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  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more ... : After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  in the wrong direction, I saw Random Hall for the first time. As I ... community, primarily freshmen, to know them. Always on the lookout for free ... 's integrated so well into my ongoing college experience that heading to ADPhi for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  officially registered for 8.01, but took special seminars and the 8.012 final ... .05.) 21W.778 Science Journalism (I won $350 from the writing department for ... Beethoven to Mahler: 1800-1910 (SO excited for this) 21L.??? Old English (OLD

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies ... . Writing Test Tools The last week and a half has been writing test tools for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  Allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Chris Peterson. For ... rewarding of my life. I spent almost every day at the Center for Civic Media ... here. And I look forward to what comes next. More to come soon. But for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT ... the traits you start with, for example your hair color, your eye color ... species for use in medicine, agriculture, and history. The hope is that by

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... for another event, but it was really awesome talking to prefrosh who ... really happy for the attention that prefrosh brought to them.  Other times

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I ... Massachusetts Avenue than I have for a while. I saw some really pretty sights ... going for a run along the river when she saw me) and we got to catch up on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be ... .mit.edu Other facts: Almost 19,000 students applied for admission to MIT this ... 6:28 for people to communicate and talk. At that time, I'm going

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  homework, sometimes asking me for help. When I see Chinese-language updates ... and Kristina display so much enthusiasm for a foreign language, I feel ... fell in love with Chinese at MIT. And for a soundtrack - press play on

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  collection of these for a while, and will start leaking them out) MIT Student ... New House to run events for, and mentor, freshmen within our dorm who ... advisees to register for classes! In the meantime, back to unpacking.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  't finish our toy 10 minutes before we had to be there for presentations ... end for the PLAYsentations. It was incredibly wonderful. Looking ... , thanks for one the most unforgettable experiences of my freshman year!

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  .013 (Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, for those not yet versed ... to use for our bridge. We have a pretty simple design (a truss bridge ... very light, making it ideal for emergency situations where aid might be

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  identical copies of one nurse, and shut them again. The room spun for a while ... , because I need fuel for the TRULY OBSCENE AMOUNT OF WORK I HAVE TO DO OVER ... a mathematical model for them] Me: "Oh! That's funny. I thought I saw

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way ... ... ...and is successful. Steve is stoked for his pending relationship ... his pow pow only lasts for a couple hours... Brothers begin to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  Says, running up the Green Building stairs for 4 hours, a Python Bee, a ... Campus for two events: Chocolate Chess and the Nutella eating contest. [Now ... have a nice sugar induced coma for a hour after the game. Nutella Eating

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  like Java's rebellious younger cousin, you can only eat oatmeal for so ... wide assortment of classes that MIT offers over IAP, both for credit and not for credit. I've been running between kickboxing classes, business

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  the Show-Me State, Columbia is a lively college town, except for the ... magazine. [*Just got to say that I have a poop-ton of respect for housewives ... Housewifeformer™ and churned out three outfits for our new dog, Scooter (who

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  . “This line is for the Melancholia film screening. It’s by ... , Antichrist) based the idea for his newest movie from a depressive episode he ... instead of seeing, for example, how the president will react to these

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  example for a lot of arguments either, but he's an engineer for NASA. He ... suit to be a superhero. No "baby I was born this way" origin story for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011