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  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  more things that you want to do (and learn!), and seemingly not enough ... burdens are lifted: IAP, and summer. That's why for this summer, I decided ... ... ...and one month later, I learned that a man named Guido van Rossum

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  new goodies. The first, and most notable, is the glasses-free 3D top screen. Using some fancy hardware and focal length magic, the top screen ... raid with some kitty cat warriors and as many Miis as I can find, so I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  of other classes. For that reason, 21F.702 (Spanish II) and 14 ... evaluate projects and determine whether they are worthwhile and feasible (from environmental, social, and financial standpoints). Over the past

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  . My eyelids currently feel ridiculously heavy - and yet, I don't regret ... Garba, Dandiya Raas, and Bhangra dance event, took place yesterday at the ... : My friends and I were among the first to arrive at Milan; not being

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  orientation and jumped right in, learning the campus as a student. What did I need a tour for, I was "living the dream" and could find everything I ... telling myself that I should take the time and see what it is the tour

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  So we all know what tomorrow is, and we're all excited about it ... be occupying many of your minds, and so I'd like to offer some brief ... were you and someone said that to me, I'd probably have ignored them and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  . I am officially the Conner 2 authority on anything colorful and ... it before, here, and I'll probably blog about it again sometime in the ... , Monopoly, Nerf, My Little Pony, GI Joe, and tons of other stuff. During our

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  bailout drama, Obama appointments, riots in Greece, and hackers installing ... Latino students paraded through the halls of the dorm playing accordion and ... November) it is designed to raise Latino pride in Next House and was designed

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Energy," and so ... problem that requires you to use the heat equation and see if you finish ... lots of actual, concrete stuff in every lecture. So every Tuesday and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  food events like this. During her class breaks, she would walk up and down the hallways taking note of club meetings, where they were, and what ... topic later, FYI), as a lot of sisters are involved with it, and knew I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays ... mention two other clusters nearby, in Buildings 12 and 2), Killian Court, proximity to the Infinite Corridor, and - most relevant to this blog entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something ... and happily use it every day. Coming into MIT I had no idea how students used their address. I used Gmail so I'd just go to Gmail.com and log in

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  with make-up on, and maybe ride in a limo, but in the end you’re just ... mail a month or so ago, and I was surprised to see that it was exactly ... ever-worsening condition of Senioritis and the stress of knowing that we

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that ... , faculty, and anyone else you manage to meet. Rule #1: If you're paying for ... doing something wrong. There is so much going on, and I don't remember

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  </> new) on all fronts and I hate first post (I've been labeling all of them ... specific methods of food selection and preparation, you might want to ... -Conner, East Campus, Senior House, Random, Bexley, New House, and Macgregor fall

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  range of people, with a similarly broad array of interests, passions, and ... to grad students, post-doctorates, and even professors - and in my ... , roughly fifteen other students and I meet with him for an hour

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No ... anywhere else. They started when I arrived and were gone hours after arriving ... .) As I was saying. The walls. My room. I have a single, and strangely

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  Hi, I'm Karen and like most other freshmen, I'm still working on my ... childhood was spent reading books and books and more books, and I think that ... place you live in everyday, and even if you think you live in the smallest

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  and 1990s, all scenes that showed Underdog taking his Underdog Super ... rid of it from all your displays, but I can't really find it and it's 2 ... just spent the day with Ruthie '07, Lauren '08 and Jeff 'G playing hookey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  Spring term classes started a few weeks ago, and hence all of us (students, faculty and staff) are back into the rhythm of the academic season ... MIT is quite remarkable in its constant pedagogical experiments and

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007