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  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  to Admitted Student Gatherings, social events for mingling with other ... out your hair while doing PSets? It's a good thing that my very job for ... about meal plans, housing, dorm life, UROPs, and things to do for fun. One

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  date in the corner. It's a sort of art form in itself, and for some ... --the atmosphere is rich with fodder for music, art, and poetry. You'd think a place ... groups, a capella groups, improv comedy clubs, dance teams... For instance

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  me right now for making me feel human again. I wasn't expecting it to ... while we search for a more permanent place, brushed my teeth, and did my best to get a noncompliant five-year-old ready for school. Not easy, even

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  .  Like most stereotypes, this is not wholly accurate.  For example, I ... initial request for a spot at the dinner got turned down.  At the last ... manners.  For example: when you're given a large napkin you should fold it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  impromptu event you didn't have to register for. The dark matter lecture I ... general institute requirements, but they're really not so bad! For example ... of the room in order for us to calculate the percent rebound, relating

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  calculus as a prerequisite for acceptance? This isn't possible for me, as my ... love to take them, but it's just not an option for me and I feel as ... 's possible for me to take at my school (honors, accelerated, etc.) but thats no

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  Heisenberg operators for position and momentum obey an analog of Newton ... , took off my backpack, and worked on a Junior Lab paper for three hours ... nurse's comment made it a 10. Sunday Nov 4: I wore pajamas for literally

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  Some people can draw. My friend Alison, for example, drew this ... . A few minutes later, ten fingers intact, it was time for the darkroom ... .  For ten minutes, in ten second intervals.  It was actually quite fun

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  Essay -  this is one of the two classes I'm taking "for fun". I don ... -Nehisi Coates, who writes for the Atlantic - which in the past year became my new ... : Science, Technology, and Memoir - this is the other class I'm taking for fun

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  offense was setting records for scoring, the defense was setting records for ... and held off the Giants for a scoreless first half...but the Pats ... . For example, the degree to which other teams match up against any given

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Jersey, which is very close to home. Planning for summer 2011, I knew I ... for me, I’ll be going to Beijing, China. I’ve been looking at MISTI ... can to travel alone internationally for the first time. Of course I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  , March 5, the Somerville Theatre was packed for a World Music Crash Arts ... shown, a large orchestra would play a score made especially for the film to accompany the visuals. What drew such large crowds for this

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  formation of the United States - for three hours every week and pore through ... our opinions and tell her what the documents meant for ourselves, even ... attention for so long? ;) I wish to offer my congratulations to Professor

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  classes were just so-so for me. At the end of last spring, I made a major ... offers. Thus, this semester marks a brand new start for me at MIT. Moral ... factors in my decision process (see below for resources on making your own

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  For the past month or so, architecture studio has been holding me ... board. Thinking about model iterations for the final project. My ... review for the first project – it was ironically quite cathartic. I hope

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  my KeyboardFace™ wasn't caused by one big epic scientific fail for once ... 've always wanted to change that, we're still here for you too. That said, let's talk about the SAA for a bit. The Student Art Association is one of my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  created some interesting challenges for both directors, designers, and actors. And, I'll admit, rather appropriate for a theater group that ... , some things didn't change (for instance, Richard and his cohorts all wear

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a ... and Technology. ----- So every semester, iHouse (my dorm, for those ... 've been writing on this for so long that I assume you all know everything

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  spring, it will be time for me to leave MIT and venture out into the real world. So, I've begun to search for the perfect job to excite, challenge ... that I am not a match for, some which would be alright, and only one (so

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009