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• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  Introductions are generally a clunky thing for me. There's some basic ... judged for quoting HMS Pinafore in this person's presence? Would this be a ... up my face in a ridiculous manner? (That last one has worked a couple

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  to Admitted Student Gatherings, social events for mingling with other ... span of just a few years. The gathering also got me really pumped me up ... out your hair while doing PSets? It's a good thing that my very job for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  down on the steps of Lobby 10, I set up my normal non-slow-motion camera as "backup", and we just went for it. Then everyone started ... . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... date in the corner. It's a sort of art form in itself, and for some ... --the atmosphere is rich with fodder for music, art, and poetry. You'd think a place

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  impromptu event you didn't have to register for. The dark matter lecture I ... general institute requirements, but they're really not so bad! For example ... of the room in order for us to calculate the percent rebound, relating

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  . So, I thought I'd post a few up here. To spare you the trouble of ... calculus as a prerequisite for acceptance? This isn't possible for me, as my ... love to take them, but it's just not an option for me and I feel as

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  sit down and see what ended up documented.   The ... of people. The idea of someone yelling at me for taking their picture ... and building a quick assembly bridge for use in developing countries

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  dad and two brothers for a few days of skiing at Breckenridge. It was ... .   NBD brah.   After returning from Colorado I went back up ... is known by local fire rangers for his 512 cubic foot brush pile blaze

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  ARE YOU PUMPED FOR CPW? Who wouldn't be excited about 72 solid hours ... excited about CPW! There are far too many events for a single person to ... in touch with many of them even if you don't end up enrolling here

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  , let alone a blog post. But one of them is best summed up by this SMBC cartoon: And another, related reason is that public role models for women ... ). Ladyada owns. She's credited by many with being responsible for driving the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and ... formation of the United States - for three hours every week and pore through ... our opinions and tell her what the documents meant for ourselves, even

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  (Preface: I am also sorry for disappearing. D:) -- So anyone who ... told is actually bad for the computer, but whatever ... CAD, Rhinoceros, 3D-Max and soon to come vray and wufi. I am so distressed for my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  I woke up at 8 this morning after passing out on my computer around 4 ... my KeyboardFace™ wasn't caused by one big epic scientific fail for once ... 've always wanted to change that, we're still here for you too. That said, let

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  . Hair & Make-up Designer Sarah Laderman '12 creating a scar for King ... created some interesting challenges for both directors, designers, and actors. And, I'll admit, rather appropriate for a theater group that

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  comes up, Merritt fixes it," said Donna Boyd, Merritt's mother. Something ... Millennium Scholar Culture shock gives way to passion for learning By Jason Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• 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 ... . Augusta, GA—It’s packing day for 17-year-old Terence Dalbert ... ’s getting ready for summer classes at the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool ... table, etc. For much of the two weeks, the lab looked a lot like this ... ) I ended up with . . . I like to call it a spastic spider bot, even

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing ... what lab I'll be in: I'll be working in the Koch Institute for ... - and I'm sure he'll explain the finer details as we go along. As for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  admissions office for a million years, currently serving as the director of the ... received after that date are accepted and will catch up to your file. Around ... was mailed, for the tracking system to be accurate. If on November 14th

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007