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  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  mater. For Sylvester, who introduced the term, a matrix is where a ... ; the former from Latin tangere “to touch”, and adding the prefix in-, for ... Esperanto for Splash, but conlangs in general fascinate me. I think Toki Pona

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  four a.m. psets would be for naught . . . plus, I felt uncomfortable with ... , I wanted to stay up late having fun with my friends instead of psetting for a subject I didn't care about. so I [annotation note

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  APIs, i.e. VR headsets, fitness bands, IoT devices, APIs for delivery ... : some cool examples are headphone-assisted navigation for the blind, blood sample diagnoses using an app and attachable lens, and even an app for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  waiting patiently for something, and even harder, arguably, to distract ... D student Jonathan Sun, a/k/a @jonnysun, created as a unit project for CMS.614 ... @tinycarebot to remind him and his Twitter followers to do nice things for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  this year. Although our application does not go live for another few ... are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the ... -250 words) Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet ... Together by Neerja A. '16015 A Penny for Your Thoughts by Erick P. '17 ... Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) by Yuliya K. '18 Tips and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  graduate). Upon logging in for the first time, I was rather pleased to find ... again (it’s becoming a theme). I also gave up on 24.09 and my political ... This morning, desperately procrastinating studying for a 6.042 midterm

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  junior fall (now). In the summer, for Elizabeth C. 13's Science Out Loud ... shows you where I work-- at the wonderful Whitehead Institute for ... " pieces, and the genome provides you with the overall picture, but it's up

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  (Head Honcho of the Bloggers and Senior Counselor for Web Communications ... chain of links and tweets that eventually ended up in my inbox which I ... , and Freedom University (a college for undocumented students).  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies ... : Uhh, errr, okay. *spend a few hours getting caught up* It's been

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... Peterson's picture of the green building lit up in remembrance of those who ... for another event, but it was really awesome talking to prefrosh who

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  going for a run along the river when she saw me) and we got to catch up on ... For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I ... Massachusetts Avenue than I have for a while. I saw some really pretty sights

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be ... .mit.edu Other facts: Almost 19,000 students applied for admission to MIT this ... reading this post will end up at other colleges next year. If you are one of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  the Show-Me State, Columbia is a lively college town, except for the ... --ah, screw it. I cannot keep up with the Nicholas Kristof/Frank Bruni writing ... magazine. [*Just got to say that I have a poop-ton of respect for housewives

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  . “This line is for the Melancholia film screening. It’s by ... Gainsbourg, Melancholia opens up to a surreal, slow motion introductory ... , Antichrist) based the idea for his newest movie from a depressive episode he

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  jazz, I've been picking up some info on how this particular Boylston St. Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest ... feels like it's made for college students, what with all the long study

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Foundation: Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more ... means of exchange caught up with the Information Age. Once he stops out of ... to MIT in two years, I wish you all the best for the future

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  -hand column. When you give up, check out Srivastava's method. So, did Srivastava take the lottery for millions, like the MIT Blackjack Team took Las Vegas for millions? "I remember thinking, I'm gonna be rich! I'm gonna

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... and staff. In addition to teaming up with the hospital/medical van ... do so immediately. It was honestly a privilege for me to meet these

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  actually using up all the change in your wallet before you can accumulate any ... definitely nsfw) 4b) ... I was also really busy. 5) For the amount of insane ... calculation for some pset. 6) A nearly lost calculator almost had a grown man

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010