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The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog
the other teams. I put in hundreds of hours writing and test ... together in front of the curtain. I had the best seat in the house to ... -case gains”). Raw Bar was a late-in-the-day idea. I was looking over a sushi -
Blog / Academics & Research
Biochemistry at its finest!
Center for Cancer Research, where I did my first UROP (well, not in his lab in particular, just in the same building.) I'm sure he would draw your ... Yesterday, I attended my last 7.05 (Biochemistry) lecture taught by -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)
-- I blogged it here. Also in this picture is Rachel Glennerster, the ... semester, a class I profiled here. Last week, Time Magazine announced ... . In the photo essay that accompanied the article, they showed a picture -
Blog / Announcements
Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship
out. Earlier in my career, I remember once asking a senior colleague ... I am heartbroken to tell you that this morning we learned Gisel, a ... stationed at the front desk in room 3-108 for the last 20 years. If you called -
Blog / Admissions
Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.
December 20 would be the likely dates, but it could be any day in December ... specific dates for decisions would be just that -- speculation. I promise you ... countries). I have a few updated notes for applicants in these countries. For -
Blog / MIT Life
8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.
coconut curry flatbread. Although in retrospect, I think it would have ... the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an ... transcript follows] Me: I think I'm taking intro class on programming in C -
Blog / Extracurriculars
The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…
Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... awesome people like Smyly, and I figured you might want to hear about him too :-) It's three in the morning and MIT's campus is, for once -
Blog / Admissions
And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.
, I sincerely hope that you will keep in touch. It's been a true ... what I'm going to do without her next year. It's sortof like in the ... . ;-) * * * I was expecting a lull in my workload after CPW, but it hasn't exactly -
Blog / Admissions
EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.
Hello party people! I know. November 1 is looming and you are ... today, I've been helping answer your calls and want you to know that ... , so I'm listing the most common questions we're getting below. I -
Blog / Admissions
Waiting (is the hardest part)
in their applications to other great schools. Unfortunately, I suspect ... defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window ... mistaken for anything else. Jane asked, "I always wondered....why is MIT -
Blog / Admissions
On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…
guest-speakers at the event, when I myself had been a prefrosh sitting in ... place yesterday was Meet the Bloggers! I'd been told that it would be ... excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in -
Blog / Extracurriculars
World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support
to help students in need of support, but I think it's important to ... you need to get any medicine!! 4) Anyone at MIT In all honestly, if I was ever having a problem here I would have absolutely no problem going -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)
has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to ... building route sequence would be 7, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 14. If you're not an MIT ... enough time here, you'd know exactly what that route looks like. In -
Blog / Personal Travel
i ran into someone in vienna today… hi nisha
[annotation note="the dark&stormy is an s-tier drink."].[/annotation] [annotation note="believe it or not, us being in vienna at the same time was completely coincidental."].[/annotation] -
Blog / Residential Life
back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)
picture of my old room, with my key: and here is my room now. i am in a ... doubles. (i was in my room last year because covid policy meant no one was in a double, but this year we do have people in doubles, so i am now in -
Blog / Community Projects
Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)
serving the community - entire communities can pitch in, too. "I grasped the ... Amanda David, a sophomore at MIT majoring in management, had in mind when ... societies at MIT to serve the community at large. "Kristi, Sally and I -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!
There was another hack on campus this morning! This time, it would ... student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos ... , and that none of them were harmed in the making of this hack. -
Blog / Admissions
QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers
am taking my tests in November or December. Am I still eligible for the ... Subject Tests in Math and Science. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get ... for assistance. Q: Do I have to wait until I have all my materials in -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites
. In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in ... -western-culture Medieval texts - with a Medievalist. In the original Middle English. If I ... . This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I'm learning