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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  quite enjoyable. Again, it was all about vectors, and I can do those. Our ... actually allowed to declare yet, but I can take this class. From what I ... sure what could be. In the words of Veruca Salt, "I want one noooooooow

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  . :-) Reason #261 That I Would Live In EC If They'd Let Me Because they build ... how.) Facebook I see that many of the '10s have set up their MIT email ... Couple Of Weeks In my last entry, I promised to answer the popular

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... doctor away. Because that's how calories work. I have two younger brothers ... I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  My adventures from the past month can only really be described, and my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  sprinkle the remaining photos in somehow.) ;-) I was dining in Providence ... everything, 'Sweetheart'?" in the manner of an elderly grandmother. I started ... terribly interested in the core freshman classes -- I mean, really... my life

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  'm optimistic. If you're the guy mentioned in this blog entry, I was so shocked ... something and let me know. I can introduce you to Mitra. ... . Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  're an MIT student! How was the conference? It was AWESOME! Snively and I ... I can talk about my job at Los Alamos, which segued into what my plans ... , don't discuss odds with MIT kids. I estimated them to be about 1 in 10

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  puzzle in private dining. In all of the reviews that I saw while doing ... progress. After a while, I couldn’t have a conversation with anyone in the ... sections. Yet, it never got old, because I was amazed at how many people were

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... "Communication Systems and Networks", or as I like to call it, "How the Internet ... something that helps other people, you can't just tinker in your dorm room

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little ... 6.001 seems to be unique in just how it manages to pull it off ... Hi, everyone! Sorry that I vanished off the face of the earth. That

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  something this summer (since I have an internship with Bayer in Germany ... Marathon or checking out the MFA. In fact, the only reason I even planned ... event planner in the world, or even in the suite in which I live, but we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging ... I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  unheard of here. I can think of several people I know who are currently ... (but I'm sure there are people who'd argue..). You can stay undecided for ... to feel like some "other" major (I'm in such a major!). That said, the

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  regulations from going into effect; you can read the complaint here. In the ... where they come from. I know firsthand the anxiety of arriving in this ... living in the United States. Since last March, MIT has offered housing to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  been sitting in my drafts box since. However, I still believe, fervently ... maybe we can benefit from focusing on that instead. 03/14/2015 So I ... us a happy pi day, and I realized that today was the day, and in t

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in ... . I ask him how his life’s been lately. He pulls out his cellphone, and ... who are all staying in the Hyatt. “Yeah,” he says, “and I might go to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  I discuss how to get scientists more involved in advocacy, and what a ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room ... one of his constituents, and the last time I was in New Jersey I was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  't embarrass him by telling you all how old he is =), but I will tell you the story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office. So in case you didn't know, I should probably tell you that Ben is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  : "..." Friend: "...I freaking love this city." Here in Seattle, you see, there ... bicycle polo.   And meanwhile, here I am, in the midst of it all. I've been to three or four parades now. I've taken a nap in a park and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had ... in a while, you can pull out something (an "event") which could have ... ." I hope that this gives some sense of how much was riding on the LHC

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015