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  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  perhaps some thoughts about life at MIT too. If you're not as interested in the math stuff, you can scroll on through to Part 2 where I talk about ...  size (i.e. how many) points there are in the shadows of $A$, can we get a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  write a post about my awesome room in East Campus for you. :) Happy ... entire week free from classes! Back in high school spring break was in the ... ha! Well, this entry is a bit premature. Many people are still in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  Happy holidays from the admissions office! I'll be leaving in a bit for a week of vacation (YES!) - back on January 2. I hope you all have wonderful holiday vacations, and here's to a great 2007! I'll leave you with

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in ... significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  you have a smartphone? Understand that I didn't have a smartphone in ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really

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

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  considerate - you can in principle walk through busy hallways like the infinite ... blocking most of a hallway. in these scenarios you can walk behind them, take ... that mit is slower than the rest of the world, but in the sense that you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... 's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 in 4) and is even notably lower than it was for this year's MIT seniors

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  Hello Interwebs, it's me Chris. As you can probably guess from the title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day ... opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  needed for the webcast. What you can't see in the picture is what I ... in the tradition of my last several blog entries, consider this entry ... entry is to let you know about the live webcast of the competition. It

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  their MIT application. In my three years of reading applications, I can ... I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my fall meetings this Sunday in Plainview, NY. Yesterday, I went fishing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  it (unless the class forbids collaboration, in which case you can get ... own code, circuitry, whatever, up...you're turning in your lab as an ... you can help me out. why is kevin different?" It's a very valid point

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  interview. I know that you are really busy and involved in a bunch of things ... type of place where you can get around just speaking Spanish. There are ... that you will never miss a home-cooked meal, because everyone in the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  workin vibes[/caption] Words can't express how much I enjoy living in this ... , which is kind of hilarious to think about; you can really tell when people ... different from living in a dorm. For one, you're in closer quarters, so you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  top of that, you can’t use the same utensils to cook the two, either. This isn’t a big deal in normal life- I mean, you just exercise a little more caution with what spoon you’re eating your cereal with in the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  you can! Sam   I was so excited by the prospect of this costume ... the above photo--you can totally tell that's Paula Abdul, right ... from Street Fighter II, and immediately to her right you can see Wilson

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  the wall. You can't really see anything in that picture. But what my ... hacks have been put in it. Most of the hacks, you'll notice, are cross ... Stata was dedicated) Group: None/cross-group Comments: If you look you can

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  can't wait until after the license plate game. You know who Bruce ... in "Spider-Man" for about 3 minutes, too. Surely, you had to see ... ." Seriously, how many people can there be in Boston who even know who Bruce

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  bundled with Helvetica, but it does come with Arial. In fact, if you can ... Helvetica. Look at the "16-128" [annotation note='In case you were wondering ... Arial; we can tell even if it's blurry. Its header, "Facilities", is in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind ... tracks behind Simmons down Massachusetts Avenue, straight in front of MIT, then down Memorial Drive in front of Killian Court on their way to the TD

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  , thank you, and we wish you all the best at your college in the fall -- we ... that we do not have any more room in the class, and will not admit any ... that things have now settled down enough that we can conclude our

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008