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  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  red and pink burst through the door. "Excuse me, professor!" The first ... remember) here?" A brunette near the front of the room slowly stood up, and ... my seat – and delivered a full serenade. Some knelt down, some held

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  . This is probably due to the fact that I'm not on campus and, while I ... chance to de-tune and think about my progress so far. I'm halfway done. I have a Brass Rat. I've completed most of the "book" classes and am about

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  schedules and then we can feel accomplished. I present to you, my weekly ... . Oh, and for those of you who don't speak numbers . . . 2.004 = Dynamics and Controls II. In this class we enter the magical Laplace domain

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions Details for retrieving your EA admissions decision on Monday evening.

  

   https://decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use to log ...  https://decisions.mit.edu and enter your username and password. Decisions.mit.edu will be available this week for applicants to confirm their login ability and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  the board, people have been a little hosed here the last week and a half ... . WHY DID I COME TO THIS SCHOOL.”), and with classes wrapping up today, a ... . I haven’t slept in 2 days. So last night, I had 3 Monsters, and I just

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  has been so sporadic lately. That, and the Sex and the City kick I ... Cambridge was hosting a city-wide dance party in the street, and so we decided to head over and get down with our bad selves. If you want to feel

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  's interim director of admissions since last April, and Hastings said he has ... --a cycle that saw a record number of applicants and which we have every reason to believe will yield a diverse and talented class," Hastings said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  Nobody can. We can mobilize and make this happen! Help eradicate the most prevalent and preventable problem in developing areas around the world... starting here and now: http://www.globalgiving.com/pr/1700/proj

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  schoolers design and build machines — from dragsters to an automatic pancake maker — for real-life clients. Over 13 weeks and under intense pressure, Design Squad cast members learn to think smart, build fast, and contend

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  on our journey, one which would take us across Boston and involve the ... puffs.” We tried the vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry cream puffs, with and without chocolate on top. They fill the puffs with your choice of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip ... brand new refrigerator to our kitchen, and we figured the time was right ... rent the car for two hours and split the cost between four people. I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  three schools (and quite possibly all three schools) involved had students ... crashed the server at some point last week, and when it came back up, the ... .edu domain (and, I might guess, those on rpi.edu and cornell.edu). Relatedly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  with anticipation, with constructive interference and radiant energy and ... and Sam's Mom told me that it was coming the week of the 22nd. I think ... was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  .007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and build a car to complete a specific task or set of tasks and score as many ... friend, Mark Cote, won the competition and he and a few of the other top

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  pieces and I managed to finish at 3:31 -- and the competition started at 3 ... flywheel, cylinder plate, and bearing plates. Basically, you draw the design ... flywheel I designed for fun) and then use another program to take your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  projects, do those last minute problem sets, and perhaps design a wind ... floating buoy-like structure to support a 700,000 kilo tower and rotor combo. I started working on it Thanksgiving afternoon, and finished it this

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  candy, and playing puzzles when clouds obscure the view -- sounds like ... UROPers hung up their lab coats to head home, Shaye and two other undergrads would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  about 36 people go, we slept in cabins, we swam, we played Mafia, and we ... . However, I was served a #4 Big Bacon Classic combo with mayonnaise and ... poultry, so I took the hamburger and my receipt back up and asked for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  !), Living Group Council (LGC), and Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender ... in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw ... and Gabe put on velcro suits and then thrust themselves onto a large

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like ... seven months, the notion of a new life and future along the Charles River ... considering the past. And as I type this from an aisle seat on a flight bound

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005