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  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  that this will be a very tough year of MIT admissions. The quality of ... , and then have a discussion about that applicant. Things are by consensus ... discussion without needing to resort to a formal "vote." In the very rare

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  closely related to the behavior of an elaborate function ζ(s) = 1 + 1/2s ... you 11415 years to hit a million dollars. Unfortunately, this is not a blog entry on course 18. So this week, LSC sponsored a book talk by the

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  blogs since school ended. To be honest, this summer had been wonderful ... summer, since I'm going to be here in July, I signed up to teach APWH, and ... them to Central America, where we'll be visiting the countries of Panama

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  happens to be my nightly walk over the Charles River to my commuter train at ... for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new one to begin. I prefer the days right after the holidays, taking

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  .5–5 cm) from the tip of the chalk. (You’ll need to be further back if you ... A few months ago, I posted about how to clean old whiteboards. Of ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] from 8.033[/caption] I learned how to make dotted lines

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  part of the cycle. Ben is on his way to even bigger things. And that ... quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last summer before I came to MIT, my last summer home, and the one thing I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  too, so I asked if I could collect their old-timey tales. To be honest ... normally drives a pragmatic efficient EV I’ve now been radicalized to being a ... of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  supposed to be the highest visibility night this weekend of the solar flare ... was being live-booked out right under us, so we had to book across the ... This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... be good to let others share their thoughts. To that end I plan on ... their behalf). One of my favorite places to run in Boston with the cross

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  It feels good to be back at the 'Tute!!! My family drove me up to Boston on Friday night. We expected to hit a lot of traffic, considering ... windows.) My friend, Kevin ('08), just visited and he's proposed to be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  that hour sublime On the Subway Express. Now isn't that an amazing way to ... sped from lower Manhattan to the Bronx, they fell in love: (Boy) It was in no sheltered nook It was by no babbling brook When romantic'lly we

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  , but there are exceptions to every rule, and mine is not being bothered ... difficult to come by in Boston; instead, you get bubble tea. I'm not ... Francisco, just about to fly back to Boston to prepare for FAP (Freshman Arts

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  . Phillips, 1984  "Dostoevsky was made by being sent to Siberia. Writers are ... within to the edge of what can be loved." Autobiography of Red is for ... to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  the Best Way to Make a Difference. Sadly I was unable to get him to ... Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation ... to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  that appears to have whizzed by. 2013 is also alliterative, composite ... We begin with certain trivialities. *Resolution: A firm decision to do or not to do something; *New Year’s Resolution: On Jan 1, it means

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  Phone camera: It's not as streamlined as I'd like it to be because I'm still ... which case I'll probably be too embarrassed to blog about it. In other ... Luckily, thanks to our friendly Senior Haus GRTs I was able to acquire

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  know... Jenn Lai used to be Jen Lai, before MIT? It's true! Here's what ... much everyone knows me as "jen lai" ("jen lai" also happens to be a ... guess i'll have to start spelling jen with two n's. Posted by: jen(n) '11

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... Meetings You might be wondering, what happens at these meetings? What should ... applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  " has come to a close. And of course, it wouldn't be blogworthy unless ... sections that were going to be on the test. Cue Facebook. The best and worst ... . Battle of the Walls: me: shouldn't you be studying like i am pretending to

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020