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  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  smuggled out of dinner. Now, you may be wondering, is the above: 1) a ... people would agree with the fact that MIT is an academically rigorous ... phospholipid bilayers. This is my brain tapping me on the shoulder and saying

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college ... your health and literally sucks the life out of you. Now, for once, you ... classes. The reality is that your summer activities will have an ill

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  something twists in the viewer's chest. The main character is at their lowest point, the rain is falling, things can't really get worse from there. It ... had brought me a blanket from my room and some tea for the rest of the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  Skullhouse. As for Junk? Well, most of it is headed for the trash can. I don ... the dorm. For about a week, the pile is a free-for-all; any student can ... problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  participation, and the remaining 5% on some in-class assignment that is supposedly easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously ... requirement. Our professor, David Pesetsky, is pretty awesome. The majority of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  , and two classes for the GEL Program. Mine just might be the most random ... , my classes for the GEL program are relatively free of curveballs when ... units mean that this course is a slightly smaller time commitment than the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  formula is written on the board, you think about it, figure out how it was ... ! Actually, the class is divided into four sections, and actually manufacturing the engine is only half of the process. The machining is divided between

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  post and this one is really not that much longer than the time between my ... Admissions and have been doing my full-time gig for the Office of Digital ... really, I’ve spent the last two days working on a script for an episode on

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  to do is find the money to pay for one: Sigh...it's so worth it ... filed into Kresge Auditorium for one of the most awesome events of this ... who don't: the MIT class ring (a.k.a. Brass Rat) is not only one of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  guaranteed. Basically if you fall in line, the spot is waiting for you and ... the top presses down like seram wrap blades for a clean rip at whatever ... in Germany for a summer, I could read and understand the language. But

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  Look at this if you don't what a UROP is: https://mitadmissions.org/discover/the ... . A UROP! That I was under-qualified for? Let's see the relevant skills ... and develop for touchscreens (see emoticons above). Literally the user

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  , pickup trucks, parents, boxes, and luggage. All of these are for the people ... but in the end it was totally worth it. For any prefrosh thinking of ... 's everybody going to be doing for the next few months? Here's a small sampling

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  Fred is. But numbers can – [annotation note="The class number for MITWE ... . Luckily, the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) is always ahead of the curve, using ... for the first few rehearsals)[/caption] Not the most exciting things in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small ... the structure of elementary particles like protons and electrons, is ... between their heads: a ~ sign, which means “is approximately equal to." The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  , and chocolate fondue... paid for by the Office of Undergraduate Advising ... for the occasion The main course -- three or four different meats here ... , fondue-style. The sauces were excellent! And then for dessert, we had hot

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  , you see.) I get the feeling that it isn't completely typical for ... it would be a good idea. The slightly longer story is that, after an ... the University of Cambridge for a change of pace. Now that I'm back

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room ... For those who don't yet know, two important, possibly life ... , March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of luck to all of you! 2. Super Smash Brothers

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  school. That's totally okay. In fact, the point of this post is mostly to ... application - or perhaps you're in the middle of writing yours for this season ... for Girls in various combinations, I totally bombed the last AMC I ever

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular introductory design and manufacturing class: For reference, here's the first ... first day of lab and I'm a bit nervous. 2.007 is well known for its chaos

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014