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  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  language. And it’s the only language that all of us in the world understand ... different “names” in our respective languages for our numbers…all around the ... are trying to convey. In a sense, making it possible for us to make any

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  There are no directions in Japan. The buildings are numbered, but in ... Donalds). Also, I'm pretty sure they don't allow you to set off smoke signals in ... walked. Twenty minutes to the left of the station in the eighty

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... am dancing. I'm also back in Florida, having moved out of Senior House for the summer. After some panic that I'd be jobless and living in a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  The third in a series... With fewer than 10 days to go until the May ... for almost ten years and I've participated in national competitions and festivals. I'm having a hard time finding an adequate teacher so far in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  term, my body can't normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if ... most days - occasionally two meals and/or no dessert - but when I'm in ... ) - Reread lots of books that I haven't read in a long time - Attended my dad

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  's relentlessly positive attitude towards everything in life no doubt helped him earn his PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. It also might have helped ... to his thesis defense in full uniform: Doesn't Professor Tester (my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  with cowboy hats:   I step outside and breathe in the toasty evening air. Hot like Vegas (where I flew in from), but much more humid. I ... question.   These little things reminded that I was, indeed, in a new

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  in late february of 2017 me and jessica t. '20 did a hall exchange. a ... always on different dorms, live in each other's rooms for several days to explore what living in that hall is like. there are semi-official programs

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  in Madison with other recruits and a company representative. In other impressions, the company had a slide instead of stairs in one of the buildings, and D&D sword and throne room in another building. I got to stay in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A World of Pure Curation an interview with holly h. 18'

  

  In February, I interviewed Holly H. ’18, about her art gallery in the ... work, but also have to make, to comment upon that in like one word or ... 2017. It’s in the new Weisner Gallery located in the Student Center on

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most ... most of us: the PhD physicist-turned-politician, one of two physicists in ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  past almost all the dorms in West Campus. Stop when you are greeted by ... bags of laundry behind you.) It's a good work-out. You emerge in a ... the kitchen/dining area. You are in French House: home to 6

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... previous factors still weigh in?" We always look at a given applicant ... statement is correct in that once you've proven yourself to be academically

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  Beaver, nature's engineer, was adopted as MIT's mascot in 1914 (my googling ... answered, but how do we send in our replies to get it in by May 1? Can we fax ... we prefer to get it in the mail since it is easier to read. Sylvia

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  in Cambridge, MA. Wherever you are in the world, please take a moment ... outside my own dorm window[/caption] It doesn't snow too often in my ... 'll be leaving in a few weeks, along with most of the other students on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  normal day, we'd be gathered in Killian Court, and I'd be kneeling on the ... day, for MIT, for the country, or for the world. In addition to the ... , Commencement is the most beautiful day of the year. Even in this strange pandemic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  blogger tag yourself: quarantine edition favorite hobby? looking in the mirror and wondering if i'm real

  

  if i didn't tag myself as, erm, myself, i'd probably say i'm Afeefah. damn, i'm always working in bed and it's SUCH an issue. who are you? let us know :)

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  This is the way…to check your decisions

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to sign into ... sure you are ready to receive your decision before signing in to decisions.mit.edu. In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the

  • by The BlogChild
  • March 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  few nuanced opinions about it.  I mentioned this briefly in a previous ... ="and not just Le's in Harvard Square or The Friendly Toast in Kendall, which ... Mexican place out in [annotation note="Tufts has Davis Square, we have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite ... .A.V.O.R.I.T.E. In a busy week, I’m there at least once a day: The prices are ... .” And then he’s like “Yeah, you’re in here all the time. Well, we

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020