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• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  . Excited to get fitted for my dentures. Anyway, I'm still hosed, and I have a ... haaaas I'll be back next week, when I return home for spring

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  . (hosed = MIT slang for being so busy that your to-do list takes up an ... because I will be spending Thursday night packing for my week long trip to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  For those who don't yet know, two important, possibly life-shattering announcements: 1. MIT decisions will be released online at noon this Saturday ... . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  I've never been one for actually truly believing in karma (what goes ... summaries are short and reading them will help prepare you for class. This ... this was probably mostly due to illness, but a lot of it still holds for

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  bathroom wafting overhead for six hours, the guy in front of me reclining ... thankful for this particular kid, though, because 1) there is only one of ... lot more food. Sophomore year seems about as good a time as any for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 ... office held a Thanksgiving Dinner for us! All of the MIT students were

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  night of sleep for a long time. The next morning I met Sara '11 at South ... and CSAIL for a tour, which is when the fun actually began. This is where I encountered "The Group". For the last several months there has

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  applications and studying for APs/SATs, have finally paid off. At Campus Preview ... was already pretty convinced that MIT was the place for me. I was ... Next for my first two years) and I tried to do as much as possible during

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  MIT is more concerned with applications. For example, at Cambridge, you ... questions you for an hour about what steps you are taking to solve a problem ... for very long. Also, it really helps to organize the subject matter

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  demonstrations. Sodis uses a method of water disinfection intended for the ... ?), well-intentioned development workers saw a need for water in an area with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  - it is for a class) had been moved to the East Campus courtyard ... made during my 18.02 class last week Friday during our review for the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  're looking for? I remember reading a comment last year on one of the blogs ... ("having lots of work to do", "sympathy for peers who can't go to some fun ... to help out your friends" are pretty universal, for instance), but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  . I especially like the French Waldo. Off to the Stata Center for more ... . He really puts himself out there for my blog. Thanks Rob. My neighbor

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  this fine afternoon, heading to the Laboratory for Energy and the ... knock on the glass--you don't have to open the door for them in this case ... , I only do this for sketchy- or imposing-looking people. Life's too

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  there is more to your application than that, and MIT is looking for more ... away from the application (not past the deadline) but go for a walk, play

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? i^i = e^(-pi/2) Sorry for the lack of MIT ... I managed to need so much luggage for a 3-month trip to Germany. Anyway, check back tomorrow for some info on classes and/or a map of MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The hurricane was pretty far from us, so it only ended up raining for about two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  problem sets for the semester. Your professor will tell if you need them ... to get. Usually you can buy older editions of textbooks for a lot less

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  So one of the best aspects of being in Boston for the summer is all of the free cultural events that you can avail yourself of. One of the popular venues for such events is the Hatch Shell. Not only does the Hatch

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  tailored for robotics. I started trying to re-work my fall schedule. I had ... opened up the floodgates of my hatred for those stupid HASS requirements ... be required for my major." Mom: "So take 24.900, it fulfills all the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006