of run. Keep up at a steady ... It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  she do it? Last week I saw Musical Theater Guild's Wild Party, which Keri produced entirely during "the Month of January/IAP." It was about a couple during the 1920's that decides to throw a party to make themselves

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  helping out from 6:00 to 11:00, with maybe a half-hour break in between to write up a quick blog entry - so it has been quite an exciting time. I ... happened to leave a message on your machines or with your parents, feel free

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  date of birth are included. You do not need to be a music major for this ... from a teachers do not provide much additional insight; the most helpful ... music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  to adopt a new syntax.\n") print("So how do you start? Do you pick up a ... fourth? Took less than a day. Fifth. Sixth. You get the idea.\n") print ... what to do step by step, what variables, etc. Then, you learn the syntax

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  screen, stifles a yawn* What I'm actually doing is a wild variety of ... your graphing calculator can do a heck of a lot more than you might think ... : what am I doing with my spare time? Sleeping? No, that's what I

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  do. But the summer is a totally different beast. I've compiled some ... close, and we were advised to leave... Maybe we were a little dumb to do ... semester was a total blur. In some ways, I did it wrong. 5 classes and a UROP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  I had a WEEK to do, only had 5 problems. This was going to be a piece ... complaining and caffeine sales on a Thursday night, psets do a pretty good job ... a telling laugh my first introduction to psets, and realized that I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  wouldn’t understand.” “Well, just take a deeeeeep breath and do it! I hope ... my brother. Doing laundry, computing a triple integral, playing the ... shoots me a peace sign, telling me again to “chillax” and do things “one at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010