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Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post
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Blog / Admissions
More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!
exchange for free food. Which is totally an okay thing to do, by the way ... leaning towards MIT, I don't want to take their spot" * I do not think this ... thing of me to do, but I guess it reflects the state of my mind at that -
Blog / About Decisions
Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.
it is you do. There's a whole new world full of opportunities about to -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate
.) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... 's because my brain can't do the think now because it thunk too hard and wants ... MRIs. It's one of those things that you could feasibly learn to do before -
Blog / Academics & Research
Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for
program runs without any errors, but I do anticipate lots of frustration ... course is to do a case study of the evaluation process of a major ... class holds in store for us, but I do feel like I could go out into the -
Blog / IAP
Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.
dramatically after college, junior year became the "just do it" era. This motto ... applies to the lab, too.) "Just do it" was difficult to implement during ... 't insist that you should spend at least one IAP at MIT, just doing things for -
Blog / Academics & Research
Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind
, and we DEFINITELY do not have exams." Proctor: "Oh...okay. We'll sort it ... ! DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT WAS?" Sophie: "What?" Me: "THAT PROCTOR! DO YOU ... work that I’ve been doing, but you can expect to hear plenty more from me -
Blog / Admissions
You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...
Side note: Am I the only blogger who still uses a paper planner? Am I the only one in my programming class who takes notes on paper, not on a laptop?? Does anyone else still read books, or do you all have Kindles -
Blog / Admissions
On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.
’d totally rock an MIT-themed Family Feud episode. What do all of those have ... ever particularly interested in doing so, with the exception of my ... interviewed by my Educational Counselor, he asked me if I liked to do things -
Blog / Academics & Research
3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)
? Nope, that was me talking about a special 5.111 lecture. And yes, you do ... misleading with my title. They're not 3D glasses. They do, however, allow you ... screaming or shaky cinematography can quite do justice to it. (Nor can any -
Blog / Academics & Research
Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…
, while Europeans do something called "enjoy life". It reminded me of ... disparity is my own doing – I didn't have a job during the year (although few Cambridge undergraduates do) and I didn't note when I watched 24 this year -
Blog / Challenges
Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.
. Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... about failing, but what you do with it. After I failed that test, yes, I ... different problems, and although it was a lot of work I ended up doing just -
Blog / Events
Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!
to say they were not qualified to run for office. When women do run, they win in same percentages that men do. It sounds silly, but this is ... careers in a time when women just didn’t do that. I decided to attend this -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Who’s that girl in uniform?
in my life, because out of everything I do, it means the most to my -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)
, where most of what I do is staring at a computer while it tells me how ... embodiment of MIT and slap it around a little bit. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ... 're doing it wrong." Keep this in mind. This place is so much more than the -
Blog / MIT Life
“Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.
't really know how to do that. MIT has multiple science departments, so you -
Blog / MIT Life
Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab
. I have a Macbook Pro for goodness' sakes!!" ANGER: "What do you mean you can't fix it? Do you really work for the Apple Store?" BARGAINING: "What do you mean I need to pay $1,200 to fix it? I'm still covered under -
Blog / Academics & Research
What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…
giving you a large, apologetic explanation which would do nothing to redeem ... could not bring myself to do anything that would require thought over ... to go from doing everything to doing what feels like almost absolutely -
Blog / Academics & Research
Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.
of the Course 9 research I started doing during IAP. I love my lab ... regarding any independent work I'm doing in the lab. One of my floormates now ... master than other subjects do and because I've never been exposed to orgo -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?
that? Blogs: You're reading one now! We do have others from all corners