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  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I ... of them were intriguing in their own way, only a few were classes that ... - before some things that came up in my life made it too difficult to keep

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  into fistfights in Matt's office.  Yet decide we must, and ... :  Anastassia B. from Miami, Florida. Anastassia, like Abe Lincoln, was born in a ... the admissions office a handmade card, cut carefully from a starmap, in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  This week in blog entries posted by people who no longer go to MIT ... name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010. That doesn't mean I'm not allowed ... on the beach in Dakar: The music scene in Dakar is one of the most

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered ... an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen ... to apply again in a subsequent application cycle. There are cases when

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available at: decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and ... before logging in to decisions.mit.edu 18,109 students applied for admission to MIT this year, the most in our history, and the first time the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  So as I mentioned in a previous post, I'm taking 6.005 (Software ... solver, which will read in any Sudoku puzzle and figure out a solution to ... ": "In response to popular demand, we have decided to move the deadline for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  time to login to MyMIT and make sure everything is in! To recap, you may send your missing documents in via: Docufide Fax at 617 ... thousand faxes and are working on processing them. In a small number of cases

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  pumpkin meet the ground in McDermott Court? How much time, in seconds, does ... mixed with the remains of over 100 shattered pumpkins in McDermott Court ... 54, was built on stilts in 1964 to circumvent Cambridge’s height limit

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  There Goes My Baby The first music video from the MIT Logs.

  

  As it says in my introduction, I used to sing in the MIT Logarhythms ... first single off their new upcoming album (to be released in October). A ... /directed/edited/produced the entire thing themselves, and did it all in 2 weeks from concept to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior ... probably take literature classes in college without taking literature classes in high school, but good luck trying to take math classes in college

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  in Boston, the two biggest movie theaters, the Boston Common 19 and ... first book back in the late 1990s. During the Harry Potter era, MIT has celebrated the series a number of times in the way we celebrate: with hacks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in ... been working since 2008 in the rapidly growing field of metabolomics

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  Like Bellamy’s young hero, I too am back in Boston. Except its been ... : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work for the admissions officers, that’s for sure... Of course, in 1918

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Oh The Things I’ve Seen Warning: Hold on to your socks

  

  , here is a complete listing of all the moving picture shows I’ve viewed in ... : Savion Glover: Solo in Time (live at the Boston Opera House) I also got a chance to take a seminar during the last week of IAP in which we discussed

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  first snow day I have had in years. The view from my window Back home in Colorado, snow days are few and far between. It usually takes about ... stick around more (case in point: I had never seen snow turn black), but

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  decided to chronicle my weekend! This will be the first of several "a day in ... another friend 2 while friend 1 was in a meeting 7:15 pm – took the bus to ... activity 9:54 pm – went to a Salsa Night at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in ... , or hold a big meeting in every city. And not every student interested in MIT has the opportunity to come to campus, hang out with students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this ... Nobel Prize in Economics (more have won for Medicine, Physics, and ... didn't happen in a fancy board room or anything -- they held it in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  Once upon a time, in a land far far away (called New Jersey), a young ... commute! Some days you can find him walking from his home in Cambridge to ... bike which only takes him about 8 minutes (if there is no traffic). In

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  !!! I like to call this one “Cyd in 3-D” So without further ado, I will ... what I’m called as long as it’s in some way related to me. This is ... ’ve grown to appreciate the warmth even more since I’ve been in Boston. The

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010