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• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  signed up on a whim, not bothering to read the course description, since it ... how to swim, just not with any style or grace. So I showed up on the ... sign up for these classes on the P.E. website through a lottery that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when ... , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... on entering college. So click away! If you’re like me, then in the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  th West 2nd East 4th East And on to the point of the entry... One ... . For example, over the weekend, I went to Random Hall for boffer combat on the roofdeck. Boffing is very popular at Random - well, it's popular

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  Shell play host to the Boston Pops on July 4th, but it also plays host to ... the same to me, when it's a free concert you don't complain. A short ... , Shakespeare on the Common performed a modern rendition of Taming of the Shrew.

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  Today was going to be my sleep day. I was going to go to sleep on ... class of the week, and in so doing I would catch up on all of the sleep ... it snowed. So of course I had to get up and open the shade above my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  something like, "On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to ... accepted to MIT, I still clearly remember the day I received my decision. The ... room with my parents standing on either side of me, ready to either

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  date, they've made a lot of updates to the timeline, and to the writeups for some of the hacks, since the last time I went to the site. Well done ... freshman year. Other hack-related entries on my blog include: I feel the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for ... Cornell. When the poll closed at midnight on May 22, MIT had 48 percent of the total votes, thanks to what the official Doonesbury Web site called

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  zones away, I had to throw myself out of bed by 6:45 am. But on the plus side, I got to kick back on a couch sipping on an ice tea while browsing ... proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  was placed right in front of the main entrance to MIT on Massachusetts ... to know if you have to buy the TV, or do you rent it or... ? The TV is ... close to the amount of brain-shocking work that your two math classes will

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  Wits began whittling down their ideas to the ones they wanted to work on ... decided they wanted to add some glowing gems for an added effect. On the ... 't remember what the 5 wits were. Fantasy, who loved to dream of castles and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  from the airport to the stud to pick up my orientation packet. I roll my two comically oversized suitcases down dorm row to MacGregor, but on the ... clear from the fact that I go to MIT, I'm not normal. I'm working on it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  the country come together to compete for $49,000 in prize money ... documentary on the Math Prize for Girls here: </param > </param > Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.   Notice

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  Ring. They couldn't decide whether to put the beaver or the Dome on the ... year and wear the beaver "sitting" on them until graduation. At Commencement, the ring is flipped over so that the beaver is sitting on the world

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of ... a mountain, on a motorcycle - crutches strapped to the back. In the ... curled up on the ground next to him, and we made up. Another first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  being on the fencing team to more general "time management tips ... turn to be the "cool kid" on the block. They're the eager prefrosh who ... . So I put on enough makeup to hide the bags under my sleep-deprived eyes

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  Baker (one of our dorms), was uploaded to the internet. The instant something hits the tubes it becomes fair game, so now it goes on the admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  shown on PBS stations nationwide on Tuesday, October 11. The program ... 's own special theory of relativity. More information on the program is ... information on Einstein's life, the importance of the equation in today

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  logging on to the server at the same exact time so they can have enough time ... considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided to confirm my original assignment at Burton-Conner. The adjustment

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  I think I missed one of the most important holidays of the summer. National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get ice cream on Sunday, I will celebrate this holiday belatedly. The

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006