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I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.
: I said "BRB, homework", and it took a week. That's not unusual, for ... about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time ... is to provide spaces for commuting faculty. It's not in their best -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.
various sizes. The culprit? Well, most pinned the blame on Amazon for its ... Prime membership (with free two-day shipping) for a year. And, supposedly ... full-page ad in The Tech “apologizing” for the additional burden caused -
Blog / Academics & Research
Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.
2.671 is an AMAZING class (that many people dislike, for reasons that ... much just going nuts. For our final (9th) lab of the semester, we were ... and correlating it with EKG and all sorts of other stuff. For lab 9 -
Blog / Events
Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.
Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information -
Blog / MIT Life
Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms
speak for themselves, and our friends over at CalTech have helped us out a ... stored the file away figuring it would be useful for something one day. The release of the WikiWatcher suite near pranking season makes for a -
Blog / MIT Life
*waves goodbye* Homeward bound
That's it ladies and gents, sophomore year is over for yours truly. I ... are for. I have to say, it's going fast. When I applied to MIT and got ... and get ready to head home for the summer! I haven't spent more than two -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Being First is Important There can be many firsts
Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a -
Blog / About Decisions
Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.
I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted ... transfer applications for entry this Fall. Applications are up approximately -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.
and shirts and ties! What am I not prepared for? Nowadays, most high ... totally new experience for college freshmen. One of the most important changes for most people is the task of cooking meals. With LaVerde's open -
Blog / Academics & Research
I hurt myself again And again and again and again.
recurring issue in for the last couple of years, probably made worse by my inability to remain standing on my feet for more than a nanosecond without ... wearing the same shirt for three days. But today I got back one of three -
Blog / Events
The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…
Okay, so what I am about to recount for you happened like 2 whole ... and today, MIT hosted hundreds of middle and high school students for a ... Magnetism, for which I sought out a little help. The Edgerton Center is quite -
Blog / Academics & Research
When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.
During your first day at MIT, after you check in for Orientation ... , who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work with the genetics ... as Paul worked at for UROPs), won the National Medal of Science in 1997 -
Blog / How to Human
Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.
recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure. Don't save all your work for the night before it's due. Seriously -
Blog / MIT Life
What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*
Independent Activities Period! Only two months away! picking my classes for ... for this weekend: studying for the upcoming 20.110 (thermodynamics ... 18.02 grading shopping at the Garment District for my Halloween -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.
heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that ... 's probably also difficult for you to think about the world beyond MIT (don -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Summer School's out for it
at the classes I have to take for my major (Mech E, course 2). Every single course 2 class starts at either 9:00 or 9:30 for all four years of college. Wonderful, I picked the major with the worst possible times for -
Blog / MIT Life
Updates, Previews, and My Successor
Sorry for being MIA -- these past few weeks have been exceptionally ... congratulations is in order for Zahir Dossa, who I profiled in my first blog. A ... series. Next, keep your eyes peeled for profiles of the one and only Melis -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).
& Yale Universities for meetings in Northern California/Nevada and the ... a great opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to hear ... , we will also host breakfast meetings for your guidance counselors. We -
Blog / Events
Susan Hockfield’s Private Concert La la la la la la la laaaaaaa!!!!
Yes, we are this cool. We perform our drinking song, in capes, for our president. Also, last year, the Marching Band was a bit more destructive. As you can see, Alex (a prefrosh then, an '11 now) decided to