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Blog / MIT History & Culture
The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life
principle does not account for the organ variant. In particular, it would ... statement of this blogpost. I claim we should not give up quite so easily. In ... intuition, I don’t think we would deem it intuitively clear that the moral -
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.
of the Kevlar fuselage. How did you steer the plane in the taxi ... /Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear ... today--two speed missions and one untimed cargo mission--so that we would -
Blog / Events
And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.
most stylish professor I've had in my life. Not to mention his academic ... interesting solution would shed light on many of the mysteries surrounding the distribution of prime numbers. Or if you saved a penny every hour, it would take -
Blog / Life after MIT
Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only
I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... ’m dealing with in Metaphor. Right? No. I was wrong. This is my fourth attempt -
Blog / Academics & Research
Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.
PE golf right up until May so she would be able to graduate in June ... Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend. MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in -
Blog / MIT Life
Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.
'm excited that I'll be sharing other people's experiences in the future with ... from the Boston side of the river as the humble brownstone I call my ... it out. Did you know blustery was a word? I didn't. I got an email -
Blog / Events
Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)
amazing; I can’t help but marvel at how much skill the pyrotechnicians must ... United States. But then I think about how strange the 4th of July ... ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This -
Blog / Admissions
International Men & Women of Mystery
. Need blind means that we do not consider how much financial aid we would ... /250/600. * I get lots of questions along the lines of, "In my country ... international students. I've been promising a post about international -
Blog / Admissions
Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.
rolling their eyes. The mother wanted to know how students would get food if ... show up with a check in hand asking how much it will cost," she says ... process. I think my favorite is the private jet/financial aid story from -
Blog / About Decisions
I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill
comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think ... else, or just talk amongst yourselves in the open thread below. I've got to drive up to a meeting in a few hours, and I've got a sprint -
Blog / Academics & Research
I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.
yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... freshman hopped up on idealism and tech-romanticism does: I got a UROP. In ... LEDs would declare it alive, I was researching communications protocols -
Blog / Events
life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????
separately but not together. No one warned me how chaotic timing would be ... event is somehow both underwhelming and overwhelming. Underwhelming, in ... , in that everyone is there. There are few moments in the MIT journey -
Blog / MIT Life
Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.
, and once caught a cold in 90 degree weather. I’m still not sure how that ... ’t called in a week. I’ve been kind of hosed. Mom: Are you sick again? You ... juice in a week and a half. I haven’t really slept in a while. Mom: Sleep -
Blog / Admissions
Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way
session? I wonder how that would work . . . _____ MIT Time!!! Go Mikey! He ... Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in a hotel in Portland Oregon absolutely surrounded by prefrosh. Why am I -
Blog / Admissions
MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…
in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is ... October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in -
Blog / Academics & Research
Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.
about how awesome she is. She's also very heavily involved in WTP, the program for promoting women pursuing careers in engineering. Maybe I ... This will be short, because I'm about to start another 2 -
Blog / Admissions
Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.
I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for 4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to -
Blog / How to Human
Things to do before you graduate
that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In ... , that's a nice reasonable list. In case you're wondering, I've done 24 of ... Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little -
Blog / Admissions
The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.
admissions web site. I hope you like it! In October (when I get back from fall ... to keep the other blog threads on topic (how often have you been in the middle of a discussion on Topic X when someone jumps in and posts "I got a