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  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  numeracy - trigonometry, for example - is absurdly old. Haven't you ever ... requirements.) It's a little harder to do this for math classes, especially ... , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  -years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the ... , we all use them in slightly different ways. For example, one colleague ... other for leadership positions, and that energy sort of animates this vast

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... schedule to take a physics course! But the metaphor holds for so many MIT ... virtually sing, showing their passion for what they do. It's part of the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  for the meeting, however, so we stopped by the side of the road to look around one of the tent cities and wait for our friends from last night ... 've ever experienced, save for surviving Mt. Fuji and flying an airplane

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  . MIT is not a school for the daintily-shod. For that, I direct you to the ... a metaphor for perseverance, academic ambition, or high SAT scores ... set for 8.07 sublimated by Maxwell Stress Tensor puns (I was tired that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  endorsement of Firefox still holds, though.] For the first time since August, my inner conscience begs pardon for the prolific plastering of my face ... exhaustion calls for photoblogodocumentationism. On Sunday morning, I was up

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  institute of technology went back to class for reals on February 3rd. Before ... my things into a suitcase and head for New Hampshire with my friends ... road headed for the frozen north, a.k.a Montreal. We're smiling

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  for the past few months. Well, I’ve been in Cambridge, same place that I ... in Iceland for the summer (unpaid internship, of course). I bumped into ... for interviews. We finished the application process and are now waiting

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  of precession and calculate capacitance for fun, squashing the less ... * There, all clean now, except for that little bit of bitterness that soaked ... greeted by a screen like this: Click It is then up for you, the student

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  Tube. He searched for "Improv Everywhere Best Buy" and showed me a hilarious ... 2:15 we left the dorm and headed for the subway. I was dressed in a ... daily basis) while Yuki dressed up for the occasion in a suit. We went

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  for our "First-monthly-anniversary." And I love it! Oh my God, you have ... -life-non-MIT-run apartment a few weeks ago and invited a bunch of us bloggers over for the ... for me to leave for vacation on a high note. (That's right, vacation

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  Donald's. This week sucks. Well, for everybody else it sucks, because they had ... tolerable for our floor by preparing one of Conner 2's patented senior finals ... breakfast for the rest of the floor on the first day of finals. Since we can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  if you never took the class. This is a really good system, for several ... for an 8.01x (physics) test which was to occur the next morning. My ... was pretty difficult for me academically, since I didn't take AP Physics

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  still learned a lot. Every crew is responsible for doing a checklist and ... ) bunk room for about 5 hours. I got a lot of HASS reading done. =) Then, I found out that I got a new job! Ready for it? You sure? It's nerdy

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  this is great for MITers, but it seems rather arcane to the outside world ... , "undesignated" sort of means "same degree, fewer classes" -- many people, for ... . Can I get credit for those classes and 'bypass' them? My teacher says if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  ="114813" /] subscriptions blue bikes singlehandedly responsible for me meeting my "get off campus" goal uber one for the five month free trial and uber

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  . One of my big pulls for the class, though, were the field trips. That ... contributes for a covenant that goes deeper than just living there ... play] together.  But let's be real. I had no idea what I signed up for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  weekend here, a whole four days before classes started, I got COVID for the ... being sick, this illness was notably bad for two reasons: #1: Zendaya I ... 'm talking I watched Disney Channel longer than I should have for Zendaya. Of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  counterclockwise. Rejoice! The next day, I created a custom face for the clock, one ... direction. We hung it up in the main lounge for the world to see, and a few ... years, money may also be exchanged for other goods and services, such as

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  recommend applying for next year if/when they run the program again) and about the story I told. But ultimately, I want to let this story speak for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024