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  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  literally consumes my life. I complain sometimes - okay a lot - but deep inside, I really would not have picked a different major at MIT. I am SO ... weeks ago - …the assignment was to construct a bamboo-and-canvas shelter

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... take a different perspective on this problem. I'm going to see this situation as a learning experience, a chance to learn more about the cells I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in ... metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and ... . Although there are a lot of cool things about this research he and others are

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass Ave Bridge into Boston. I planned to run a quick errand on Newbury St to ... was one of those days. When the light turned red, a few gentlemen

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  this grand experience, I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES ... ’ve had the pleasure (?) of encountering in my 21 years. In a way, the ... breezy to frigid and raining at the drop of a hat; you have to be prepared

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  have received a lot of entries from y'all (during the time when I visited ... year, with more excitement, a better prize, and more fame and glory ... a food picture) Please include: where you took the picture. (aka

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  More than a month ago, I stepped drowsily off a Southwest Airlines flight, lugged my two massive suitcases into a relative’s waiting car, and ... parties made possible by Jay Sean. I’ve learned a couple things. Like how

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Admissions Decisions Available Online Visit decisions.mit.edu to find out your decision.

  

  admission, a record number for us and a 27% increase over last year. We ... from these many, many excellent applicants to bring together a class. We ... speak for all of the admissions officers when I say that this has been a

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  problem as its posed to us: A wheel of diameter R, consisting of a thin ... rest at the top of a hill of height h. What is the angular velocity of ... pretty-like (in color!). Before you look at that though, let's do a quick

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  I've found my excuse to write a new blog entry. Remember way back ... installed in 10-250, MIT's most popular lecture hall? If not, take a quick read and get acquainted with the various seating options. I picked up a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  , it will potentially involve re-programming a WiiMote. To that end, my coworker sent me some links to a project that his friend had worked on, which ... now- Adelaide '09 is visiting Madrid! We walked over a huge portion of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  you've had since forever, or you get home after a long trip and just put ... CPW were a mix of And you know what? I ended up at half of them ... , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  the face of tragic events, giving those who observe from afar a word for ... really have is to "get used to it". Perhaps this is why time is a major ingredient in healing. I have always had a gut feeling that the whole closure

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails ... a decision, or you haven't even applied, I'd prefer if you stuck to ... and McDonalds came out with the McFlurry I thought they just invented a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... applying to college. A funny moment while filling out applications. What it ... remember that it will be published on a blog. Vignettes and short stories

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  having something of a get-together. It was just my aunt's family, a couple of her friends, and their kids (which turned out to be a surprising ... !). I ate way too much food and tried to tone down my age a bit by putting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those ... by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action ... penalize those students who apply regular action. While this 30% is a much

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  , but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating ... International Development Network, a community network developed to promote and ... .05: Macroeconomics problem set Who knows AM -- Fall asleep dreaming of a Jim and Pam

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  would obviously be a bad idea. In other school news, for those of you who ... saying that I have successfully written, among other things, a program that takes the standard deviation of a set of numbers. Which really isn't cool

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  Hypothesis if it is actually false." Last year I wrote an entry on a one ... . The question was "1024?" and if you immediately responded "Hey, that's a ... I feel like everybody else is just such a huge nerd, blah blah blah

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006