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Blog / MIT Life
The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.
honest, it's not like I would have been doing much else back in my dorm ... Intelligent Transport Systems Lab (as I did in the spring of 2009, before going away for the year) on a traffic simulation project in Singapore. I wasn -
Blog / Events
Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa
In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... pieces. I found "seafood" in one piece that Sam thought tasted like "olives -
Blog / Academics & Research
Term time again
Institute Requirements in a blender and added basic neuroscience - I have to ... topic I last saw in 18.03 (Differential Equations). 9.14 (Brain Structure ... There are two or three backlogged entries that I want/need to write -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!
in an email: I've definitely felt like doing this before.... ... Judging by the facebook group "I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I ... ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American -
Blog / Admissions
Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11
were some of the few things that I actually attended after finding it in ... nd in miserable weather, I did homework. Yep. My host Jennifer (a ... in a Baker House lounge. I thought, hey, might as well get that AP Lit -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.
during my MEng, I’ve fallen hard in love with this city—Cambridge, then ... past Saturday, our first warm weekend that I’ve been in town, on a path ... gardens. I love our long, long, daylong and nighttime walks. I love feeling -
Blog / Life after MIT
Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.
. But I know that in the end, for you and for me, things will turn out ... colleagues in Admissions will be happy to help you. And not 24 hours after I ... 're in Northern California, I hope to see you, too. Best wishes to all of -
Blog / Events
Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…
have in common? They are the only two people in the world who can put a ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and -
Blog / Events
December Events
question and answer session. ----------- WALK IN STUDENT FLU SHOT CLINIC ... Fatigue or A Ten Second Sting?? you decide. WHAT? Flu Walk-in Flu Shot ... that will help prevent the spread the cold/flu! The posters can be simple -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
elephants what I've been up to
in macgregor so I'm painting on clear contact paper try not to paint ... I've been pretty busy lately doing stuff like this a little of ... of this. But this blog post is about the elephant in the room (read -
Blog / Athletics
XC is Sexy
I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old, and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in -
Blog / Admissions
Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.
was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and recommendations - and in many cases I was dead-on - which means that my "calibration ... We had our reading season kickoff meeting today, which checked in at -
Blog / Academics & Research
THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"
. I haven’t slept in 2 days. So last night, I had 3 Monsters, and I just ... . In the interest of full disclosure, I have had a mild crush on him ... In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…
(and most expensive) movie theater. When I walked in, I saw a big crowd ... won it all in 2004. In the last couple weeks, though, I have seen some ... Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop -
Blog / Admissions
Did the quadratic formula explode?
In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly wrote, "I just wish the bloggers themselves posted more." Well, there have ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work -
Blog / MIT Life
Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…
him when he sliced me in the face! Then I beat him up and kicked him ... 've proudly donated blood several times in the past, after which I hopped up off ... like an emergency at all. I was just taking a ride with some friends in -
Blog / Classes
9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?
This past semester I took Intro Psychology at MIT with Professor ... of the most interesting and fun lectures I've ever had at MIT. As a ... before you placed it in your mouth—and even then you might be reluctant, no -
Blog / MIT Life
Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?
Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been heavily involved. In fact, I'd like to officially propose that MIT move this ... has even influenced two major decisions in my life as of late. 1) I -
Blog / MIT Life
Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us
peace in my cozy little hospital room. I drifted into a deep sleep. I ... minutes, I gave in and pushed the orange button. The nurse fluttered into ... disappeared underneath the skin on my left arm. In a few moments I was relieved