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  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... education, I felt compelled to try. So Stephen, a few of us here at ... is one of my favorite television shows. During one recent episode

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  my courses at MIT than I have on all of my biology classes I’ve ever taken, and my evolving road has left a record of all the things I ever ... graduate). Upon logging in for the first time, I was rather pleased to find

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  what I'd do once those nine hours of exams finally concluded. It felt so ... installation of ski lifts in hell, or the release of a successful Blink 182 side ... -nighter I pulled finishing a problem set I could have easily done in two hours

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the ... good idea of who I am – random, likes artsy stuff, etc, etc. But to round out the intro: I’m a freshman @ MIT, trudging through endless piles of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  joys of MIT. In actuality, I have much, much more to say - but for now ... week of spring classes has come and gone. I spent last night finishing up ... forward to this weekend. Earlier tonight, a handful of friends and I went to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... 's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 ... colleges in terms of waitlist size, usually keeping one of the proportionally

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... of physics is trying to figure out which angle is which? I mean, you ... figure out the component of mg in the direction of the inclined plane

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended for students interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent ... offered during overlapping time slots -- which one should I take? Don

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  Despite how many mailing lists I'm on, I'm not an active member of ... meetings for most of these groups. Not because I don't want to, but because ... -hour lecture. But I couldn't ignore the email from the Association of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  ) was promoting an energy campaign titled "Do It In The Dark." As part of ... prophylactics. After being handed said item, I quickly hid it in my pocket. My ... Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was an email from Marilee, asking me to post her first-ever blog entry. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  , but I figured in an effort of maintaining my brand of transparency I ... As per my previous post, I've been going through a lot of shit! But there's also a lot of incredibly fun and freeing things that I've been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus ... Ridge sunrise hike I was a part of Car 3 with Jackie. We were all ... Hampshire, to camp outside of the MITOC (MIT Outdoors Club) Camelot Cabin.  I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  -eyed dreams of exclusively electronic planning, but I already have one big one pinned right in front of my workstation just in case I forget trivialities ... in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  at MIT (and even any of our years in K-12), in that we only took ONE ... have taken advantage of it to an extent in freshman spring and sophomore ... I was walking out of my VR class with one of my teammates, Allan

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  slices. I wasa in charge of mixing the caramel mix on the stove. Then we ... everything else guys. I wondered why everyone was so proud of their study ... value of the study break a couple of weeks ago when I was working on this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  prefrosh, because I don't think it is possible to grasp the sheer enormity of ... . I have heard from a number of current students that getting connected ... use all of that information, to make the best matches possible. Keep in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: You can also listen to a more serious ... with the field"]. I finished Oscar Wao on vacation in Germany a few ... A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  of the most interesting and fun lectures I've ever had at MIT. As a ... in her dress, you marvel at how green the material of her outfit is ... really interesting in your class—say, that penguins engage in a form of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  and writing in the middle of it all, that I realize how much I love ... I finish performing in my first MTG production (post about that coming ... Campus that I spend a lot of time on. As a honorary frosh there, I

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019