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Blog / About Decisions
Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.
, but then he was not admitted to the class of 2019. Here's his story ... cousin, and my best friend all made it in, so it was my turn to follow suit ... learned how to write about myself, how to create the froyo flavor that -
Blog / Academics & Research
Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.
, listening to songs about Alexander Hamilton on YouTube, and flipping through ... , confident as you please. I tend to solve problems quickly, so the extreme time ... did too. I did some more integrals leading up to the contest. My -
Blog / MIT Life
disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor
/Build/Fly team, training all our delightful new members and gearing up to fly (and ... . I got to meet astronauts, hear Elon Musk speak live, and get expert ... fortunately well-positioned to get a picture. That's Michael Collins -
Blog / MIT Life
Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger
to introduce myself. And because I'm bad at narrating my life, we'll go ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for ... I'd love to straighten out more semi-false stereotypes. Current -
Blog / MIT Life
Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…
profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and ... the latest tides of prefrosh, but nonetheless I do want to totally sound ... experience, gently tugging on the writer's (aka, my) natural tendency to share -
Blog / MISTI
Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.
20 euro per night price tag. The second thing we did in Nice was go to ... entire room full of severed mannequin parts, to symbolize man's timeless ... entering. However, it was not quite enough to scare us away, and we -
Blog / Miscellaneous
More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).
minno.' I'll leave you guys to figure out what that means ; )" The inscription translation is now an open question to be answered by you, as is the ... . Also, earlier today as I was walking from my office to the subway, I -
Blog / MIT Life
Dorm Rush and Hall Rush
...hello to David '09, Greg '09, Alex '09, Rachel '09, Libby '09, Jackie '09 ... it was an official event and we weren't allowed to use the moat around ... Campus" in the picture below. I also managed to stab myself in the hand -
Blog / MIT Life
A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.
and she won't admit unrepentant thieves to MIT. So, anyway, we wanted to watch a movie from Mike's massive DVD collection, but there were six ... of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans -
Blog / Academics & Research
What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math
don’t want.) Then connect these endpoints to form a hexagon. Repeat the ... zonotope is a word, but wants to correct zonotopal to Zootopia."]zonotopal[/annotation] tiling—a way to dissect the zonotope into pieces, each of which are a -
Blog / MIT Life
MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.
) sent out an email with a link to a retweet by @cmsw_mit of a tweet by @MITListCenter of a link to an article on SPECTRVM which linked to Stephen ... media, on giving laptop computers to the poorest children in the most -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.
. Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big concert ... the band's most popular song (according to iTunes) and my favorite song ... ("White Rabbit" / "Somebody to Love") 1969: Janis Joplin ("Piece of My Heart -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
you go to college without it? 18.03 Book Mmmmmmm, Differential ... nestled closely to a book full of the phone numbers of every single freshman ... Review and Manuscript Book Everybody at MIT gets a free subscription to -
Blog / Hacks
Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... Introduction to Astronomy Looking for Care of Magical Creatures, try 21H.909 ... to Weather Forecasting Looking for Ancient Runes, try 6.875J -
Blog / Admissions
Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.
more questions, here is a quick FAQ to provide some more answers. I hope it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... /M). Q. I am an international student, do I have to take the TOEFL? A. No -
Blog / Academics & Research
Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?
delayed her trip to the hospital to give birth because she was so engrossed ... Short Stories Description: Introduction to the short story. Students write ... to narrative theory, and biographical and cultural backgrounds -
Blog / Academics & Research
Biochemistry at its finest!
giant lecture halls) to watch Yaffe cover crazy amounts of information in ... that prevents you from bleeding to death after a measly paper cut ... platelets congregate to repair the cut by creating a clot. What you may not -
Blog / Classes
18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr
to write about a few more of these projects over the summer, but I wanted to give a short update about 18.S190! Just this last week, lecture ... comes to education-- accessibility heightened by the incredible work from -
Blog / About Decisions
Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw
't have to be deep or profound or whatever. Vibes are important. It's 100% acceptable to choose based on whether people recognize your Homestuck jacket ... shirt. If you see me, say hi, because I would like to talk about Homestuck
