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  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  't too long ago that I was in your spot and- Wait a second. It actually ... because I'd rather take classes I'm interested in rather than a whole bunch ... Culture. I took four years of French in high school (kind of...) so I didn

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  opportunity, and shaping an environment in which all people can do their best ... A few weeks ago, MIT —  in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris ... to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  . Phew. Okay. Now to launch into specifics. I live in MacGregor (I think ... they can find out in a minute or so, before they pass you off to another ... perspectives (OHMYGOSH how am I gonna represent myself well in 30 seconds and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  , laughing and having fun that I can’t help but smile and be thankful for so many blessings that God has given us. Even in the midst of MIT, I kinda ... "Delicious food" "Better than home" "My favorite dorm event" "I was

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  -ish blogs and living. I know in theory that this feeling is okay, it just is ... I can b r e a t h e. Maybe this is the best conclusion I can ever hope ... and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  [/annotation]. [Monday 5/20] Started this blog post!I ate lunch at Chipotle in Kendall ... to take home for a week before I return to campus in June. [Friday 5 ... I've had in a while. There were eggs, nearly half a tub of Greek

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  film for numerous uses in the typical laboratory including the typical ... to take either the 2" (50.8 mm) or 4" (101.6 mm) wide rolls, one can ... time, no possibility for the making of the product in any other thickness

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  , and Walter Sobchak from The Big Lebowski. In any case, I decided to ... over a button-up Oxford shirt tucked in neatly, so I did admittedly feel ... ? Maybe I'll get in touch with my cosplayer friends from high school and see

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  power through the final in the morning before crashing (I don't know anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn everything tonight because I don't know you or how you best study. But I can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  my degree in Management Science), I can say that the department is ... only problems I can write without special characters). A1. Basketball ... undergraduate mathematics competition in North America. Of the top 5 students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I've pasted some excerpts from the UEA email in italics.) The complimentary ... ?" Q: What does an economist do? A: A lot in the short run, which amounts

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  culminates in a hardware hackathon. 1. The Time-to-Pee Schedule Metric When I ... compounded when I have Intro Media Studies (green) in Building 1 and Poetry ... Thursday I can be found sprinting across Killian Court to get to poetry on

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  No. Really. Finals week starts tomorrow, and my 8.01 final is in ten hours, but I've been studying quite a bit this weekend. Stalling=blog post! Woo hoo! With that said, here are a few of the things I've seen while

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  and said, "Go Forth and Measure." I never thought my secret ninja skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... of course, everything in science is easier said than done. Now for my

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive. As in past years, hundreds of students applied, and we only had space ... chagrined about those we could not. As a former transfer student myself, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  , why don't I let Professor Machover speak for himself. You can read a ... One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT ... what I brazenly call The Birthplace of All Things Good and Awesome (I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new ... chat-room-esque in nature, except it's a 1 on 1 conversation, and it ... : Lemur You: wtf, bye *disconnect* You: I like turtles *disconnect* You: I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  actually did. Here's how: First, I wrote a crude but effective scraper in ... line to a text file. Then, I cobbled together a tweet generator in Ruby ... learn. In making @mitblogs_ebooks, I learned a lot, and sometimes the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  this is the first time i've spent a summer at mit as a UROP student. in that time i have: started cooking again filled out more stamp cards than i can count at the laverdes sandwich shop walked to harvard

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  attendees have not been and will not all be admitted (in my mind, I viewed it ... point in my senior year; I believed I was torn between Olin and MIT, but ... awesome weekend. (Fine, you can't actually take the class of 2014. I think

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011