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  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... click bait-y title lol)   Feminine What does it mean to be a woman ... ” a bad thing--who wanted to be a girly girl??? Not me! I was rough and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  application will once again be considered by the committee during regular action ... 't imagine being happy anywhere else!] [This doesn't apply to everyone, but ... are available; by the beginning of February would be great, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  we possibly be about to be seniors? How could it be our[annotation note ... one I want to talk about today. It's the way that the senior mindset has ... 's kinda a chonky set of claims, huh? I want to be very clear that this is in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I ... course 5 friends will be so proud!) But I decided to keep it cool because I ... effects of aneuploidy, say by inducing further energy stress, to eliminate

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  on an appeal to our logic (logos) by quoting statistics on shot blocks ... pursued by a company called TransCanada, that seeks to invest ~5.4 billion ... - I found this to be a challenging assignment and I spent a considerable

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  , I learned (the hard way) how not to pronounce "Nevada" (hint: it's not ... 't have to be. What makes that so difficult to process? People are complex ... hacks or whatever, and you'll be talking to one excited MIT person. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  and she won't admit unrepentant thieves to MIT. So, anyway, we wanted to watch a movie from Mike's massive DVD collection, but there were six ... of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be ... networking and discreetly stealing free pens. Not to be outdone, students who

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  changed to be shanty by pop culture. When I say CHantey, I mean a historical ... .  How the class works is we read a book by some salty New-England sea dog ... to.  The Golden Age of Piracy was from 1650-1739, and the Chanties as

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  a couple cool ways to browse historical material related to MIT. There ... into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  personal apology to the BC front desk (and also mother nature) for being ... bunch of desk space as well. To be honest, I don’t really use it that much ... September, I quickly realized that I’d need to level up my blanket game. This

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  . To be honest, the food tastes a little too "healthy" for me, but plenty ... trucks to install GPS in them so they can be tracked constantly. 3. How ... Last Thursday, I went to “Food Truck 101: The Conference”, a 4-hour

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  was past the 'Sell By' date, Dad!" My dad then proceeded to explain that the "Sell By" date should be taken in a literal sense - "the milk should be SOLD by that date. We already bought the milk before that day

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  'd be nice to call it quits after this. In any case, last night, I picked ... I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in physics this saturday. Few things I'm doing to prepare for it: sleeping <

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  ways that help us to contextualize their achievements.  We have struggled ... assess and evaluate what we determine to be exceptional,  and it is ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... chip. My project was to find out how to remove those wires from the chip and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  students on the show was admitted to MIT early action, so maybe she'll be ... WGBH. Afterwards, you will be able to watch episodes on the website: http://www.pbskidsgo.org/designsquad. ... As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  : every year we hope to take students from our waitlist, and we are excited that we are able to admit 28 students this year. Today, at 5PM Eastern ... “closed” and will not be admitting any additional students for the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  record number of applications can be explained by MIT’s mission and ... choice. “We want the process to be as helpful and accommodating to ... admitted to the MIT Class of 2014. There were 5,684 Early Action applicants

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a ... 't pretty or cute enough to be one or the other. But the fact that I ... ="Introduction to Solid State Chemistry. Satisfies the Chemistry GIR."]3

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022