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• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  pies, piedentified (joke by Irina’s boyfriend Alex). The top row is ... bottom row is banana cream (vanilla pudding and bananas), fruit salad ... this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you spell it? A: A “pset” is short for “problem set”, and it is the most

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  distance. However, the one tradition that my family does have is our annual ... holiday is cluttered with things I said I'd do during the semester and didn ... me that the world is a beautiful place. It's easy to forget that when

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  Hi Everyone, The Office of Admissions is closing for the holidays next week, and is not accepting emails or answering phone calls. The ... RA process. As you know, the deadline is fast approaching. Most

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in Boston's North End and is well-known for its delicious cannolis. Over the ... I realized last week, I've never actually been there. This is what

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  wonderful! Classes have started! REX happened! Politics is happening! Blogging is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter anymore because I'm not at my laptop enough. Isn't that astonishing? Here is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  female fighter pilots. She flew the F/A-18 Hornet. At MIT, she is the ... (pronounced kohl-bair rə-por – the t is silent in both "Colbert" and "Report") is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  , she is a graduate student at Harvard, and is still involved with the MIT ... profile Mollie in the latest episode (or, webisode, as it is a web series). Without further ado, meet Mollie: Mollie is doing some really fascinating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  Today is the first day of the Fall Semester at MIT, and thus is the ... welcome to the class is the Freshman Convocation, where the freshman class is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  cover … and flipped to the Burton-Conner page (which is where I live now ... the people on this page! This is actually a group shot of Burton 1 - my floor! This kind of revelation is strange and mind-boggling to me. Last

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  Another blogget for you all. MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew is a finalist ... by going here and voting on the right hand side. This site is a little ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  all night, it is this disgruntled bull. Although the 22 other students ... attack by swiping down. So a bull market is one in which the market is moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  particularly remember, however, is "Attend a Nobel Laureate Lecture." I think it ... !!). Photo credit: MIT News Office. Professor Mankiw is on the far left and Professor Solow is on the far right. I especially wanted to blog about this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  ; Basically, the drug Crixivan ® is used to combat HIV, but it is a very complicated compound that is extremely difficult to make. Instead of relying strictly on bench-top chemical reactions, the Sinskey Lab is using bacteria

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a message explaining why the portlet is no longer there, but it's not showing ... . The Application Tracking portlet is gone because it is now definitively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  breath, close your eyes, and count to ten. Applying to college is really ... biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game ... there is more to your application than that, and MIT is looking for more

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  to 1.5 million things per day. Which is why this entry is short. Sanja ... lifeguard is cool, but triples look way cooler :) Come on, you don't think we ... , You do realize that General Relativity is a very advanced physics course

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The song "Holland 1945" by Neutral Milk Hotel is about ... . What was really strange, though, about today's quiz is that Professor ... correct answers. That is not uncommon for MIT. Today in UROP Andy presented

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  : Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... : Chemical Engineering), who is at MIT on the Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate ... the Stata Center. "The Student Mural Project is a competition open to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  : 4, graded Final Exams: 0 This class is also taught by three different ... : Professor Yaffe is from Baltimore and his dialect is very strong. Thus, he ... recording of it. Tidbit #2: Professor Yaffe is also an MD. Thus, to prove

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006