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  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  are airports, and the edges are flights between them. i made a vague ... trackpad). i like to have chrome and the terminal on one split screen, and ... four chinese characters long and often have really interesting meanings

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess

  

  update y'all on how my new schedule was going. And the answer to the ... (6.009) UROP And it's a struggle! Real analysis is still kicking my ... me fairly well. But why? Because I actually changed and improved myself

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  As you might have read in my last entry, I had a 6.046 (Design and ... just kind of shut down and didn't do anything productive for the next 96 ... school was just that (1) everyone was a genius, and (2) no one did anything

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  's interim director of admissions since last April, and Hastings said he has ... --a cycle that saw a record number of applicants and which we have every reason to believe will yield a diverse and talented class," Hastings said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  roller coaster, and gain an experience that very few people will ever know ... and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  projects, do those last minute problem sets, and perhaps design a wind ... floating buoy-like structure to support a 700,000 kilo tower and rotor combo. I started working on it Thanksgiving afternoon, and finished it this

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  I've discussed a number of famous and notable MIT alums here, but I ... and acquaintances are teachers, and they are fantastic. One of these ... tables and are asked to solve problems too complicated for one. So, they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like ... seven months, the notion of a new life and future along the Charles River ... considering the past. And as I type this from an aisle seat on a flight bound

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  Bonus: 3.091 (Solid-State Chemistry) class has a weekly meme contest. Because I'm a try hard and didn't know how to make proper memes, I drew a comic. The topic was on orbitals and hybridization. I really like it, so I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  18.600 poetry compute the probability i overuse the ampersand

  

  dedicated to 18.600, a.k.a. Probability and Random Variables, which I took this past semester. special thanks to: Brice H. ‘19, for your endless patience and generosity, & Ivy L. ‘20, who said, I feel like

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 25, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  between Subway’s parent company and the franchisee that ran this location. This happened with little warning and we are sorry that Subway is no ... growling stomach, and make a beeline to the gates of heaven - also known as

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  writing about my life, I'll do a little show-and-tell.   Half of getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I ... responsibility to an app called Todoist. A pen and paper could achieve the same

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive pool of applicants in Early, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was ... . We'll have some additional advice and instructions for Deferred

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  I was fifteen and intensely naïve when I graduated from high school and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... front of my ancient laptop narrowing down my list of unwatched movies and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred in EA

  

  We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we ... some additional advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list ... 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

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: EA Deferred

  

  We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we ... some additional advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I climb the iconic front steps and glance up at William Barton Rogers’ name ... in the morning and smiled at the many, many tourists with cameras

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  On Friday afternoon, the students and staff of the senior capstone ... each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does ... course at MIT, and I need no further proof than to note that the class was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Deferred A forum.

  

  We had a record number of Early Action applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then ... 'll have some additional advice and instructions for Deferred students

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010