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  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  represent. The latke, essentially a potato pancake, is traditionally eaten ... derivative of the hamentaschen, you can’t take the derivative of the latke ... -100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  bad ones, but is there a general teaching "style" that most professors ... Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a ... my window is 15 stories up and falling out is not up there on my list

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  and/or summer. You can even get paid for it, which is awesome. [caption ... notice you in the first place can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have ... for those who aren’t sure where to get started. There’s also a good

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  two weeks. You know, until I arrived at MIT, I didn't think I had a ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  . Unfortunately, there is none. You can certainly can try to help your chances. You can spend July buffing up your technical skills in calculus. You can ... , pull out your device, and ask Google. We’re in a day and age where you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  -to-volunteer programs out there (as you will see if you run a Google search for gap year ... dessert. Note the baby bath that we tried to use as a sled. As you can ... 's really just a tomb with one room you can go inside). The birthplace of

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  outside of MIT Medical, positioned directly under the streetlight, where you can sit and watch the moisture in the air fluoresce on a foggy night ... laughter, silliness, and genuine friendship, a place where I lived with two

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  everything is well-coordinated. of course, things aren't perfect—there's a ... , it was during the pandemic, so we were buying very few things. there was no satisfaction of selling out a successful show, or of buying

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  . Solomon queries: Jess can you really describe the showers in detail. Is it a ... , where there seems to be a pretty even split of Mac and PC users. And if ... conversation: ME: But you think this is a good idea? HIM: As in, doing it? ME

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  month, falafel was my savior. At 77 Massachusetts Avenue, there's a greek/middle eastern truck with a really friendly large lady, and you can get a falafel ... cards. You can tell I'm not an econ major. Goosebeary's, a South Asian

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  Admissions. For an introduction on me, you can check out my introduction blurb ... . The dog had babies, and then there was a big earthquake. Without ... movie this is based on a 2-sentence plot description and no title), the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  without the people? Branding is important, but you don't need to wear a ... Conner is seeing a few changes that have implications for its ability to ... . There's quite a bit of concern that this apartment would prevent the floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  being there, doesn’t mean that you don't belong. Engineering can be a ... 15-foot-tall balloons to the ground. There are dozens of ways you can accomplish this task: you can pop the balloons, catch them in a net, knock them

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  blocks.” Mary's is where you will buy dinner for your friends on their ... , unless you can throw a stone all the way to the Boston University vicinity ... , canned soup, and frozen vegetables are routine. The downside is that the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  preliminary idea of where you might be happy. (There's a very important event ... ! Which is a pretty remarkable nerd collection that you can peruse whenever ... academic reason. It's one of the few shops where you can be a little more

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  again. There's so much that I want to do (especially now that I'm a senior and realize that my time is running out) and keeping up can be hard at ... you can correctly guess what that quotation references

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ?" If you have "high" scores on the SAT already, there is no need for you ... application. Is it okay if I send this as a reply to question 14. P.S. Do you ... at the MITEs site, you can see a list of course options -- including

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

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  hackathon prize from DirectTV), there is a small family tree that ... expressions of individuality. there is a large chalk wall in the primary den ... . there is a stark difference between the quality of infrastructure between

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  arriving at MIT, you might harbor the notion that it is a magical place where ... honeymoon is over and you find out that it is a lot of work. The work is ... misunderstood. Or brilliant! MIT is just another place. You can be successful

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  Andreyevna Krasilnikova. Where do you live now? Cambridge, MA, USA. What is your occupation or field that you work in? I am a computational ... high school, it was easy to find something big to reach for. Is there a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025