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  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  into it. Did you see that coming? Well, too bad. That will only make the ... color? Grumble, grumble, grumble...* and other historical goodness (I dig the pictures) And something shiny tonight that will likely end up

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to ... on for more! 1. Professor James Poterba, the head of the Department of ... thesis advisor? Professor James Poterba. Now that he's a best-selling

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  't get anything I want or my life will never work out how I want. And it ... Call it big-boned or call it taste, but I've always loved [annotation ... work together. *** Smart cookie (or, doing well) So you grow up "gifted

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  week after week, the cleaning staff will eventually get tired and stop ... seven favorite words in the English language. In order, they are: 1 ... out of hand. Signs that you have reached second degree would include

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  Slice of MIT). You may recall his previous guest entry. will.i.am by Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70 Will likes to see stuff ... always like amazing people, like Will, who is highly creative, does

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  , Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. I don't know what will happen this ... the street for some late lunch and played out more or less the same ... street and attend a session or two, who wondered aloud who I thought might

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  about DesignPlus, or D+ for short! As the name suggests, it’s oriented ... in personal projects. We (Ellie, Teresa, and Gloria) are or were all ... anyway, and, despite lingering fears of not having enough skills or

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  following: (1) Work never ends - no matter what, there's always something ... work, psets, and consistently staying up till 4 am or 5 am. (4) It ... class. Most people have told me that if I have a good TA, this class will

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  panicked about receiving my admissions decision that I may or may not have ... know the 87.8% deferred or denied can't have all been absolute idiots. What if they've already reached their (nonexistent) quota of black

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  's started. 1. I dropped 6.009. So, after much deliberation and consideration ... it or b) absolutely have to. But even with (b), I don't recommend it ... class: [embed]https://youtu.be/s1CDgNTB5tc[/embed] Please don't roast me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  truth or fudging data to 'make a sale,' as it were. MIT is a great place ... Flourish Klink. Now, Flourish - as you will soon learn - is known around ... who have come from a high school where they were always A1 -- you can be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  will take from the waitlist until after the reply date of May 1. You ... this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  it hasn't gotten here yet. Wednesdays I only have 1 class. 8.07 from ... alarm clock and slept until my cat jumped on my chest which was around 1 ... pissed or sorry about being blacklisted last I heard we're giving some love

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  themselves staring down the clock and willing it to stop, or at the very least ... companion list of caveats that I promised you in the beginning: 1*. I will ... personal space when they get a little too close. I have decided that I will

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  My [annotation note="Global Teaching Labs, a program where students ... milk. The fermented horse milk seemed to be a hit or miss among travelers ... schools in an American or British format. Sure, there were plenty of schools

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  ? Awards or honors in them?" ready. Also, there will more than likely still ... you come to Boston you will see names to a lot of new cities, cities ... to just say it rhymes with "data." How do you pronounce "data?" That

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  horse or something? Well it turns out that the Spanish expression for this is "la gota que colma el vaso," or "the drop that overflows the glass ... describing the definition of that perfect word. And often your friends will say

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  questions from the trivia competition: 1. What famous general-turned-president coined the term "military-industrial complex" in his farewell address? 2 ... 'm still not sure if he was kidding or not. Scroll down slightly for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  at level J-1. Since each of them will either have a “Yes” or a “No ... group result will be “yes” if a majority of the 3 (so 2 or more) says “yes ... ” or “No”, and still know that the CEO will get a “Yes” result. It

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  summer, along with 50 or so fellow Merck interns (or "Merckterns" - though ... night, my mornings tend to (1) start early, and (2) be a little hectic ... &J sandwich orrrr I decide I'm too lazy to make my lunch and that I'll just buy

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012