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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last ... , fewer classes allow equation sheets, so I started writing it on my hand ... TA or professor would notice ink on my palm and think that I was trying

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Lobby 7. Paul and I will be on Smallish Momenta (an anagram of "Simmons ... ); Snively will be on Death From Above; and I'd assume Bryan will be on Too

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  free and open on-demand video streaming web site that features public ... on the MIT home page under Education — click on "video"). This primary ... one to be the first one to reflect on in this new forum. So, I thought

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  and Conflict in the Middle East. My paper was on the relationship ... Probability and Random Variables. This problem set was on chapter 5, which is ... throughout the week than have all of them due on the same day. One of my major

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  they're pretty good.) On a slightly related topic - as I was scrolling through pictures on my camera, it dawned on me that I never showed you Cam's LED project. He worked on this thing for like two weeks

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  IBM/Lenovo merger for class. It was a team project on mergers as a whole ... all week. There's a lot of buzz on campus right now about some proposed ... spotlight is the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons, so

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and two classes on Mondays and ... , depending on what's going on that week. A typical MIT courseload is 4 classes ... 'm actually taking the class on junior/senior P/D/F, so I'll just get a passing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  (I can file an entry on Yoga under "Academic" right?) Today I received this email from the Committee on Academic Performance (links are all ... entry on PE classes and my previous entry on training for the Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  Tissues - One 12 page lab report on the superposition of effects of ... Problem Set - 1 Exam involving problems on design optimization and NDE techniques 21F.703 - Spanish III - 1 Exam - 1 Paper on "El Espinazo del Diablo

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on ... country who attend Clay Aiken concerts. They spend hours on several Clay Aiken message boards, and hundreds of dollars on hotel rooms, tickets

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  advertising auditions for a show on WGBH, so we decided to follow the posters to a room on the second floor of Building Four where they were casting ... some fresh fish and cook it for dinner. A few minutes later, we were on

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  move on and pursue another dream -- and whatever else the Institute would ... -age eligible, I competed on the international Junior Grand Prix Circuit in ... Sectionals. I love to compete, and its what drives me through hell weeks on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  Boston living prices, I sent out a poll on [annotation note="A mass email ... those who are and aren't on meal plans--and non-essentials ("unnecessary ... response on dormspam vs how much money you spend."]summary stats

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and drabs.   This is for people on the fence, for those who aren’t sure ... .   But the more I think on it, the more I realize I had no idea

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  first song i learned on a dance team at MIT. every time i hear this, i ... excitement of performing this dozens of times on stage Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom ... , regardless of circumstances, get everyone on the floor hype. it was [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  ever joining the group on an adventure through the woods of New Hampshire ... Tetazoo. Last spring, I joined Tetazoo on an adventure to Rumney, New ... on a rather painful hike in the snow. This camping trip was a little

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  get the most of your time on campus. The first question I often hear ... student each day (perhaps the President's Welcome on Friday and the Closing Variety Show on Saturday) but mostly I hope you will encourage them “do

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  here are some thoughts on making this a worthwhile and even enjoyable ... (perhaps the President's Welcome on Friday and the Closing Variety Show on ... figure out if they are comfortable and at home on our campus and the best

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  ridden on an airplane? During the Holiday Season? Without your Super ... miscounted, you could have been on that one." "You definitely have a seat on ... on another airline. Let me transfer that ticket." "What? They say we

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... of paper and important looking stuff on it. I gave the guy staffing the ... from this experience: MIT values different parts of its mail depending on

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008