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  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  9th grade and well, I figured if one class was going to be a disaster ... going to be thrown into a class with virtually zero prior knowledge and ... thus far. It also should be mentioned that it is a major plus to hear the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently ... already seen two new hacks - could there be more? I resolved to hunt around ... . The four-square Brain and Cognitive Science logo was begging to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  much. Currently, we're planning to work our way through every ... makes the difficult transition from high school to college easier, something especially appreciated at an institution notorious for being one of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... being overloaded. Convinces my roommate to go grocery shopping with me ... outside and wears sneakers. Walks into a deep puddle on my way to Stata

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  exploded. Anyway, as I was saying, I'm going to be honest with you (and ... paths because, let's face it, MIT is a broad and deep place to be immersed ... from adhering properly, so stitches it was. 3 to be exact: And with

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  students will be equipped to handle upper level classes. But instead of ... use each machine, we get to learn by making a spiffy Stirling engine ... drawing class, we learn that there are many different way to represent a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  particularly one who will be the first in his family to attend college full time ... cement his desire to help low-income people by working to develop ... . Career plans: Wants to be a chemical engineer working to make breakthroughs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  12 hours and counting until CPW. Here are some places where I'll be ... the Big Screw, 3pm, Friday A quick look in at the Ted Kennedy lecture ... expected almost everywhere in the country tomorrow, I suspect there will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  way could be severely hampered if one is constantly in the act of doing ... space’ of the car ride with my kids before the play. Turned out to be a ... and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  for this period of 12 months.) By the way, my name is Chris too ... admissions office. That being the case, I've noticed that people have begun to ... Hi Everyone, As you've now heard, Mr. Peterson is going offline to

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  addition to taking classes, the best way to become part of the nanotechnology ... , so I figured I might as well take this opportunity to clear up some of ... opportunities to focus on nanotechnology. The primary majors connected to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  to be fancy and display the game at a slight tilt, just like the ... controller to be left-handed. I’ve never played a real guitar before, so I placed the buttons in a way that was most comfortable for me to hold. Only

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs ... the topics that seemed to be the easiest to write about was a recap of ... a long blog about both, but I felt it would be better to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  -- "my" class -- carries a lot of people who taught me how to care, how to think, and how to be a good friend, mostly by being good friends to me ... . talking about our communities, and what we wanted them to be. scrapbooking

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  , by the way... Moving on...) So I filled out the Freshman Housing ... that these are generalizations that shouldn't be strictly applied to ... entertaining and witty, and contains almost no actual content. Be sure to visit

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  were being kicked out of our dorms. Due to this, I was under the impression that finding a place to live during the school year would be easy ... expectations and locate properties, so I'm grateful to my group members for being

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  work gets to be overwhelming at times, and it's important to know that we ... institute, these are the people to talk to! 2) MedLinks I applied to be a Med ... way to prepare myself for eventually getting my EMT certification.  Anna

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  at UROP minimum wage ($9.00/hr). The second way to be funded is through ... 've loved going to the zoo since before I can remember, and if I couldn't be a scientist I'd want to be a zookeeper. We spent about an hour and a half to two

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  know what it's going to be about. Meanwhile, since I'm being hosed by my ... There are two or three backlogged entries that I want/need to write ... MIT, I'll dedicate this entry to describing them. I've italicized the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  you updated when there's more to be said. Maybe about this time you ... . There are lots of productive ways to utilize this gift of uninterupted ... school Class of 2006) that you know and encourage them to expand their mind

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004