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  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt ... work and fun) and when something is done, I only cross-out never delete ...  MacArthur 'Genius' Grant winner - held a reading of his new book, This is How You Lose

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  is about BOTH work and fun. Not just work! Sooo - on Friday night ... many pictures (2 of which I've included here): (Rishi '14 is hitting a ... fall asleep -__- I know this entry is kinda short, but I wanted to make

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  class is so incredibly relevant to daily life. (warning: i'm about to ... - google calendar: The idea behind interval partitioning is that you have ... know how to do this, but why is this important?! And why should I care

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  summarized thusly: Freshman year: Woohooooo MIT is gonna be so cool! Just four years of this and I'm gonna run the w-OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING THINGS ... 's already a reading assigned for 5.13? This is nonsense. This year is going to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  math textbook: The sum of three cats is a dog. It only works on female ... math problem, a video about how my week is going, and my most recent ... Internet. Anyway, here’s a YouTube video of me talking. Below it is my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  closet, we used the course 16 lab which is decked out with foam cutters ... (featured in the video). 16.810 is offered each IAP, and I certainly plan on ... presentation for 16.810, we made a short video. Here it is for you to enjoy

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  I secretly love Taylor Swift. It was tough, but they say acceptance is the first step on the road to recovery. My phone is a RAZR - not one ... old this phone is. Most of the screen has broken off. My girlfriend

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  thrown at you is beyond words. Thoughtful reflections connecting all these ... assistants for a banquet reception. Here is my friend Maggie'12 and I. Don ... like Orlando in Korea... Where there is a Teddy Bear Museum! And

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  is a class I absolutely need to graduate. (I won't bore you with ... at MIT but not taking any classes. How awesome is that? I know someone ... only mild constraint I'll add is that I don't currently want to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  that is so typical of life here at MIT, I hear piano chords playing on ... love his music. Joey Perricone is a sophomore studying physics and ... . And the place to do that is here, at MIT.

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  got to knock off a task that is surprisingly easy to finish at MIT ... Sigma Kappa's variety show benefits Sigma Kappa Foundation, which is the 2 ... had to dance. I cannot dance. And there is video evidence

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  !) So what is a poetry slam, anyway? It's a 25 year old movement of spoken ... , there's no boundaries. So in short, a poetry slam is what happens when ... next four years at MIT. This is a safe place where everyone has a story

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  STEM occupations - and if you think about it, Boston is right across the river from where MIT is. The sixth geekiest city was Lowell, Massachusetts ... what the third Massachusetts city is? It's none other than my hometown

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  committee. More likely though, it is due to my sluggish 40-something metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and ... Institute is collaborative and includes more than 150 faculty and more than 1

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  FIRST Championship. FIRST is a pretty cool organization, co-founded by MIT ... deadline for making your college decision. If your lingering issue is a ... or otherwise, if there is anything we can do to help you make your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  friends here at MIT who take care of me in times of ups and downs; there is ... such a great time here. My name is Kenny Lam, and I'm a current ... you is your signature! That's literally all we're asking for from you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  Starbucks locations in Watertown, MA is like 200:1. Seriously. Soo many Dunkins. ~and~ (5) I had a blast at Culture Show 2011 :) C-Show is an ... , and years for what is essentially one big showcase of music and dance. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  Freudian terror. Flash back to the real world, where school is still kind of ... for it, which is so good that literally every university with an ... , is unsoberingly motivational. ...I'm also reminded that I should go to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  ????" Admissions blogging is a pretty new thing for me, so please don't be ... example, my field of study, computer science, is centered around developing ... . Metaphorically, that is.

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  .20 (animal behavior), and 9.01 (neuro) - which is pretty much nothing compared ... parts (maybe the only good part?) about final exam time is the free food ... , hot chocolate, and so much more. Tonight, the 2013 Class Council is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010