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  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  A few random notes today... Mystery solved! You may remember that a while back, I posed a challenge question to you (about two thirds of the ... people! First, I got an email from Eric more than a week ago (to give you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  " twin beds, a crucial factoid when buying sheets. Don't buy normal twin ... like a car. Granted, paying for gas is like pulling teeth and I can't ... after a few weeks here. Fortunately, we can't complain too much about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  interesting(?) and noteworthy(??) statistics from my fall semester in a – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... ; That’s basically a whole February. I spent an entire February of this

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  don't have to have a million activities. They don't have to have cured ... In the news around the country, there's a story from the Associated ... 's currently on CNN.com, with a nice picture of Marilee and her daughter (at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  starts with, "I don't know why I remember..." I wrote the following - a ... ends of my t-shirt to create a makeshift basket. After checking to make ... every other week (no pset this week, YAY!). 5.12 (Orgo) hasn't yet caused

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  that I hadn't come across since childhood—a feeling in between that ... the advice I received from an MIT alum a while back. Throughout my time ... different. (Oh yeah, this is my first time blogging, so let me know if I'm

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  that!] I'm Senator...I mean, no, sorry. I'm a constituent of Senator ... A little over a month ago, the American Astronomical Society posted the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  would win in a fight: James Bond or Wolverine? "I'm sitting in lab right ... clearly stupid. I just made a few small alterations--I didn't have any curry ... . Kind of like how people who live by waterfalls don't hear the water

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  mother, so they abandon him, enabling a future where he doesn’t recognize ... doing so ensure that we don’t make progress on said problems). or, for a ... so than people who don’t expect it, and that’s a response i would still

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  regretted something and realize that there wasn’t really a benefit to any of ... particularly scientific reasons for thinking this — it’s just that i’m a big fan ... (I’ll introduce myself properly later, but I think this post gives a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  you will get. I'm writing a separate blogpost on my tips and tricks to ... One of the interesting things that I do as a commonplace concert goer that non-concert goers may never understand is waiting. I wait in line, a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

    I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a ... different combinations using these digits to express a manner of things. For ... are trying to convey. In a sense, making it possible for us to make any

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  would be a midterm, but this wasn’t a deal-breaker for me. The midterm was ... As we’ve already seen, tests can really throw a curveball into one’s schedule. Luckily for me, my classes are unique enough that I don’t spend

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  and two other ARTalk bloggers in 21M.A12 (Arts at MIT), I would like to ... ’s Acting with the Camera (21M.624) class and taking a tour of MIT ... 21M.A12 Does. Good luck to all you EA applicants! I was in your

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  (RA). Many of you may still have questions so I'm posting a quick entry ... advantage nor disadvantage for having been deferred in EA. I can't give you a ... (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  revision history. For those of you who don’t use Google Docs, a. Start using ... , I usually just say that I’m from Boston. My hometown, Nashua, isn’t ... Massachusetts. That seemed to ring a bell. My hometown, Nashua, isn’t really on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  to remind you success is not always a straight line. Your future isn’t ... admission. Thus, as we explain later, we won’t know whether we are going to the wait list until May, and we won’t know the final size and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our ... "yield"), we admitted 1474 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. How many people are on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  -qualified applicants is a daunting task. I'm excited about the choices we've made, while ... This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades, or you've already ... completion of the fall semester or second quarter (if your school uses a ... students already out of school. You do not need to have a hardcopy of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011