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  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  from 2008.] Usually, one or two spelling errors on an application is no ... to proofread and double-check your spelling - and don't just rely on ... captain of the team, but not the captian. Someone might be on the school

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  left home. But here's the thing - I luuurve the schedule I've settled on ... 'm starting to feel like a real engineer and it's super. So yeah - putting on ... . On this particular day, Prof. Spector decided to start the class with a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  ). And on top of all of that I make dat cash moneyz. So, you know, it's an ... braggy and say that on top of all of that stuff, I even like some of the ... -of-the-year blogger get-together be held at SkyZone (i.e. playing dodgeball on a court

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  students on a comparative urban studies program focused on understanding the ... program is focused on experiential learning and learning from the community ... is a definitive end, and a specific course of understanding. Here on

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  on, pass/no record grading, acclimating to city life and being in one ... lacking on partying or hazing stories, instead speaking of the intense ... fraternities are like. I certainly didn't plan on joining one though. I expected

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  headed toward Point Judith, and then filled in the remaining travel time on ... (which you can enlarge by clicking on them): For much of my life, the ... classes. As I was on that ferry, my thoughts shifted to what I could conquer

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Science) sorts of things. It's almost like MIT made these fields overlap on ... constraints on the typology of human language. In particular, our latest project involves putting together a massive phonological corpus that draws on many

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

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  move on with my life. My grad student's policy is "you can make every ... take a different perspective on this problem. I'm going to see this ... all of them. I've picked up so many random but interesting deets on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  around on my laptop and I came across a post on my facebook wall from one ... using that term on television. And yet, we here at MIT do it all the time ... , the word nerd hasn’t caught on as a cool term at all. All these

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mr. E. Hunt In which I return to blogging only to learn that I forgot how to blog,…

  

  Physics major and. But on the bright side of the other hand, I spent 42 hours this weekend surviving on three food items which were (1) peanut butter and jelly on bread, (2) water, and (3) the best roast lamb, tomato

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  on LGBQT life here. The short story: MIT has renewed their You Are ... , noted in her own post on LGBQT life (and more specifically, The Rainbow ... tolerated," she said, "Everyone should be on an equal playing field here." As

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  , we’re working on an individual paper about an organization of our ... ’s structure, and case studies on real companies that look at the cultural ... topics and work on projects together throughout the semester. For example

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  time staying awake while on the road, so he would stop at the Woodrow ... . As luck should have it, "the day" came on July 7th of 2008, and now ... cruising through the streets of Cambridge on his rusty old Mongoose mountain

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  a lot of time on this site, cramming various scraps of information in ... 't helped on the retention front. In addition to holding lessons, the other ... eyes set on the Neuschwanstein Castle: Isn't it beautiful? And I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation and service, topics that obviously resonate here at MIT. You only have to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  from juniors on up tend to blog more when they need money than when they ... , for an upcoming post about my favorite door on campus. (No, that is not ... much time is left on my conversion to a movie in Final Cut Pro. (Two

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  On Monday, I managed to trip and fall down half a flight of stairs ... from the show on my way upstairs before I fell flat on my face. Let me ... . Case in point: I am working on the following assignment due tomorrow in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  about 6%. Midyear Report: The Midyear Report is on schedule to be ... Action applicants; the current status of your application is now shown on ... good time for you to check up on the status of your application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the ... )Incident, I wrote the following over on the emo, emo LiveJournal: [MIT's] admit rate terrifies me more than just a little - I mean, 12.2%? Come on, you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the Colbert Bump MIT's Riley Crane talks DARPA Challenge on ''The Colbert Report''

  

  Remember when MIT beat out teams from around the world to be the first to find all 10 hidden red balloons in DARPA's balloon challenge? Well Dr. Riley Crane, the team leader, was interviewed on "The Colbert

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 9, 2010