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  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in ... , and 18.03 Differential Equations). Since freshmen are on pass/no record ... , final grades are coming out, with little "P" for Passes appearing on

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  start to tumble and spin, disorienting everyone on board, and (2) you ... due on the same day. These are variables that you have little control ... on your strengths, you might coast through a few semesters at MIT too

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  you were doing, you could in theory get observation time on the VLA. I say "in theory," because as you can probably imagine, getting time on ...  EVLA time, and 4 free hours of VLBA time: that's free time on two of the most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  many more conversations that needed to happen on campus, and when I ... ’t want to put on my jeans and sweater to walk back to my dorm; I wanted to ... I put on all my layers before heading home. Over IAP, I spent many

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first ... of this was because I grew up on Macs, and so I've always thought in ... system without breaking too much stuff. But on an Apple product, I find

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  sorted on the tools table, but here and there is a drill, a crescent wrench ... charge of organizing all of the projects and events that have gone on this ... everywhere. Many of these are "early returns"—desperate to get on campus

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  , on my way to work. And the most complex of these is the traffic circle at the intersection of Route 2 and Route 3, on Memorial Drive by the BU ... safely on the off-road bike path until I began to approach the circle

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  flowers, all had adoring expressions on her faces – and when they were done ... House kitchen, to work on my 18.03 (Differential Equations) problem set. 4 ... . Get up, turn it off, pull out laptop, and work on reports for the Public

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  garment bag around to medical school interviews. (I actually got that bag on ... failed for 21 times (...I succeeded on the 22nd try) I guess I don't have ... !!! Obviously, I was exhilarated when I discovered the grade on my webSIS (online

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  letter on your behalf. Please recognize that teachers are very busy ... approach than just leaving the recommendation form on their chair and running ... well on all the tests. We find that the best recommendations are written

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  transcript follows] Me: I think I'm taking intro class on programming in C ... 't be that bad - Linda: One kid stepped on his laptop so he wouldn't have ... skipping town on frigid New England winters and frigid academics while I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  . Li notwithstanding, I ended up becoming the chef on Saturdays at pika ... seafaring (riverfaring?) vessels on the Charles, three bread machines, a ... actually a bunch of beets. I swear, I must have been absent on the day in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch ... on the busiest river in Boston during the busiest hours of the busiest ... . (No kidding.) 3.Launch rafts onto the Charles River around 6 pm on July

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  chocolate on campus, and to bringing opportunitites for learning about ... the surface or "bloom," causing it to take on a whitish sheen or oily texture. (Hence the film you might find on last year's Christmas candy.) "It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  /kimfad/Public/rightsize/MarchingBand/newspaperarticle.pdf">fascinating piece of history</a> from 1978, we see on page 12 that "the band ... player on the left in this photo:</p> <p><img src="http ... also on the new football team as well, and gave up his halftime break to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  up as a pencil on the Entries page it was probably red-flagged by half ... bring the wrath of higher-ups raining down on the admissions office again ... fraternities...how many boys choose not to join one and what do they miss out on

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  runs out the door* *begins epic journey on bike across campus (~1.5 miles ... blogs, at CPW, on Facebook...etc., and as you make your final decisions ... couple of weeks I set foot on campus, I've been involved with the SAT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  Matt mentioned on the page had passed, oops =/), and from the standpoint ... (towards the end of the camp, the counselors try to do 30 distinct proofs on ... from the head coach on the third day of training - "Do you think you are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  suggested that I should write a book on college applications. Although I ... help you get a new perspective on the application process. I don't expect ... application. On a more personal note, throughout the admissions process last

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  can access the internet: 1. The Turkish internet cafe on the corner ... has been shut off because you looked up Dan Quayle on Wikipedia!" Then I ... 10 minute walk from my house. They advertise free wireless LAN on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006