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• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  That's it ladies and gents, sophomore year is over for yours truly. I'm officially a junior, halfway done with college, done with thermodynamics, and ... are for. I have to say, it's going fast. When I applied to MIT and got

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

  ’s a Finite State Machine (FSM)? NOTE: If you’re familiar with FSMs, you ... ! You’re about to see an FSM that you’re very familiar with but that was ... kinds of applications. Finally, if you’re more interested, here’s an

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  tend to have study breaks and go on trips mostly with your floor. Because ... from the University of Minnesota, that humans swim equally fast in syrup ... until it's absolutely sure your awake. The little bugger has recieved

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  other lane is the fast lane, or passing lane. I drive defensively, but I ... to pass someone who is driving in your own passing lane (which is ... approaching the Infinite, first stop, then look both ways, and then make your

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  . Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self-Help portion of your financial aid, at least at MIT) while at the same time recognizing you for your accomplishments. Look for scholarships, and try hard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  really hot in Boston today (the heat index was about 96F), so I was glad ... you're going to get to keep your blog next year? I think it would be ... particularly terrible liability as long as you indicate that you're willing and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  ; I’m interested. Anyway, here’s the contents. If you’re not interested ... puzzlehunts if you’re interested in learning more about puzzlehunts and how to ... Your Father, Random was [annotation note="Lillian and Cesium point out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  used indexes of chief executive compensation show close to a proportional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  incredibly long post, and Alan for editing. So your team won the Mystery ... What now? One last thing So your team won the Mystery Hunt What is a ... time to talk about all my favorite puzzles before your attention span

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  forgetting what day it is eating because you want to keep your mouth busy, not because you’re hungry but because you want to keep moving ... span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  a huge part of the undergrad tradition at MIT. Getting your "brass rat ... creates its own design specific to your class year. Then they reveal the ... the lighting, so you're just going to have to take my word for it. Live

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  unconventional way conventions are made up, so you put a band-aid on your index ... . His body struck and skewered, limp and lifeless, donning your very armor. It’s the closing of your throat, raw and rough with your screams and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  fast in 2.007.  That's the way it's designed: even though you're building ... and learned how to use fast fabrication methods.  And I built a pair of ... class you'll be building a Robot, capital 'R', and competing against your

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  + Index Cards This system goes on top of the Gcal + Todoist system—I make a ... up some of the 2000+ index cards that I inexplicably have, and it ... produces cool views of your data, like the below calendar of a particular

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  even something better. Fast forward a couple months to Fall semester ... 's quote: "If you're going through hell, keep going." And I made it ... for granted the wonderfully fast, universally-available and fast

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  of the many things heading your way in the near future: MIT ARTS ... official MIT Arts Portal! (coming soon...) F.A.S.T.: To celebrate MIT's 150th ... approximately 150 days. This Festival of Arts, Science, and Technology [F.A.S.T

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  taking your calls, receiving your emails, setting up interviews and writing ... be something new, but for others the meeting with your Educational ... still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  . Things really do move fast at MIT. It's like the Reuse mailing list, which ... . It's all free, too. But the thing is, you have to move fast. Running is best. If it's on the other side of campus, though, you're probably

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  ; if you’re curious, you can find the other readings on the course site ... your virtual body belongs to a different race or gender than your ... why you don’t have a good memory of things that happen when you’re sleep

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  like I’ve grasped a new emotion. Admissions essays are intimidating. You’re ... and acknowledge yourself and your growth, say goodbye to this stage of your life, and understand yourself as your own person. People who read

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012