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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  , 2009 It’s very parents dream... for their child to graduate high ... . Augusta, GA—It’s packing day for 17-year-old Terence Dalbert ... ’s getting ready for summer classes at the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  potato farmer in Idaho. I digress. Here's my schedule for the week, which ... TA for 8.022, a class of which I am partaking. -Physics dinner = I ... presumably for freshmen. At MIT, presumably. Maybe I presume too much. Maybe I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... your chair. He spent four years waking me up at 5 AM for school, which is ... .) I've been taking the 8-9AM hour at desk every weekday morning for the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool ... table, etc. For much of the two weeks, the lab looked a lot like this ... excited for that! I'm filming this year (have I mentioned that?) and get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing ... what lab I'll be in: I'll be working in the Koch Institute for ... - and I'm sure he'll explain the finer details as we go along. As for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  'clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most ... and alkynes in preparation for my upcoming midterms in 5.12 (organic ... differential systems for 18.03 (differential equations). Yes, I have two midterms

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  ://dfa.mit.edu/stream/ ************************************************************************************* DONE. Hey guys, thanks a ton for helping. It was an intense push there ... fast as we could and checking the blogs for "answers from the prefrosh ... (that's being awake 57 of the last 60 hours). For those of you who come

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  session. We built a loft for James '11, and a table for each of us. Okay, so ... expected it to be, especially when I put it in my room. I tried it out for a ... troops for battle. The army men hunker down in a trench (...created by a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  extravaganza! Given that I have been on the planning committee for the past two years, this event is near and dear to my heart [click here for last year ... from suggestions of creating more studio space for student artists to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  year I am in the other Cambridge (the OC for short :) ) in the UK. Along ... for traveling. I was recently in Istanbul, somewhere I never thought I'd end up, especially while all my friends at MIT were preparing for finals

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  for the first month of the semester. Indeed, it was a sad day. For 1 ... wanted to donate blood for a demonstration. I thought he was joking and ... amount of blood (2 vials full), while everyone watched in awe (except for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  longer essay? The Part II is a great place for us to get to hear your voice and understand what is important to you. Then, it's time for your ... thinking about your high school, I have a sense of what opportunities for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  Sometimes I secretly wish for exciting things to happen to me so that ... my classes for the long haul. (Truth be told, I've never dropped a ... swimmingly; for example, we had a great discussion in 7.31 (Current Topics in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the ... Secretary for Economic Policy with the U.S. Treasury Department. Currently ... the demand for an individual trait. #2 is an event study of gulf

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  varsity sports teams (tied with some school up the street, I've heard, for ... rate is consistent with the national average for 18 to 22-year-olds -- any analysis which suggests otherwise fails to properly account for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  mean for you? Well, you'll have an MIT email address, MIT web space ... task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... still refer to me by my username. However, when I started to apply for

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

  Majors

  

  extremely excel in. For me, I'm not an extraordinaire in any one subject, but ... opportunities for you to learn about the different departments. At CPW (on Friday ... majors they are considering during their second term. For example, in my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  science for too long. I was walking along a riverbed and I was torn. I spent ... thought that it would be more of the same; but I couldn’t not go, for it ... how to write a love interest that readers root for. Specifically I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  inside an app like Facebook, I look for ways through which I can request a ... inconvenient (scattered around the web, for example) and I'd have to go collect ... does it mean for the data to not be ready to analyze? Maybe there's a lot

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  "Afeefah, do you still write for the blogs?" I've gotten this ... max capacity for seven hours straight. Change study locations often ... 's good for your productivity. Eat your meals in the dining hall. A day

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019