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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like ... order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past ... did really, really horribly. For some reason, I doubt that is the case

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  interesting things - for example, spelling errors. [See also: Matt's blog entry ... big deal; we're not sticklers for that type of stuff (and hey, nobody ... most often noticed and/or most common pet peeves for our staff): The

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  'm in it. And as the Systems Integrator for my team section (Pink A ... week for at least a few hours. There are intermittent milestones to help ... . It makes for some intensely long days in the shop and some high stress

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  musical theater, for example, but I know very little about all three. Mostly ... , you see.) I get the feeling that it isn't completely typical for ... the University of Cambridge for a change of pace. Now that I'm back

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  FPOP, interviewed Matt and I yesterday for it, and the article is pretty ... for me. Here's what she emailed back: So sometimes when I'm modeling ... in some simple way (for instance, linearly). Say that the car is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  time for anything. Fortunately, there's two periods in which most of your burdens are lifted: IAP, and summer. That's why for this summer, I decided ... being responsible for doing Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  inviting. For Chipotle lovers and strangers to Mexican food alike, I have but this to say: you have to try a burrito from Anna's. If you're up for it, it's a delicious experience for the mind, the mouth, and the wallet

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  glasses cleaner and wax for my braces. While other kids did their fifth ... to enter the 6th grade, my mom got a flier for something called the Talent Development Institute, or TDI. TDI was supposed to be a camp for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a ... of a "friend^2", etc. That would make things so much easier, for ... slideshows where you have to click to load the next page for a single image

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  remarkable don't do it for any reason beyond that it's what they love to do, a ... . So for those of you in high school, wide-eyed and unsure of how to get the most out of your life, theres a simple pseudo-algorithm for you: if

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  it for senior year – I’m not a big fan of change. I alternate between oatmeal+banana+yogurt and peanut butter+toast+honey+banana for breakfast ... every morning. I read for fun for 10 minutes every night before bed

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  in time to head back to Boston/MIT for the summer :) This is where I ... ). To ensure that Camp is free for all campers attending, the counselors ... wait for Camp in August. Okay, now back to packing for my flight back to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  now double-majoring in Music. She discovered a love for composition, and ... Director for their performance of Jekyll and Hyde. One day, at an MTG party ... you decide to do that, I will totally write music for you." *Cue lots of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  from high school are starting to come back to Boston for the summer, and ... rest of this worse. Before I get fired for writing a blog post ... ) light bulb; 12 to play with the iPad (sigh), a few hundred for the fanfare

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  , and years for what is essentially one big showcase of music and dance. I ... found here; thanks to Jeanne '13 for uploading them! Mad props to SAAS board for putting on an awesome show last night: Enjoy the video (soon

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action: Decisions Now Available An announcement.

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the class of 2015 are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu. decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your My

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie ... much learning going on - that's what we're going for right??? Haha ... ) (credits to Evie'13 for the titles of these masterpieces - and for the whole

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  the life of Cyd" posts and I can imagine them being lots of fun (for me ... wendy’s for dinner with friend 2 8:30 pm – ran home to change for the next ... … had a BLAST! 2:00 am – walked back to MIT. Stopped at 7/11 for a snack

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  ’s schedule. Luckily for me, my classes are unique enough that I don’t spend ... , and two classes for the GEL Program. Mine just might be the most random ... , my classes for the GEL program are relatively free of curveballs when

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this ... Nobel Prize in Economics (more have won for Medicine, Physics, and ... room for the press conference and posed for pictures with Diamond. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010