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  MIT Culture Shock

  

  shock, even for someone from New Jersey, which is pretty humid as well. It ... even realize how strikingly different it is from what you consider normal ... . Well, most of my vocabulary (the English vocabulary, that is) did that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  packed, just in a different way. (Which is maybe perhaps why my blogging ... also work a lot so we can go home occasionally, which is why this is ... City** is not that time Carrie tells Berger's friends off because Berger

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  This is it, finals are in two days. One of the things that scared me ... . How does one go about studying? The general recipe is to just lock ... might, it's a problem solving course) and have 5 (or is it 6?) questions

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

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you ... and skip straight to what the end of the semester at MIT is actually ... professors is to assign tests right before finals (to minimize the amount of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student ... truly... < /shameless advertisements> (note: the ending is actually cut off, for some reason by Youtube, meh) (psst, Steve is my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  everyone else sings Sunday and at least one other day. A good choir is a ... have some informal pictures that I will post very soon.** Everything is ... day but to different music. In fact, most of our job is constantly

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  Hello, everyone. This is probably the first time anyone has heard of ... -spanking-new Faculty/Admitted Student Luncheon. This is going to be an awesome, low ... thing is about 2.5 hours in length, and not quite as life-changing as the

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  -MIT Exchange. This is the actual exchange program. CMI is the Cambridge ... England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The ... of us visited Girton College, which (I think) is the farthest college

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  's even more exciting when the team is winning. The night of the seventh ... with is, until we couldn't all fit in the elevator. But that's not what this post is really about. It's not even about the fact that the Red Sox

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  My name is Evan Karlik, and I graduated from both MIT and Navy ROTC ... you to better understand the ROTC programs here at MIT.   ROTC is more than your average student activity. Its primary purpose is to prepare MIT

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  . Campus Preview Weekend is full with free food all over campus. Open houses ... you're sleeping, you're also doing something wrong. There is so much ... prefrosh is like an open door to visit labs, classes, and get exposed to

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  Professor Tom Malone's book The Future of Work. The title alone is enough for ... through the 20th century. Now as the first decade of the 21st century is more than half over, just what is the future of work? Malone spoke at

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My ... system is missing something? First, do not worry. We do not assign blame on ... will not look at your application unfavorably because it is missing an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  hope is that the students who are reading this will realize they're not ... , and home state or country. There is no prize for "winning" except that I ... it will be hard to chose. Send your essay to me; my email address is my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50% participation in donating. Sadly, I don't think our theme is as incredibly awesome ... more Martin will give, so make your gift right away!" It is pretty

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  full report, which is 42 pages (42! Ha! I just noticed that!) here. If you don't have time for that, you can read the summary report, which is ... ) does things like writing policy documents, which I think is more fun

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  . Because the truth is that your SAT score, no matter how high it is, is not ... 20 points on the SAT, I will guarantee you that there is something ... someone is going to look at your application and say, “Oops, well, if only

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  ? (If there is any at all.) There's no specific upper-bound, but MIT doesn ... Junior in Michigan who is considering applying to MIT next fall. Recently ... math and science competitions is "absolutely essential" to be accepted to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  International Development Network (IDN) Crafts Fair in Lobby 10 Though today is the Crafts Fair, Friday is the International Development Fair itself ... through the fair grounds. "The annual Fair is organized by the MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  about 2.001. 2.001, Mechanics of Materials, is pretty straightforward ... forces always equals zero, or else you did it wrong and life is unhappy ... were wondering about my programming issues (why is d+=1 legal normally

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006