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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ]\tau[/latex] (the Greek letter tau, usually pronounced to rhyme with how but some ... every circle’s circumference to its diameter is exactly pi: in other words ... [/latex] gets at an even more fundamental relationship that is present in circles

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  Pinkett: The Tech: Once you leave MIT and get out into the real world, to ... learned when I was at MIT was the way that MIT taught me how to learn. We ... the potential to become obsolete. The material I learned in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  my best but you wouldn't believe how hard it is to keep track of you ... their application. In light of this, I'm going to tell you a story. Maybe ... early decision or early action to a lot of really awesome schools. So in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  unstructured decompression sequence in my 2019 IAP and loved it. (I also tried to ... loved getting to know over the course of IAP! Maya and I worked together ... restaurant. It was challenging to get onboarded, learn background information

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  four years living in Baker House and I loved it there. When I returned to ... were just getting started on our campus in those days. Now the option for women to belong and live for a time in a value-based organization where

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  What to do if you get an ugly corsage How to Treat a Pimple How to ... a Drink How to Get Someone to Buy You a Drink ... advice on topics like How to Set Up a Friend as a Favor How to Set Up Two

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... 't get to do a Questions Omnibus before I left, but I promise to do one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in ... of the Kevlar fuselage. How did you steer the plane in the taxi ... female members in hot pink shirts with TEAM GIRL on them. It's a great way

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  ^-^ Abby: “been to verdes after 2 am”: I had a radio show from 1-2 in the morning my freshman fall and would often stop at verdes to shop in a ... to thank him -I loved cross registering at MassArt twice in sophomore

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  is strange in a different way; living in EC, you get to see so many ... bubble - it can be easy to get caught up in whatever role you've taken on ... settles in EC gets flaming pink hair, nor are we all engaged in “intense

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  arena in Indian Trail. Lucikly, I was able to get there just in time for ... myself mentally and physically fit to compete was one giant monster in and ... might be more fun to show you my week in pictures (mostly taken from my

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  my values, great live music, gourmet food, and great places to shop for ... applying to college/MIT: Don't lose yourself in the craziness of trying to do everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  different environment. And then in the third phase we get to do whatever kind ... between Tybalt and Mercutio? If Romeo’s trying to get in the middle of them ... ’s nothing to get in the way of that relationship blossoming online, whereas

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  .” I was surprised how naturally I transitioned into MIT life, in my head ... how to CPW. What makes CPW special (a partial list): It’s nerd ... . We all get to see MIT through your eyes as the wonderful, bizzarre, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the ... " He's talking about how, for example, in Eric Lander's Bio class (human ... learning how to actively learn, pursue topics, and be inspired by the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at ... get to do this every day. You get to do one double-pset and a lab each ... /astro major, you also get to do this: It has lightning bolts on the side and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  , i'll request you to visit www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy to get more info ... have to take multivariable again in MIT if I get accepted?" I'm a big ... regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How ... how I felt when my plane first landed in Boston - when I walked onto ... Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  the hundreds of meals in advance, regardless of how many you actually ... once a week, I get to eat with the brothers whenever I want. Being the ... backpack after leaving the dining hall. Not sure how that keeps getting

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014