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  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  what the club actually does) UROPs (to try different areas of research ... are slowly becoming an adult In part, the fact that so much of your ... that happens outside the classroom. (This is part of the reason that the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I ... years of this and I'm gonna run the w-OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING THINGS ... even read the first chapter of each textbook. Bring it, junior year

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... , you receive another wave of information including the i3 videos made by ... , when the last of the freshmen are moving onto campus for orientation into

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  , won tickets and took my camera along for the trip. On the night of Ring Delivery, we went to the Top of the Hub for some cookies and a good ... 'aime and Oceans 13 for $3 each. The films are shown in one of the large

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of MIT's a cappella groups. Towwards the end of the concert, Lee-Kai '07 ... ? "Army" by Ben Folds Five Great job, Jen '07! Jen is the president of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  were made at the Cambridge headquarters of NECCO (the New England ... finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... smell the entire stroll. Actually, Cambridge was once the center of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  my favorite read of the week. The front page article in the Arts ... Studies professor Henry Jenkins for reasons why the popularity of Rain has ... easily accessible foreign culture, too. Because of the "multidirectional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  , so basically, applying technology to the analysis and optimization of ... trains and the sorts of performance aspects one would be concerned with in ... of things. I suppose the best part is that it's all making sense so far

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and ... people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three events for this week, all of which were made possible by the Dalai Lama

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  today on the subject. In between her uncontainable excitement over - of ... for some context. One of the major breakthroughs in biology came when ... intended. Then came the central dogma of molecular biology, positing that DNA

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  rice to get the consistency you see in risotto) 1/3 can of beef stock (in ... can see that most of the water has been absorbed into the rice (takes ... into the process, a lot of water will come out from the mushrooms that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  a kid, my dad would play me a few of the classics—Golden Slumbers, Let ... MIT: Regressions, where I saw footage of Timothy Leary, the father of ... movement and learned of the Beatles' role in it. They not only helped

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things ... Red Sox Favorite movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sneakers, The ... Name: Matt McGann Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  this class. I'm already 3% of the way to completing 8.07! Don't give up now! (Bonus: Thanks to funding from the MIT Class of '22, everyone in 8.07 received a free copy of The Maxwellians on the first day of lecture. On the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  preference between any of the tests. You should take whichever math test best suits you, and the science test of whichever science course you are taking ... Admissions web sites of all of the schools that you are considering to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• 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 / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  , and it reminded me of the good times at MIT. Well, in Honduras, but ... took in the Fall of 2007 about Development. It's also known as D-Lab I ... the big picture of Development and more on Design; every group of four

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... [annotation note="What do these colors remind you of? Google? The MBTA ... vector originating from each end of the first segment. Connecting these two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  you will need to be able to pick your seat. I warn you that all of the ... Weighing the Pros/Cons I'm going to use a couple of initialisms here so that ... , or FR) NEVER TAKE THIS SEAT. I promise you the person in front of you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  . Most of the time, there is music in the background. Something legitimate ... . Dancing on tables permitted. At the start of the semester, lounge ... population and mood of the lounge begin to change rapidly. Noise levels rise

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015