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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  [by Patrick '09] On Tuesday, I went to Trinity College chapel for ... deserves some explanation: There are 30+ constituent colleges to Cambridge, each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  giving you one of my problems to take a look at. 6.033 is Computer Systems Engineering. It has lots of different components to it - so far we've talked ... to try to solve it. This year, we have to create a controller for a

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  past few years. So it's been a little over a month since we got to ... from the city center. It's about 45 minutes to walk there. It is an ... . It was so much fun. We stuffed a bag full of apples and then went to

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center ... to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could ... coordinated a flanking attack of the enemy. They fought valiantly to repel our

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  about MIT. She wants to go (a lot), and I'm keeping my eyes and ears open. It sounds like all kinds of amazing. ^_^ P.S. Devin wants you to ... hours on a MONDAY. And I got to sleep by 1AM, and then I woke up in time

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less ... needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... out another aspect of MIT or talking to the potential students. Rule #3: Talk to people, prefrosh and current students alike. I think the best

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? Your name in lights.

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Seeing that my ... you to write a blog entry about your CPW experience. If you

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week that I haven't had a chance to think up any good entries - sorry guys. Hope to fix that soon! So what have I been doing... First, a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka ... ,000 Kwache each, which comes out to roughly $3.75). It was incredibly sunny ... tired quickly. We walked all the way from there to the Lusaka Post Office

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  to develop the most in college? 2. What are the most important classes you think you will take? 3. What do you want to learn or know that you don't know know? 4. What type of environments are most conducive to

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  posted here.  The deadline to contact your EC has passed for early action ... be reviewed and added to your application when we receive it. Remember ... to connect with your EC for some time and have been unable to reach him

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... cooler you could be doing with your time that will do far more to help your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  As stated in the original post, they were actually due on 8/31, but I forgot to remind you, so I've extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be considered, please get your application in on time! We will try to make

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Riemann Zeta Hypothesis was voted to be the most ... from high school was voted "Most likely to prove the Riemann Zeta ... -question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The song "Hips Don't Lie" went to #1 in nearly every ... to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... umbrella--it had a big button that you could press to open it, fit perfectly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  My friend Shefali '04 sent me a link to an addictive math nerd video game which actually relates to the name of this very blog. It's like factoring Tetris! Check out PrimeShooter: If you love math, you may want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any ... students in seminar based advising, but typically your advisor comes to your ... many people like about it is that you don't have to go far to find your

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought I'd lost my round, and then when I went to go put my car down, they

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  . 1. If you send in your reply form to MIT telling us that you're coming (and if you have decided to come, please do send it in!), we will reply to you with a postcard letting you know we have received your reply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006