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Blog / MIT Life
I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time
of time” is far too vague. When do I need to leave my room if I want to make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular basis? Which do I walk on a whim? To answer such burning questions, I -
Blog / MIT Life
Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…
TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the timesheets we're supposed to keep for 2.009, I've spent THIRTY HOURS working on -
Blog / MIT Life
MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.
heartbreakingly crucial property of summer projects is that they tend to exist in ... -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... yourself a cup of coffee, and commented “FIRST!” on my blog already. Great -
Blog / Admissions
Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".
, someone stopped by to see me, or worse yet...it rained and why on earth ... me...I had never been on a campus tour...before yesterday, that is. It ... and now I see her every day in the house, on campus, or as I cross the -
Blog / Events
The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT
covered, I wrote a very sentimental letter to the Class of 2015 on the ... out into the world, the small ritual of slipping it on reminds me to be ... ; Of particular interest to our office are the Class of 2017 -
Blog / Academics & Research
How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today
One of the coolest things about building and studying computers is ... usually do not (and should not) know how to add or remember numbers, but we ... ! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house -
Blog / Community Projects
Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!
and decide which ones they may like to live on. Conner 2, my floor, went ... noticed a severe drop off in the number of blogs, which may make perfect ... know freshmen. For my part, my first task of orientation was to build an -
Blog / MIT Life
A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.
result is below. 11:05 AM-11:55 AM: Finished my homework (which was due ... mentoring program called BioMatrix, which I have been a part of since freshman ... class (which is a requirement for biology majors and pre-meds.) The class -
Blog / About Decisions
It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.
further ado, here is the Simmons 3AB musical interpretation of pi to 15 ... competition on pi day and didn't get to check my MyMIT account until several ... rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your nerves right -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped
bloggers, y'all better keep this going next year so I can f e e d on the ... At this point, Blogger Wrapped posts are sort of becoming a tradition, so I'm honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my -
Blog / Admissions
Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2
of the four students had either never been to campus or had visited ... Director and the other member of the project, asked me where Angela is from ... later meeting time and add a person to the team who had at least some on -
Blog / Classes
first week madness memes does anyone relate? lol
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Blog / Admissions
Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"
practicing their choreography on-stage when I responded to my friend: Me ... for a living. And yes, turning down applications is a huge part of the job. However, when I think of the colleagues I work with on a daily -
Blog / MIT Life
An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow
or other. 2:05 PM It is the second day of Bad Ideas, the weekend that ... on thesis proposal ♫ one of these things is tougher than the others ... psychopomp? The answer is about to be served implicitly atop an egocentric -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS
sounds like. Clearly MIT is refusing to let me graduate without a few last ... with a love of all things scientific, too, or you probably wouldn't have ... sketchbooks and paints behind and to dive headlong into four years of SCIENCE -
Blog / How to Human
bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real
more about here, one of my weekly assignments is to prepare news briefs ... feeling of being trapped in the Bubble is tangible in my failure to take ... college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where -
Blog / Academics & Research
Another one! The return to campus, round III
same energy. The streets were full of fraternity vans trying to snag new ... mayhem that is Registration Week was the perfect introduction to my Junior ... , learn about money-making, and study thermodynamics, which I hear is a… hot -
Blog / Admissions
Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…
to you, is one of my favorite parts of the year. Developing new ... of work to be done. So, you may ask, what are we up to right now ... . I'll do a series of entries quite soon about how to visit MIT this -
Blog / Admissions
Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?
students arrive on the day of the competition, they will be assigned to small ... engineering, Beaverdash is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience and ... of Women Engineers would like to invite local high school students to
