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  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  too. We have posted more information on next steps for deferred ... Our applicant pool for Early Action was really competitive, and ... may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  nerd, Screech, got sick and Zach had to help carry the team. One of his mnemonics for learning the order of the planets was "MVEMJSUNP" pronounced 'me-vehn-se-nup' But given that science likes to redefine itself every so often, it may

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester ... immersion that allows you to take the second level during the spring semester ... for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin ... my neck for staring up the whole time, but I still managed to have fun ... chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something that has been on my mind for the last half hour and will probably consume me for the rest of the night... Seth and Summer are back together

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  definitely surpassed Switzerland for me as the most beautiful place on Earth ... perfect, there were cool streams of glacier water to splash on your sweaty ... broke me and my will to live for 45 long minutes. As I struggled upwards

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  by bus) and went to L.A. Burdick, a store known for its delicious ... just kind of shut down and didn't do anything productive for the next 96 ... , post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the

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

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  alarmed. Today was "Laura's going to catch up on sleep" day. I don't usually ... Today I took a nap fom 5 AM to 9 AM. Then I went to class. When I ... , but I've been doing that since way before my app ever made it to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  and I are working on measuring the power it takes to pedal a rickshaw ... Assam – it’s famous for its tea and it’s home to the hottest pepper in the ... and Jeff have been on the hunt for this pepper since day one (despite

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  happened to come across the Nature paper on a friend’s desk. He decided to ... working on taking this invention into the clinic, where it can be used to ... looked for titles that were relevant to my interests and were interesting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  to study for the 8.022 exam when your notes are neat and have pretty ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... lost it before you could get it down on paper or somewhere else you

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  your many fits of frustration. So you decide to punt the thing - for now ... someone clear that up for me here? Cut to the day after my last final, the ... 're working on your first 18.02 pset. Okay, say you're me, and you're working

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  of Simmons, so he’s constantly on the run. The first time I tried to ... him to arrive. He breaks down on a regular basis, much like MIT students ... Things always seem to come in threes. The Three Musketeers. The Holy

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  rural village where we were supposed to stay and perform water testing for ... photographs, and invite you to comment with what you think. For now, here are ... , physically, intellectually, and emotionally reacting to the three weeks I spent

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... Chinese, and spending an obscene amount of time on Facebook talking to my ... Friends™! and wow it was a lot to handle. and for someone like me, who was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  different combinations using these digits to express a manner of things. For ... are trying to convey. In a sense, making it possible for us to make any ... contact with someone on the phone…we have a phone number. While we tend to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  to simply use for their next year at college or spend on themselves ... instead focus on the accountability problem Sela tries to solve. But for ... student entrepreneurship clubs and organizations. In addition to taking on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  description for 21M.606: Introduces students to the variety and scope of ... So way back awhile ago, after I stopped blogging for extended periods of time (sorry!) and after Ruth's balloon adventure, I headed over to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  sometimes i stare at my planner and the way it stretches on for another month ... i've realized i spend most of my time trying to divorce myself from ... used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here ... school to use their car for the road test. A US license (with REAL ID) also ... , so it was too late for me to do the road test and get the proper

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025