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  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting ... straight from the bus into the range, which is, unlike ours, housed in a ... charter bus is pulling a U-turn in this tiny little deserted road in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  guided by Innovation, Networking, and Knowledge), is a national science ... let you guys know about a competition that she and fellow MIT undergrads Jennifer Sim and Di Ye have organized: Introducing a great opportunity for

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  , etc. I agree that it is easier said than done, but I'm in the same boat ... to go back in time and correct mistakes or retake tests. 3. A little ... I've been reading a lot of the comments about the applications that

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  claims: "I'm not sure if wrapping the campus in a petroleum product is the ... going for inspirational and life-changing. Here's a gif in case you missed ... 's expensive." I’ve changed my mind since then, and think it is a genuinely

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  for each class in the entire term. this is because a lot of your grade is the final exam at the end of the term (in the summer term ... difference is that there is more room for a self-guided pace. concretely, this

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  articulate and clear way. She is precocious in her ability to organize a ... Spackenkill Student is a Youthful Leader April 28, 2006 By Jeremy ... , but she has accomplished more in her 17 years than many people do in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  were in January 2021, but I still enjoyed the class a lot. My Japanese is ... . Sleep in Barker ⛔ I have slept in a few places on campus, but Barker is ... This blog has been in the works for a… long time. I first started

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it ... in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... pretend i live in PST: Procrastination Standard Time (utc -69) and call it a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  're writing yardlong screeds in a blog that no one reads, you probably know how ... anyway. Bonus points if your song's in a non-English language, or if it ... make. 9. Make strained metaphors to a technical topic This is likely your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  , then… 2 days in Los Angeles, then spend a day driving up to ... because they were lacking in the low-voices department. This is my first ... . That is, until November!! With vaccines working, Hadestown performed in

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  Maillard reaction. This is a non-enzymatic browning reaction which is usually ... , and seared meat, but in this case is responsible for huge, gummy brown ... hardcore organic synthesis to building a giant cardboard box in which to ship

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little ... a club or IM sport 9. Play in an Assassins' Guild game 10. Run for UA ... . Submit a piece to Voodoo 15. Participate in the annual Voodoo Telethon 16

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  . A flashback to a previous entry is probably a good way to begin this one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while back? In the end I got a very commanding 4th place out of 20, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  (a factor we would normally not consider since it is so negligible in ... be intrigued. First, a brief introduction. Sanjoy Mahajan is an ... , Prof Mahajan is also a familiar and welcome figure. He has

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  instrument. 1. Do you have to be a music major to perform in MIT's ensembles ... , private instruction. But all students with a serious interest in music ... to them in a given ensemble for the upcoming semester. The faculty will

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... dream early, a summer internship in Corporate America. I applied through ... a cubicle, doing what I love.   Tune in next Monday for the epic

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q&A ... order’. How can I indicate that someone else is providing the fee? A: Just ... . _________________________________ Q: I have a question about one of the short answer questions. There is

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  episode in which I spotted a motorcycle rearview mirror lying by a parking ... . What the heck, thought I, a wave reflector is a wave reflector. Into my ... . Cheapness is a nirvana, and the road to enlightenment is lined with random

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  ’s courses and majors and lays it out in a beautiful pastel graph that ... . CourseRoad is a wonderful tool because it lets you toy with alternate ... . Wondering if you have space to squeeze in an astronomy elective? Add it to a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  holistic admissions process, we're much more interested in how an applicant "fits" with our culture than if they were No. 1 in their school. If your school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U