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  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but ... up! All jokes aside - you guys really are rad. We of all people ... 're not coming to Boston for the world-reknowned universities or beautiful

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  and statistics class for course 9 (Brain & Cognitive Sciences). It ... class (either 9.07 or one of the others) for the major. Honestly, I hate ... 're in a major for which it's required. Also, because they're computer

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... pictures for the sake of clarity. Because you see, we have a second ... REUSING some of the pictures I took for the viewbook.) A double in East

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up ... . "They're for my friends at... uh...nevermind"). 2.) Gather friends and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  and I have been working on it for hours upon hours. Basically that means we worked hard on problem one for 15 minutes, and then spent hours and ... needs to be. For example, one problem describes the motion of a curveball

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  birthday problem. This class really helped me out for my finance interviews ... . Going to him for one on one help really pulled me through 18.310. I feel ... toss up between Battle of the Bands and NightMarket. Battle of the Bands

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  's blog for the day... Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don ... hacking this account. Shaye: If by "hacking" you mean sneaking up behind ... MIT to compete in front of YOU for prizes and bragging rights. Yuan

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  a "reading week," but apparently a "reading day" is enough for MIT ... on "Leonardo da Vinci and the Search for the Soul" by world ... lie.) Saturday: 7:30 AM- 5:00 PM: MIT Habitat for Humanity workday

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  , but also a way for you to get to know us better. Show up on time ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  -qualified, under-represented minority applicants. (Remember, this is not up for ... diverse class that reflects the values and goals of your institution. For a ... grades and scores. Now that you have controlled for those factors, please

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What ... later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for ... for Burton-Conner, a scholar of the history of technology, and a regular

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  buying one, but this summer it made for a great resource. With my T-Pass, I ... as I wanted. And the big plus, on Sundays I could bring a friend for ... coaster for the coffee I pretend to drink, reading thin newspapers like the

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... ". I promise I'm not making this up. In the South, "coke" isn't just a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online ... for fun.) "You can't make MIT love you if you don't [write a good essay ... for a good cause.) ----------- 7/29 EDIT I don't think the admissions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... except for our own voices and some very excitable bullfrogs. There were

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  international math & science olympiads. Competitions are held for such ... them look deceptively simple. Take, for example, one of this year ... team members are tallied for a country team score. This year, the top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  (for which I still owe you the summary, I know) we had a group discussion ... hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  signing up for too many things means doing all of them badly (after a ... , especially college kids who are growing up and creating their identities for ... much more grounded in facticity, but for every dashed bit of romanticism

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  stay flexible and look for places that would be reasonable for between five and seven people, but that was harder than it seemed. For one, 5-bed ... frustrating. We spent hours on Zillow looking for places and contacting agents

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  PHIL 179. Afterwards, I signed up for the class R suggested and enjoyed ... mentors gathered in the conference room for a final learning session and de ... awesome people together. Sure, part of the group is reuniting next week for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016