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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  hours and 15 minutes to elect 16 positions. Why? Because it is important ... actually called the ceremony, but it used the word "covenant" enough times to ... free. My goal is thus to plan the most extravagant and self

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

   Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring ... . That sense of resignation—not even attempting to cross the abyss—Rooney is ... think that’s what poems are supposed to do, and I think it’s what the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how ... -take-on-the-world prefrosh, is now a slightly jaded, very depressed upperclassmen. It did not happen overnight, and it does not happen to everyone. I'd like to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  'm Kimd when it comes to admissions blogging, since there's another Kim. As ... of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab ... consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  observations is to test if the Wallace Observatory has all the necessary ... measure the accuracy of the midpoint measurement by comparing it to existing ... colleagues verify that the observatory has equipment that is good enough to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email ... great people to chose from. To answer an FAQ, our goal is to release ... Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit humanitarian project to put

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

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  understanding why it is that people act the way that they do. I like to try and ... asking me to — it just happened. In some ways, this is the opposite of “why is it hard to hang out with friends”. Socializing is an activity I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  visit over to Kendall's place. One thing you should know is that the Dпњљпњљsseldorf-Weeze airport is nowhere near Dпњљпњљsseldorf, and it's going to ... , kind of, is its proximity to the Dreilпњљпњљnderpunkt--the junction of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  quarter I’m taking beginner ice skating. The class is as fun as it sounds ... to take them. But indeed, there is a PE requirement instituted as part ... class every quarter. It’s a great way to meet new people and get some

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  I didn't know what to write this week, so I made GPT-3 do it for me ... give it. For example, this is the prompt I gave GPT-3. This is a great ... useless information that is applicable to nobody in the real world. The

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  first name is Edward. When I got to MIT, Edmund and I thought it would be ... it say E.Jones when I am B.Jones, and why is it squared? Here's the ... to fill out the other form/survey when it's released, however

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.

  

  setup, another has a beam that is wired up to record its response to an ... this. We decided to measure the impulse of a head when it was snapped up ... you, that's ok) and rigged it up to the force sensor. Then, it was time

  • by Snively '11
  • December 9, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  time than it would Carol. Alice is only fast enough to keep up with words ... easy to read than it is to be easy to write. Applying patterns and ... code. It turns out theory is useless if you can't recognize when to apply

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  at all representative of everything MIT has to offer nor is it the only ... 't have to do every single thing at MIT and it is okay! How do I know what ... places is how vocal the community is here when it comes to seeing things

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of ... will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist offer) or decline it. The waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... " to the end of it. "But it's black beans and rice flambé, Mom!" didn ... live in one of these residence halls in order to eat there (which is good

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  week introduction to the software security world. What that meant is ... summers to date. Computer security is something they touch upon a little bit ... could offer and it's been so much more. There have been three aspects to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  being able to write down "[email protected]." It's a ... , but where did MIT students go to check their e-mail? What did it look like? Was it as nice as Gmail? It's time for some answers! To check your

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... example: It is true that my beard appears to be growing only my neck, like ... bacterial sense). You see, though it is impossible to see in this photo, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  pieces Sliding pieces are a little more complicated. It is possible to use ... important, but so is where those pieces are. It wouldn't be very good to have ... advantage of the fact that it's easier to prove a move is bad than it is to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020