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  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas ... Times has an article on the length of the new SAT. Some students and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  were to first discuss the strengths of the story, then address a list of ... worthwhile.   I took The Folklore of Gaelic Ireland for the fairies and ... , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  at you. Pursuing the simple ideal of being a good student forced me to ... invisible gravity surrounding the way people treat you--a kind of feeling you ... who have helped me in countless ways, one of whom even took the time to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  wanted to answer some of the questions I get the most, and provide specific information about the rewarding experience of being a cadet here at MIT.  So ... .   Here at MIT we host ROTC programs for three branches of the military

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  [annotation note="To be explicitly clear, the point of this line is not that it ... the heck[/caption] I could tell the story of that morning-- the story ... MIT was one of the few who (on their acceptance website) congratulated

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  One of the most common misconceptions about MIT is that the Institute ... misconception not only because of all the prospectives students I've talked to about MIT's supposed lack of fun, but also because I used to think the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  schools, met with students and parents, and just spread the good word about ... between. My trip was a lot of fun! I saw the Pacific Ocean…… ….got lost ... in the right direction….. ……eventually found the Hollywood Walk of

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  've never been on the news - but most of us haven't. The phrase "good enough ... deadline?" or "how many letters of recommendation do I need?" Please ask the ... whatever reason, asking questions in the comments section of a blog post

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  a good laugh out of the crowd. The other speaker took a different ... checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  was a hell of a good time. I’d always seen videos of the event and ... in the spur of the moment. It was, honestly, a really good time. After ... scoping out how good of a fit SAE might be for me. Again, I felt for the

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  preferences. Some of the more common include: HP -- A good computer, more ... 've got for you. Good luck, and enjoy the purchase of your new computer ... I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience ... Sadoway, John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, will welcome the ... MIT Parents Association and the MIT Club of Boston, this reception is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  an Easter egg that gives the selected text an animation. It does all of ... Naptha trending the front page. I've blogged a couple of times already about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  good time. Now Now I am just excited to see what the rest of the semester ... of gaming on the culture of today as well as the culture that surrounds ... lecture. Classes 6.034 lecture (10am-11am) This is our third lecture of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  of the 20 Craziest Scientific Researches. Some of the Craziest ... Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost ... . «Fragmentation of Rods by Cascading Cracks: Why Spaghetti Does Not Break in Half

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  some of the weird (in a good way) stuff that you won’t really find ... good. The other reason was that we thought the "recursive" nature of it ... the story of one particular piece of art: the Story Wall. On its own

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  shiny medal, which he forced me to wear the rest of the weekend (does this ... this morning to harvest my cells. The good news is that I'll be doing two days of work in one day. That is also the bad news... particularly since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  Compared to the previous, this semester was less tumultuous, more of ... up at the end of every semester: learning more from my classes, exercising more, being more on top of things, etc. But I think I did the best I

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  results even refer to? And don’t even get me started on the lack of units. I shudder as I think of all the unsuspecting high-school students making ... (DMSE), I have the perfect tools to conduct a quantitative analysis of MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  yet by the portrayal of Alex or Jonathan, but that half-second shot of ... sunflowers, and the poster is pretty bad. Does anybody out there know what I ... Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005