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  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly wrote, "I just wish the bloggers themselves posted more." Well, there have ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been heavily involved. In fact, I'd like to officially propose that MIT move this ... has even influenced two major decisions in my life as of late. 1) I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  . Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... out some survey that came in one of the many folders and envelopes I ... facts. Or at least quality video. In about 5 weeks, when I only have a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  application, which I barely remember anymore - occurred via a link in the blog comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so ... key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass ... burritos from Anna's). But as I like to say in my info sessions, sometimes ... applications that this is my first free food in...well, long enough that I was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  children of weight 15-35 lbs. I am fully aware that the shopping cart in ... mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two ... recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  than grad students, or something (I don't know why; I work half as much as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary). Well, as far as MIT goes, I don't think that's true. For one thing, we

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  person I called, but I understand if we caught you off guard or in the ... After my kickboxing class today I ran to the Bush Room and just ... balmy January evening? "HimynameisConnieandI'mafreshmanatMIT... and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  in the middle of writing a HASS paper on the Hippocratic Oath, so I ... So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total eclipse of the moon, in fact. The last one until 2010. You should go watch

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  . While I'm not technically "faculty," many cool faculty members were in ... become awash in color (thanks in part to that unusual snowstorm last week). I'm not a very good photographer, but here are a few images of campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  've been up to:   UROP in Langer Lab  I've been dying to tell you guys ... involves all sorts of stuff I’m interested in - wet lab, molecular biology ... Python this IAP, hopefully I’ll be able to apply it in some lab work. This

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home-academic life happens round the clock in the kitchen, over food and homework and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just ... 'll crash hard in the afternoon."][/annotation]. Last year, I wouldn't ever ... like I'm the only person awake. In reality, around 10% of MIT wakes up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  I began writing the script in July 2011. We started filming in September. We recorded the music in March. We premiered in in April. That ... . The credits in the video say simply "created with love by many people at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  it. CPW I spent most of CPW punting psets in order to gorge myself on ... revelation: I pictured myself, 30 years old and alone in a dingy apartment ... final projects. Woe. I turned 21 Finally. and the arts In addition to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  ." As for your questions, ask them below in the comments.  I'll ... I can't believe I've been blogging as an admissions officer at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green ... cultures I'd started incubating yesterday. Not ten minutes later, I left the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  participate in this year's World Economic Forum! Visit http ... individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?" World leaders

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  law school this fall. So when I saw this article in Technology Review, I ... surprised. It's the greatest job in the world. I'm really enjoying it." Links ... I'm often asked about MIT students going off to law school. For some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  got a call in early March saying that I was a finalist. It wasn’t until ... York City in April for the photo shoot, I had no idea who the other girls ... competition in 1961); I’ll definitely blog about it when the time comes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007