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  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  's always going to be a tie. Voters just max out each contestant's phone lines ... it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I'm wrong: American Idol has a finite number of phone lines. The phone lines

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  classes, 7.05 Biochemistry. Class Details: Lecture: 3 times a week for 1.5 hours Recitation: Once a week for 1 hour Problem Sets: 8, not graded Exams ... pronounces what we know as H20 as "woodur." Too bad I don't have a sound

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  to be at all! Everyone works hard and studies, but they hang out, party, have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy side, and we embrace and accept that. Someone can tell a nerdy joke and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  funny story. It shows a human side of you that we'll relate to. Fun fact ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves ... 's Wheel (which was actually challenging!), cooking classes, and a Walking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  . Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy ... . Today's The Ethicist column had a pretty ridiculous college admissions ... some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to ... : Anthropology 21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures; HASS ... . Greene GSL offers language instruction courses at a variety of levels to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  how hard I tried to deny it, but there was a larger part of me that ... . I never expected to get into MIT, honestly, and I chuckled a bit ... for my Lolo and restore him to a better state. I feel useless

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning by Doing a glimpse into the cool class-projects I got to work on last semester

  

  everything for a while. I’ve had to catch up to a LOT of emails and Slack ... for a week and taking two finals on Friday, I somehow needed to pack up my entire dorm room on Saturday and THEN, take a 5 AM, 6-hour flight to

  • by Hala K. '29
  • July 10, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  it down to a select few. My ideal schedule looked something like this ... . On the plus side, this led to a really funny conversation where I tried ... 's not too big of a deal if I don't take it now. I'd love to take 8

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  pizza pies. To top the evening off we'll have a Pi competition; the person ... blue and green. By now I think there should be a category called "e ... Spiderman To: [email protected] Date: 01-25-07 1:00 PM Subject: pi, Pi, pie

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  taking the bus down even further south to visit my dad in Woodstock, Georgia. It's very strange. The first few times I went back to a parental ... go to a place like MIT, and I promise you, you not only change but you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  Hey, cool, my column's in the Tech! See? My column was a response to Ruth '07's column from last week. Two people complimented me on my ... you don't know them? It's a very odd feeling. I'm still at the point

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  About one million Americans have a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to ... Issel Lim has spent the past year trying to create an effective mouse

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... some beautiful flowers growing and a very touching tribute to honor the ... River. This excursion was arranged by a grad student (who happened to work

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  - that I will blog more this year. It's a promise to myself as much as it's a promise to all of you - I want to make sure my senior year doesn ... presentations. I have my first presentation this week, and I have to talk about a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  Now that things have calmed down a bit at work, I finally have some more time to do some blogging! Here is a random smattering of things I've been wanting to blog about. THE SHARPE BROTHERS A while back, on the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  . They are also teachers of a type when they talk to each of you during ... something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know ... that MIT was a place they'd like to be. Some students keep in touch with

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019