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  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  [Justin '08] Hi everyone. I went on the exchange for 06-07 (so I ... , although the only evaluation for Cambridge occurs at the end of the year in ... continual assessment, and are given maybe a few days to prepare for tests, and

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  condense your life into 500 words for the admissions office. But I shall try ... tools and devices that were redesigned to be inexpensive enough for people to afford. A major challenge for many people is finding fuel, usually

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably ... was on exchange, like all of Illinois got multiple snow days! Dang. For ... 't getting my new bike for Bike and Build (which you haven't donated to yet

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  . I worked through the summer, kept my job for weekends during the ... well. They can range from $10 or $13 for a half hour session to $100 for ... serve as one of the dorm's defense systems (they can open the door for

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  [The Call For Guest Entries has been updated/modified] Wow, excuse ... activate it you need to speak blender to it. I could describe it for you all ... of the criteria that I'll be looking for in the guest entries I publish

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  to MIT Medical, where they tested me for strep (negative. First test ... MORE sick. I went to the doctor willingly, which is a rare thing for me ... meeting my group for my **CI-H class, one girl showed up without a voice

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  around. For example. But this entry is about languages. Unfortunately, MIT ... languages. There are words which are identical except for the spelling ... Rome for 2 days this spring. Or, maybe I should say, hopefully I learned

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  'm all for taking pictures, even having taken many stupid ones myself ... books. I know I've never gone there for books. I go there because it ... -desk-things that are perfect for setting up shop and spending several hours buried in

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  but worry as I waited for the Admissions Staff to send back their reply. I thought that MIT was perfect for someone as passionate about biology as I was - but would MIT be so well suited for my second passion? Would

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons. For one, I've never heard Ben give an info session or speak before, and for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  semester). Unless you want to be amazing and take 8.012 or 8.022 (Physics For ... 's affectionate synonym for "Technology-Enabled Active Leaning" and basically ... , homework can now be due late at night, or on weekends. For 8.01, there are 2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  music supplement via email addressed to [email protected]. For performers ... need to be a music major for this to be considered (most people who ... most music classes or to be a part of the music program. For more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  has a lot to do with my appreciation for the tradition and dignity of the military, and for me, color guards symbolize each of those qualities ... the narrator for the retirement ceremony. The 20-year-old cadet, so

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  cheater for 1) being a senior and having more emotional things to say and 2) posting it when I had no wireless. Not cool, Sam. Actually I went out for ... post for a long time, mostly over finals, when I dared to dream about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  video game and joystick, a detector for interplanetary communication, HDTV ... major. Hanhan’s love for Course 6 is contagious! In high school, she ... Corporation. Currently, she is a lab assistant, or L.A., for a new class called

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  johnston who took publicity pictures for the team) So every ridiculous thing ... . And for this project, they got it. (Google "Dance Floor") But they also ... when does this bad boy hit the market? You know for the home use as well

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  about that last blank entry. I'm looking for the "rebuild" button to get ... Wah Bus ride away from Boston, we decided to head down for the most ... for no other reason, because I got to have a 13-word conversation with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  "technology", but are people socially aware,m for example? Are there people ... of fact, I do shower. Daily. (If that's not enough for you, I also wash ... pretty notorious for having a pretty intense workload - there was an 18

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  be between 1) a C. elegans neurobiology lab that does screens for ... donating materials for the plane. It actually turned out (because they are ... they weren't even looking for jobs. Cool. Adam applied to MIT's aero

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  the extraordinary holiday dinner party for Course 17: Political Science ... afternoon, nothing happened to me for like two weeks. Oh, except I saw this Futurama clip and laughed for like three or four days straight. But then I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007