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  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  important are the SAT I and II scores of international students for the ... (critical reading and writing) is likely to be lower than what I expected for ... hospital with heart problems for a while and standardized tests were one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  spent 2 months preparing for it and was so depressed when I got 116, 4 ... FOUR bloggers blogged today, and only Snively mentioned this fact ... . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  time in the Pappalardo Lab and the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity ... tell, this is a very expensive class for MIT to run and we're all really ... the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, our job was to take the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  my things into a suitcase and head for New Hampshire with my friends ... at our hotel. And what a hotel it was. Let's pause for a side ... thankfully had made a suggestion for where to eat, and we were off. Now

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  Lambda Tea, and the three wonderful human beings responsible for its ... would be far cheaper and less labor-intensive. So for the last month, the ... East Campus and ask some of the clubs at MIT to use their boba for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through ... To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for ... noted for his engineering, mechanical skills, and industry. His habits are ... Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  include great textbooks for gifted math students, an active and interactive forum (merged with MathLinks) for discussions of math and math problems ... Circle (like the ones in Berekeley and Boston) is a gathering of K-12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  I set my alarm for seven am yesterday and stumbled up to snooze it ... would contain great inspiration for stories. And I must choose only one ... , and dropping chem classes is not the best method for that. Still

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  I took a test early last week for my Japanese language and culture ... drilled on the differences between Japanese and English spoken word. We then ... . Suddenly, studying for a test, grinding out a PSET in the library, and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  the inability for additional differentiation between a zero and a one ... , desires and objectives. Just a little food for thought, as the time to make ... moment. A “normal” person would just respond with a number and be done

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  for >98%, and therefore put in a very large amount of work to ... get that super high grade when there was no difference between a 90 and ... classes, and cut down the things you don't have time for or don't like than

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  systems are actually all around you (and even in you! For example, your ... , proceeded to forget her name, and then called her “Lauren” for the next hour ... write a paper based on the research I’ve been doing for the past year and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  of friendship✨ and ✨the power of cook-for-yourself dorms✨! In fact ... for cooking. Each suite has its own kitchen, and the dorm’s big shared ... cups, several plates, a bunch of utensils, and after much searching, 12

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  between the semesters to relax, recharge, recoup, and reflect*. But somehow ... undergraduates and alumni for miniature, month-long internships. Externships are ... Labs, a French tech startup, and they were looking for MIT undergraduates

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  attend a Faculty and Administration Dinner for Ramadan. The dinner was to ... Iman Kandil who is a senior and has been involved with the MSA for all four years at MIT. I had a chance to meet Iman and talk with her for

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  —there’s always this untranslatable distance between people, and isn’t that quite ... website for WILG, and it occurred to me that this almost certainly wouldn ... and children, but that’s for a different post …) “Once you’re a mother

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  only covered a pinprick of what was in store for us. And to everyone who ... other dorms would be a good fit for you and where you would be happy your ... tigers! FOR THE GLORY OF RANDOM HALL! 11:47 AM - 12:17 PM MEA Eat tasty

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  and Magnetism - 12 credits - GIR for Physics It's not an overstatement ... - I took 4 courses and had my UROP for credit - so I'm not that hardcore ... an A for the course, and it's viable that everyone can get an A in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  " to "Salsa Dancing". Students in grades 9-12 can sign up for classes and ... . over. and. over. Like I am now, except now I'm not dancing to it. After I found this song (and immediately realized how positively musically

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011