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  Two important reminders

  

  sign up for the exam, while Wednesday, May 11, will be the final deadline ... the June administration of the SAT IIs, if for no other reason than a ... for this school year's final SAT administration on Saturday, June 4, are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  situation. For a month, my father would try to call home only to get an ... meet back in 5 years. I propose a semi-joking plan to export organic rice ... Pelkins did a project on different image detection algorithms for driverless

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  minority myth (a topic I’m personally invested in). For and against ... , I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool. wow. First up, 11.125: Understanding and Evaluating Education CI-H HASS

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  not need to rely on a desktop for hefty exports and renders. Once the ... ’ve struggled in the past to establish a healthy routine for reading applications ... for the day were complete. That process of entering a super

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  ’ll give you a glitter fairy sticker and a sheet of bubble wrap. I experienced my CPW, two years ago, through a downpour. I was temped at MacGregor, which had a beautiful view of the rain pummeling the Charles River and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  worked for several years as a consultant. We also compared her work to an ethnographer's, since she sometimes joins (sort of) companies for months at a ... of using different analytical tools for structuring information, a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  with a support organization for HIV-positive individuals. She plans to do ... Today, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who have won the ... oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  ’s power adapter was dead. A long time coming, it had been on the fritz for ... that when they offered to replace one for free a couple years ago, they ... computer, but with a wonderful – albeit not airtight – excuse for putting off

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  association sponsored a luncheon today for the acceptees and their genetic ... , residents are required to pay $300 per semester for a 50% discount in any of ... residential dining: 1. Buying groceries and cooking for yourself or in a group

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  sit at a computer for hours writing out an entire post in one sitting. I use a variety of tools to help me, from Evernote for keeping track of ... messaged him, Fireflies created a reminder for me to write up this post

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  for a classy dinner (scallops and salmon and steak, oh my!) and more ... for the famous shower scene. Chocolate syrup was used for blood, and a ... Growing up, I wasn’t always a fan of movies. It may have been an

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  . This got me thinking: what would a success profile for an MIT student ... profile for the Ideal MIT Student™, I do have a good sense of what types of ... 't too hard for most MIT students.  Your standard class does a good job of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  ) Space is, for lack of a better word, neat[3]. Last semester, in 8 ... which are all pieces I've been kicking myself to read for a while ... MIT classes are assigned a number of units to roughly scale their

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  , between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.. (For those of you just living somewhere ... Today is an important day. The end of an era, the beginning of a new ... should be. For those of you living under a rock the last year, or just

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  has room for! Read the title. You're all bright kids.  Foo 11 ... circle into R^3. It provides an important set of examples for topology and ... have one life to give for this pillowfight.  Black Hole Lounge 9:47-11

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  , going for a Guinness world record for largest/most pies (way too big ... . We sat for a good 15 minutes trying to figure out how to stabilize it ... ideas ball the next day (a party that 1E throws every IAP for Bad Ideas

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  things im doing during break things im looking forward to doing

  

  the first real snow we've seen this year, which made for a spectacularly ... a bunch of chile (Tajin, Chamoy). It's actually so fire. I will be ... Arrangement Count: 0. I will be writing a Sonic arrangement for Video Game

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  psets count for a fair bit in 14.01 (Intro Econ)), your cumulative problem ... , 1) you are a genius (like many people here), 2) you studied for an ... 'll feel frustrated about getting a C when you have studied a ton for the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  here -- On MIT culture by the hilarious Snively ‘11 here A list of ... advice can also be rephrased as, “Don’t audition for an a capella group if ... local 911. For Urgent Care, MIT Medical in E23 is open 7 am-11 pm. There

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  application process shall be completed soon. For now, here's a message from TIM ... ): For me, the second month of college has ended, and what a wonderful time ... cannot solve infinitely many such problems). A homework problem for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014