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  Visualize whirled peas

  

  much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of the Bollywood movie Veer-Zaara. I love the energy of opening night film ... until Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (have you seen the teaser trailer yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  level, leaving out a good deal of the mathy details, though some ... .5 probability, as does the event of getting a tail. When you roll a fair six ... you could see the stream of numbers you needed to sum up one at a time

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  ). In a nutshell, everybody at MIT has to either take or pass out of the ... in your major, but for the purposes of this discussion they don't count ... the umbrella of the GIRs as described above counts for units outside the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  the end of this tunnel of a room which does not allow very much light ... So, remember how back when I blogged about all of the many varied ... " is going to have to be added to the list, because I am seriously good

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  Email lists can be the burden of my existence sometimes. I get all kinds of spam- the actual kind, telling me I need a degree from some on ... their amusing weblink of the day with all their friends. Sometimes, it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  competition-level good, as evidenced by the standings of a Boston crossword ... On [annotation note="home of the economics department, and the place where I spend most of my time on campus these days"]the fourth floor of E

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

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  ’s expected. The book is a good mix of personal stories, historical background ... around that.  The authors have put a good summary of their book on their ... completed this goal last week! I think by the end of 2020 I’ll have read a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  , which increases the chance of you drawing good cards. This is one of the ... there are lots and lots of good memes. The reason I started playing Slay ... 've been playing a lot of in the last two weeks is Slay the Spire, a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  wins a competition to become the apprentice to one of the most recognizable real-estate moguls in the world. For those of you who haven't heard ... Association and the Black Alumni of MIT Association organized a huge event at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it ... apparently I was erroneous. Maybe it's like the wedding episode of I Dream of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art in the Infinite, Vol. 2 MIT meets King Koopa.

  

  the good ol' days of Nintendo. The small dome with it's very own Mario ... is the last day of my 5th semester at MIT. Time flies when you're having fun. More photos of the rest of the day coming soon.

  • by Bryan
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  One of the greatest parts of college is independence. One of the ... 10 and 14, but it's always a good time.) The natural problem with ... of interests, so I was reassured by the flexibility of mechanical

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are ... estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  Lab). It's about the size of four honeydew melons (or two watermelons ... – most of that did not come from inside the briefcase. But I indeed ... .2060 "Blackbird" lab kit. It's got most of the electronics we need for prototyping

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  in the past couple of months, my floor has found itself back in the trenches of memorizing speeches and monologues and poems (but mostly the ... Ratatouille and the tungsten cube Amazon review. because he is part of multiple

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  ’s because I believe in the general goodness of other people if you give them ... So they say that the best part of MIT is the people. Is this true ... the best parts of MIT is the tiny furry people walking around on the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  consistently the same day in the Gregorian calendar."]fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar [/annotation], it’s also sometimes known as ... leaves and sticky rice, the former of which they did not have, which I only

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  favorite parts of the year is our retreat in the woods with other East Coast ... , the solo performance I'm most proud of was spinning to "The Rockrose and ... ://youtu.be/zIubvTVsBQo?si=6lNNuGQT7zmHyAzQ Being a part of the fire spinning community has been

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  cobblestoned plazas and taking in the sights. However, guess what some of the ... proposals and applications. Aye, it's that time of the year again. If ... of someone who was pretty involved (in my opinion) during the high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  interesting -- something outside of the bounds of routine admissions ... counselors are calling flabbergasted that the best students of their careers ... out there. Many of the questions that we're getting are totally

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013