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  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab ... prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... , not IN the tour. I present to you a glimpse into what the average MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  here loves to use formulas as much as possible, and in every scenario ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort ... Delta. This simply means Learning Delta. Before you write in to challenge

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  by engaging in a chess match there. However, he has sought political asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to ... one where Spock says "Logic is a little bird, chirping in a meadow." So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  information that she found in a women's fitness magazine at the Z-Center while ... print out a copy of this entry and submit that. So in 6.003 there are three kinds of classes that I'm supposed to go to per week. In lectures

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the role of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in college admissions turned out ... , and we in college admissions officers reinforce that, they don't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  all day Friday in the lab, along with our regularly scheduled lab time ... into place. April 27 (I know because it's recorded in my journal ... plays whom in the first round of the competition by having you run your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  them in a comment. Be fruitful and check it out. Another question you ... Hillel pin in with my admission envelope, with Hebrew letters that roughly ... in Kresge Oval every year, and an apologetic e-mail from an abdicating

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... operate, events with free Bertucci's, hallway colloquies at four in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  : Thursday, Thursday September 15, 2005. Keep in mind that there are three ... UROP students pursing research in the School of Science. It's pretty easy ... , preservation and restoration of early films, and (c) produce a website to draw in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  Urban Planning, having declared a HASS concentration in Economics, and continuing to tell the world that Political Science at MIT is ranked 10th in ... Charter High School and working in MIT's Lewis Music Library. Also, juicy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  "]Notion,[/annotation] or Dynalist, or whatever other popular strategies people swear by. In a ... ="Communication Intensive in the Humanities; basically means you have to write a certain ... woefully undercovered in most US curricula, and the first book we read

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  to decide which dorm I wanted to live in for my first year at MIT. I ... thought it was awesome that the rooms had sinks in them. 2) Maseeh: because ... ended up in Maseeh and I liked it so much, I have stayed here all four

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  team. A whole lot of smart people weighed in, including the folks at ... American conservatives. In all the primary reporting, responses, inquiries ... ..." Tom Stocky, Facebook Search VP: "... There are rigorous guidelines in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  significant impact on my mood. This week has been abnormally warm, up in the fifties, and it’s the most positive and happy I’ve been in weeks. I thought ... League of First Robotics, then you’ve taken part in a piece of MIT history

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  i. my first extended stay in the san francisco (henceforth abbreviated as sf) bay area was last spring, when i lived in the city, specifically in the nob hill district near downtown. i didn’t know much about sf

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger ... frequently. all in a week's work, right? to wail and complain about how ... dimension in which i get to know people. but that meant that all weekend i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  apart! Not just [annotation note="we’ve done that already in previous semesters, and are doing that this semester (more on this in the next blog ... happened: Sometime in November, we got an email sent to the Art Scholars

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  Resources." This post expands on CLAAASS to discuss MIT Academics in general ... ), 8 HASS subjects (including at least one in each category of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  , that pursuing skating and MIT meant I would be subpar in both, not able ... , and accepted the fact that in my 12-year long stint as a figure skater ... have in store for me. And yet, here I am, in my third year, still

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

    You’ve probably heard this a million times in various ... think in many ways reflects his individuality and personality, and is a ... previously mentioned Kevin in my blog about snow antics. I built my first and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016