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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  assumption that there is no institutional memory and that attitudes are ... . Our housemasters of several years, Prof. Julian Wheatley and his wife ... housemasters, Student Life staff, two GRTs, and two residents of the dorm. We

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  , unspringy mattress involved creaking wood and 45-degree wobbling. I had about ... hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best ... from sheer exhaustion, found out that minesweeper and tetris can be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  reminded me of my parents, who are one continent and one ocean away. So, on a ... nagging at you about your SAT scores now and there's still technically one ... , and/or worrying whether your SAT scores are high enough right now (or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  professors."]UROP[/annotation] with the MIT Kavli Institute of Astrophysics and Space Research, and it's one of the coolest things I've gotten to do at ... Institute" on his badge ("Like from Contact!") and asked him about what it

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  and a crest proudly stating, "WINNERS OF THE AMAZING RACE 2007". So, you ... people behind us were from State College, and they were trying to get here ... season of the Japanese show and have to switch to a new season of the show

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  have Star Wars technology, medeival institutions, and paleolithic ... Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science Straight from the scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  viewings were fraught with empty promises and enticing offers for magical ... ’s advantages and benefits. I half expected the next pamphlet to offer me free ... universities have their own famous and accomplished faculty members. But from

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  through [annotation note = "I asked her about it now and apparently the ... maximum, and then treat the first two weeks as ‘reading period.’ This works, in that I am currently alive and well, but those two weeks are fairly

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  MIT, and it's inspiring. It gives me hope in a state of the world whose ... returning to East Campus time and time again, and since I was temped here in ... , on Fifth West, which is a wonderful hall filled with cats and friends

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  and three degrees of firmness. Though, in his own words, it took him "a ... Nobel Peace Prize went to Claire Rind and Peter Newcastle University for ... English language... and I'm so dedicated to you, gentle reader, that I would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  exorbitant amounts of Chinese food, and watch a variety of different performers wow and dazzle them on stage. This year was the first time that I had ... -based magician who had previously appeared on Penn and Teller’s show Fool Us. More

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  orientation in 3D using up, right, down, and left rotations by 45 degrees! But ... degree increments?” [annotation note="The question was originally proposed ... . At a high level, it allows him to lift, rotate, and fuse objects

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  fraction of classes per semester that I actually wanted to take and the ... waiting to take this class since freshman fall, and it's honestly one of the ... in CMS. There are four projects of increasing sizes, and all of them

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  , also works there and yesterday she offered me a ride back to Boston ... Clubhouse coordinators for outstanding leadership skills, technical and creative ability, and contributions to the community, these Teen Summit

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  universe, and everything. If it were up to me, I’d sleep at least 9 hours ... universe, and everything. My roommate and I finished preliminary work on our ... It is currently 5:26am and even though I really truly definitely

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  John and Nellie Wooden Institute at Miami University. For four days, two ... my first trip of 2017, bringing along one suitcase and carry on. It was all that I could -- and wanted -- to manage on an eventful month

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  teacher and by no one else. If you attend school outside the United States ... recommendation -- one from a math or science teacher ("Evaluation A") and one from ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
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