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• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza ... prototyped during the Vietnam War to sharpen the reflexes of future army enlistees, and that Bill Gates had cleverly developed a way to hook up my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... cause me to be instantly rejected from MIT, I calmed down slightly, went ... , impatient for decisions, reluctant to do my other apps, doubtful of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  . We're now ready to play a short psychological game. A private ... imaginary answer. Ex: “7 times 7 is 49, drop the 9, carry the 4 to the next ... . Rationale: when evaluating the most direct route to your goal, be it the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  cooking dinner with my boyfriend and he was telling me about his visit to UCSC. He had gone to see a friend from high school who was either a ... , introducing them to her favorite trees and caves and perches from which to view

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... pestered to dance. Every year I fight back. "No! I don't dance! Let me be the ... of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all ... heating up as we race towards finals, I'll do my best to blog about all ... where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a huge decision, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to experience what a little bit of MIT is like. Can't sleep? Curious about what to ... freshmen class about CPW last year to give you an idea of how things will go

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My ... planning to post a quick blog entry; I recently saw this amazing TED

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  be occupying many of your minds, and so I'd like to offer some brief ... wants to come here. I know, I know, right? It's true though. I know if I were you and someone said that to me, I'd probably have ignored them and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  in different weeks so that you have one or two exams to take every two weeks or so. But then there is this one week that just happens to fulfill ... that last one up), but it mostly just boils down to you getting hosed by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  We plan to post Early Action admissions decisions online at 9pm EST ... applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a ... days to come; thanks for your patience. In related news, I can announce

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  .005 but it's hard to feel like you're learning, you know? You try doing a problem that requires you to use the heat equation and see if you finish ... , mechanical, physical, electrical, you name it. To illustrate this, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  , you actually expect MIT kids to remember things that aren't numbered ... features include an über-convenient café, an Athena computer cluster (not to ... , proximity to the Infinite Corridor, and - most relevant to this blog entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  allow me to redirect you up the river*. (*I'm kidding! Please don't take ... moment's breath to stop and listen in the 10 minutes between classes, and the MIT Class of 2012 will treat you to a rousing litany of Academic

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  seniors) to hear from three great universities all in one place. Each school ... .org. This trip to the Southwest follows closely after the three schools ... spring, and last year's trips to Southern California, Maryland, Virginia

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  the background. I got my plane buddy Philip '12 to pull Tim the beaver ... MIT Logarhythms also performed. They were amazing. I managed to ... was bubble tea, guitar hero, ROTC, and breakdancing! I was able to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  playing Frisbee on Kresge Oval. Spring seems to have arrived at last ... for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably ... now, though, it's byooootiful. The kind of weather I'd like to ride my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a ... 's this class at MIT that designs toys, have you heard of it? It's hard to ... multitude of new tools, woodworking equipment, and supplies to convert an

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a ... struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to ... to take that opportunity away from prefrosh. What they forget is that

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  wanted to do during the summer? Me, I wanted to go to Europe. I had never ... I was heading to Paris for all 3 months of blissful problem set ... students all over the world to participate in internships, and they try and

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007