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  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I ... my undergraduate education! Phew.  What does that mean for you? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a ... this for grad school applications.) Learning me a Haskell for great good. Learning to cook.  Learning to swim, for real. (I

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  will suggest further directions for investigation or provide an opportunity for you to shoot off questions to helpful strangers. And you can do ... to do with all that power?  I can't answer that question for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  liters of water -- for the entirety of finals week. S^3, which is really ... and feeling woozy, and fell asleep for about 14 hours. Upon waking, I began to sacrificially prepare myself for a massive MATLAB lab and a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  hosted a graduation barbecue in the backyard for 40 people. We set up a big ... on the job, I attended the opening party for the big 150th celebration, which would take place for the next six months and culminate in a final

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  out there. For those who are awaiting news on Pi Day, I hope this will be a fun diversion for you as you wait. And for those who are not ... an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for ... to 0, they sprinted back to the sidewalk, waited for traffic to stop ... cloistered like the world's most shabbily dressed monk for so long reading

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

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

  

  my head and hoping it'll be enough for when I land in Frankfurt Airport ... Technology Initiatives) program called Highlights for High Schools . The five ... country for a litttle while: Look familiar? To summarize ~ (1) Ahhh, I

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

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  together a free summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer. As I ... enough money for camp this year. We've organized several on-campus events ... buy library books for elementary school children, among other things. It

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Studies and Planning. The number of applicants for admission to the ... Schmill Dean of Admssions Now is no time to despair! Lucky for us, we ... up more options for us. And since we're such smart cookies, we

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  happened: Undergraduate This whole argument is silly. Well, thanks for ... true, i admire [name]'s heroism for taking time out of his busy final ... , I'm not graduating. Yes, I'm in the dorm for the summer. Yes, I'm in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  friends, is IAP. IAP stands for Independent Activities Period, but it may as well stand for "Introduction to Awesome, Pshhaw!" (Ok, that may not ... things I've done thus far for IAP not necessarily in chronological order

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  sort of wandered around the floor for a while trying to work some of it ... sentiments regarding TEAL will have to wait for another entry, though, I think ... eyes on, had our last review lecture for 18.02, Multivariable Calculus

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship for $10 ... dispel those rumors: I don't like physics. Lucky for me, there are all ... of physics in high school for me: We have an Honors physics class

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  five teams, and the teams competed against each other for the title of ... ) Tuesday: Community service day - Made activity books for kinds at Children ... a jar and you could either put pennies and dollar bills for positive

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 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.

  

  learning Calculus are tied for first - I'm quite serious), and knew absolutely for sure hands down no doubts that this was the place for me. If you want to get technical about it, CPW served no other purpose for me other

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

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a video recap of much that occurred! I hope this is helpful =) And for those ... panelist Melis '08!) Click To Play Marching Band performs for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for nothing, after all ... sticklers, take note of the proper use of quotations for the article's name and italics for the magazine!) Reading through the article, which

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  that wine in Spain is not just an excuse for people to get wasted. 5. I ... a study abroad is kind of like matchmaking. For one month (or ... MIT in anticipation to leave for Spain (after spending one night in my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the ... fax machine today, so they're prepared for the new documents! If we are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008