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  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  an added bonus, I found out that the event would be put on by the ... at the beauty of the message boards on campus? Honestly. There’s just ... the signed poster on my wall right now and it looks pretty lonely. I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  shades of brilliant, MIT handles grades. On a 0% – 100% scale? Maybe “A ... externally. (Here is a list of all the letters/symbols that may appear on an ... entire grade) and get a final grade based on that, or choose to get an

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  't. It shows you the shape of our decisions, not the basis on which they ... on the wait list 708 Wait list Applicants accepting a place on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  a few other friends, then walked downtown. On the way, we passed a ... character.") The lights were on, music was playing, and a ticket table was set ... continued on our way. I mention all this because we met him again later - stay

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  from across campus joined together to work on the worst possible ideas ... strange object was placed on the facade of lobby 7. I'm not really sure what it is, but it definitely says Bad Ideas on it and it advertises Bad

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  would have sprinkled holy water on it if I had access to some. If someone ... well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought ... weaknesses, and then make (sometimes difficult) decisions based on that. It

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  and criticize/ comment on them. We meet every Tuesday for three hours in ... wrote on a crazy rainy day-- I thought I lost my ID, but it was really ... interwebz. (Also on Reddit.)  

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  impression on someone, it is unlikely you would immediately launch into a ... of thumb, if you can't talk about something you worked on during high ... traits that might not come through on a resume. If you are curious, don

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  -setting even through they're on Pass/No-Record, and I think to myself, "hahahaha ... Langer lab, where I UROP. I work for a post-doc on nanoparticle drug ...  behind putting Colbert on notice (actually, that'd be colossally creepy if you did

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  'welcome to MIT' freshmen experience, began on Saturday. Today, Denzil Sikka ... women on campus. Denzil (Panhel): The Greek System is a large part of ... 're missing out on moments like this if you're a freshman at MIT and you're not

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  YOU really want. I went to an art and design high school initially on ... thought. Eventually I made the decision to focus on academics because I knew ... -fulfilling prophesies or even deciding factors. I convinced myself that 11:11pm on 11

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... radio shows that you'd find on NPR, and before taking this class I thought ... (or not), organize, and eventually air it on WMBR, MIT's radio station

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  able to write on this site, so when the GEL program asked if I wanted to write on their behalf, I jumped at the chance. It’s been an interesting ... time, was running on a diet of 99 cent chili cheese french fry burritos

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  working on the software for. The Hobby Shop is a fun machine shop open to ... , best described as People Who Make Stuff, and oft-mentioned on these blogs ... it, let's not forget the afterparty Techfair held on the top floor of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  I saw an email encouraging freshmen to audition, so I showed up on a ... , and his colleague(s) had simply been deleted. Based on Fassbinder ... through the hallway to the other side (and me sitting on the couch!). This

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  research focused on conflict cities and dealt with issues such as identity ... many different languages could be heard on the street reflecting its long ... on the relationship I created with my Lab Director. We hope to publish

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  been attempts to shine some light on what is too often a dimly understood ... . The first answer, of course, is to keep on keeping on. Keep doing well

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  blogger now, but he's worried a couple of times that focusing on math is ... the latter, I went rampaging on another mural marathon yesterday. If ... is nowadays. Advertising MIT to you on its own admissions site? I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  on my clothes. Oops, so I ran off to find just where I'd sprung a leak ... that, I was on my way. All in a day-before-class's work I suppose. Oh ... ", wherein you can post question with a specific hashtag, and they show up on

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

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  uncertain and intimidated. Most of all, I wished I was on the other side of ... workshops on how to use every inch of the college application to communicate something, a presentation on why a school like MIT can be even more affordable

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011