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  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  SAT II's, which was like 29483 years ago. Unable to bear it any longer ... two i's*. Or is it three? I can't add, remember? *Cross ... my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  , Codex, won the Hunt, which means that by tradition, it was our turn to ... economy. Each year’s Hunt is a gift given by the previous year’s winner to ... unpaid. Why would any sane person sacrifice a year this way? Part of it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  desk lamps. G. One more downside to Simmons is that since it’s the only ... all you want is a few more precious minutes to figure out that damn ... I packed my things, I managed to clear off what is supposed to be my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  is less important than your ability to master it. You may have other ... in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work ... demonstrate your (in)ability to do this. We would prefer it to be a blog. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  Akhil '05 MEng '06, who is the only other person from my high school to ... is going to law school -- she currently has acceptances from NYU and ... ), and I'm heading to a PhD program in biology. And it's all super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What ... like to support the band, you can download it from iTunes here. p.s. if ... If you're returning to our site today, you may have noticed that we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  how it works. The platform is called TaleBlazer, and it’s available to ... . As it happens, they turned out to be right. Listen to your elders, kids ... brain can successfully absorb, and learned what it was like to have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  before coming here. It is fantastic.) To me, it's really important to be ... Science and Engineering) and how small and close-knit it is (there are about ... ... I think we started early breakfast to make it to lecture on time

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  problem is way off. Despite the complexity, it fails to provide a reasonable ... developed long before language, which is why it’s easier for us to think ... find out how deep it is. It takes T = 4 seconds for the stone to drop

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  "Tool" are seen floating in the waters. To "tool" a pset is to work on it and get it done while to "punt" a pset is to not do it or not hand it in ... about the Brass Rat is that it's open to interpretation.   After

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  "philosophical" it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of ... to do well in Orgo? It's supposed to be the most basic of all my ... 't make sense to my young and undisciplined mind. I don't know if it was the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  it is you do. There's a whole new world full of opportunities about to ... While I may lack Ben's ability to speak to the heart, Matt's wisdom ... outcome to the decision you receive from MIT, and the odds are heavily

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  , 2009 It’s very parents dream... for their child to graduate high ... Technology. Terence Dalbert, M.I.T.-bound: "Its going to be hard leaving my ... those two together, it's basically what engineering is." But, he's quick

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at ... admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is ... Baker (one of our dorms), was uploaded to the internet. The instant

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  you have to pay for. When I told her that, she mulled it over and then ... ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I ... , to which I ought to ascribe any ostensible brilliance (after all, it

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  wanted it, but mine turned out huge. By that I mean, we built it to the dimensions that I wanted, but it turned out to be far larger than I really expected it to be, especially when I put it in my room. I tried it out for a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  sad. It's hard to explain how incredibly jealous I get of friends who ... some of you understand this feeling- it's very, very uncomfortable to ... , this is clearly a very US-centric program, since it delineates the US

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  it out. Basically, it is a super-easy way to synchronize files across ... know to join the team, too, at least for the summer. The company is ... So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  <3'] is Semantle.[/annotation] I was introduced to it by Jenny W. (G) and loved it immediately. In Semantle, you are trying to figure out some ... getting it in under 100 guesses is “decent”, and I’m pretty happy with under

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  . And now, answers to your questions: Mick asked: Is it possible to be ... student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up ... you get used to how awesome Firefox is, you can never go back to IE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007