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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  months now. One thing I've noticed about this site in the past year is that ... changed about MIT in the past four years - but many things haven't, and I ... in the comments!

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  entered and became a finalist in. "Gee," I thought, "A blogging scholarship. Well, I'm not a woman, a minority, I don't have a parent in a particular industry, I'm not the smartest in my class or major, and I haven't done

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  living group. For freshmen, tell us which dorm you've been temped in. For ... . Short Answer Essays Short answer #1 - In a paragraph or two, describe ... of the following). Option A: In a paragraph or two, describe to us a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  live in Boston you need to listen to Tessie and I'm Shipping Up to Boston ... 'm Shipping up to Boston." A lot. I've included some YouTube videos in case you ... information about the hack, thanks for tips in the comments]

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  . Thanks society. Every once in a while it's important for an MIT student to ... in a good mood and ready to sit down and chat with you at any ... ol' crowd of more awesome MIT people wandered in. Liz '11, Sam '09

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  , so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, there will be ... available for most students, we do not expect that most students have sent in the Mid-Year Grade Report. You should send this in as soon as possible

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you ... all the people that get in! 9:00 pm Successfully called Marc R. after ... number two! We'll dig for more names. 11:14 pm Alright, I'm back in my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  . Depending on your subject and which year you're in, you can have anywhere from ... who is your point of contact for anything that you don't understand in ... scheduled supervision #2 for some day in week 5. However you realize, the day

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  robot to compete in a contest, which is taking place tonight. If that ... was the last day to turn in your finished product, so I spent the entire ... floor except for being the person who stores the vacuum in her room, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  will camp out in the parks, have informal lectures with the Earth Science ... "Soccer Bots," culminating in an ultimate Soccer Bot battle/tournament at ... in the program and 12 upperclassman mentors explore one of six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  canned pineapple in JELL-O but not fresh pineapple. How tired do people ... moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean ... luck in figuring it out. I was so excited, because everybody else was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  to participate in the selection committee for the Minority Introduction ... and education, and we need more celebrations of excellence in these fields.And in this season of high anxiety over selective college admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the TechnoTime Machine and jump back 9 years to when I was in 6th grade, every weekend, I ... today. Charm School is an annual IAP event in it's 14th year where

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  professor he worked with (Daniel Kleitman, a professor in the Math Department ... paper at http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0507456, he is in the process of ... starring on Shaye's radio show. Aspiring mathematicians are in luck, as MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  fit it in with playing sports. You obviously want to have some fuel to ... with me here, but I don't really count grilled sandwiches from Alpine in ... were lots of dumb people getting in the way, so I didn't really get any

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  As I told you in my last entry, my mother has become concerned about ... is included in the term "extended family," and she thinks it's great ... yes. I am enrolled in 4 classes and one seminar this semester, so let

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... . Back in the fall of 1996 (we had to wait until we were on campus to get our usernames back in those days), I chose madmatt as my username. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  pattern, one I still haven’t figured out a response to. In machine shops, I ... noticed, and appreciated, when a woman who worked in stained glass explained ... waist, her hair flying in the wind while he turns the gas. I looked, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  now, and it's traditional for people in my living group, floorpi, to ... was excited about, because its our first in-person game in forever, and ... friends. and i only have so many hours in a weekend. and then. then there

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  escalating unpredictable horrible move-out week in March, and how even just ... look like in a few months. I could, and maybe sometime I will, write ... school where I can do so while majoring in something completely different

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020