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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  number is not 100% set in stone. I am not yet sure how many bloggers will ... questions? Just post 'em in the comments and I'll update this entry ... In years past, we've asked folks to let us know in August if they

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  ]. Also on Friday, I emceed the inaugural Gap year Panel. In the below photo ... Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few times. "Is MIT really like CPW?" The answer is, yes and no. Yes, in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  semester which is different and wonderful Oh, boy, I have been awake for many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... staying in Cambridge for Thanksgiving, and I understand why now (so much

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  I switch between saying I study "computer science" or "math" but neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract ... , which just about covered an entire 24x36in cardboard sheet. I filled the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  In case you haven't checked your MyMIT account lately, I thought I ... , finals week, etc.) Please try not to request a visit less than 2 weeks in advance You can only select dates up to 60 days in advance During

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  , there are some good beaches right in Boston or its neighboring cities. I ... Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... 's Shawn Estes having a nice pitchers duel in the early innings and a come

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  would be your projected MIT Commencement dates: MIT Class of 2009 ... don't begin until 10am. In the meantime, there's a "pre-game show." This ... of families in attendance took lots of pictures. Inside the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  ? undergoned? underleft?) over IAP, but in the meantime I’ll recap my January and ... dropped before ever attending. In Pokerbots, I worked with Jeff ‘18 and ... university to offer this topic (in case you were wondering). Anyways, I’ve got

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• 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 / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  men) will give their Winter Concert in Kresge. I went last year (to the ... studying in the library for 20 hours straight (with your signature "I've been ... fun before the real work kicks in? Here's some stuff going on around

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  comments, so I thought I'd help her out. Dionysian said: "Why are you guys ... hacking is exploring the hidden ins and outs of computer systems and networks. Michael said: "Hacking per se doesn't get you in trouble -- being

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  Naptha trending the front page. I've blogged a couple of times already about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount of experience, learning, and motivation they can give you in the space of ten or

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in ... spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  my degree in Management Science), I can say that the department is ... undergraduate mathematics competition in North America. Of the top 5 students ... were from MIT (including a student I had dinner with on Friday!). The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  the Senior House dormitory), who snuck in just as the film began. I didn ... As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night ... , the theater was packed. The last empty seat in the house went to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  Yesterday afternoon, I walked back to my suite in Burton-Conner after ... taped to my door.   OK? I opened the door, stepped into my room ... , “Wait, it gets even better!” and pointed to my bed. So I walked over and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  're Course 9, and you like Dr. Phil?" As promised, I headed over to the MIT ... thoroughly as I had hoped. For one thing, the integrals were incredibly, unbelievably, brain-screamingly difficult. I mean, it goes without saying that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  I’ve potatoed so much over the past few weeks of break — lounging in ... -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on Protobowl, going down Wikipedia rabbit holes, and playing Sporcle quizzes. I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021