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  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  getting it in under 100 guesses is “decent”, and I’m pretty happy with under ... #14 took me over 300 tries D: (I've also witnessed people get it in ... Like many of you, I have been playing Wordle, a game where you try to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  to rest and relax. In addition, I attended one of the Quest ... memories of two years ago. I remembered sitting in their shoes, feeling ... Mikey since last year's waitlist decisions were posted in May?!" Well

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  on bold ideas that I find MIT instills in students so well. His Hacker ... laughed. The last I had heard from him, Hassan had been in New York, so I ... respond to questions, such as, "Hey, I read that a hospital in your

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC Presents: Black Panther 2

  

  onslaught of folks that would be coming in. I worked with five or six other ... participate in such cool and fun things through LSC :) You can read the MIT ... On November 20th in [annotation note="a lecture hall"]26

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  dense, can exceed 10 pounds per square foot in weight. And because of a ... celebration, in excess it can be catastrophic. Millions of people are without ... hurricane, dumped heavy, wet snow across the region, exceeding two feet in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be honest: I was bummed yesterday when Prof. Alan Guth '68 was again shut out for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  (when did that happen?!), so we frosh can finally declare a major. I ... pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically ... tours of some labs. As I'm a nerd for everything neuroscience, can you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  second-team all-district in Division I as a senior. He played on the 2007 ... article for all of our readers, but for our LDS readers in particular, I ... Church News telephone interview. "They're genuinely interested in who I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few ... 's pan (I prefer it to a regular frying pan because it's deeper and can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  that I took here. I learned a ton about the manufacturing process in a ... ...  but more on that later! This blog isn't about the lesson I learned this year or my feelings.... no, it's about my favorite class that I took this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, and Rhode ... we can. Money and financial aid will be discussed. How do you apply for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Mystery Hunt is almost here! (Bryan is pretty excited about it, too)I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... which category he falls into?), which premieres tomorrow night. Also in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... .) > Hairuo, Royal, and Trevor are telling me I should double major in Comparative Media Studies. I'm kind of considering it. > I have yet to see if

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  school. I know I’ve spent my fair share of time in the basement study room ... sometimes in lecture, new concepts can perform astounding backflips right over ... and I decided to throw an unsanctioned study break in our floor lounge

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  laughter] But how can it be deep, we're only in two dimensions. [pause again ... ++? I'm scared. Then again, there's no way this can be as hard as junior ... A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  . My love for food, this desire to cook — I found myself in the middle of ... wrapped in a microfiber cloth. Most of the media I consume explores food in ... this culture, you can easily lose your grounding. In short, how we treat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  ...   So there I was, messaging a few friends about things and in one ... that invest money in startups in the hopes of greater returns. I mention ... be involved." I emailed the students in charge of the DEAL program

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... , procrastinatory research project that I adopted in the dwindling time before my ... three methods: *i.e., everyone likewise procrastinating in one of Random

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  study is slowly but surely slipping away. I can't wait until all 1100+ of ... , have them ready! I was lucky last year in that my host was someone I ... the events I wanted to attend at last year's CPW by ranking them in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010