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  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  kiss or sitting in silence outside of a movie theater on a date just to ... MIT arise from accidentally hitting on your TA or forgetting the name of ... for it to come out on DVD, that is, unless you just did something really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  ’s-eye pictures of it, which I was unable to get as I am not, in fact, a bird (as ... a rain of pastries. Or the secret to being good at and/or actually ... √©mon approximation of Tim the Beaver. WRONG.However, I digress. What I really meant to

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  passed and glanced at one or two of these on my way to class at MIT, I can ... indicator bar on its surface that relays to its user that he or she is moving ... -up and now ready to go into training, that the temperature of the horse is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... implication, of course, is euphemistically known as affirmative action. You may ... you were admitted on the basis of your merit. So should you report your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  . And I'm trying not to get skin cancer.) A better picture of me ... bubble of context, and that you don't have to have a certain GPA or certain ... the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... know I'm not the only Jerseyan to say this: Newark is one of the worst ... teacher's aide in an elementary school. If one or more of your parents is an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  efficiently. Power Electronics is, for better or for worse, about as time ... 've found some people to work with on some of the classes. Late nights always ... of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  food on the table, on account of there being simply too much to place ... Okay, I haven't blogged all week... the last week of term here is next week, and teachers aren't allowed to schedule any exams or major

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  which were back-to-back), writing about 30 pages on subjects ranging from ... handful of times and woken up gnawing on my pillow. So, because this is a ... thing or two I've picked up on how to deal with these weeks. One might

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them ... -- which tell students that they're likely to get admitted -- to "love

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do ... sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision ... 're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2014!), that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Zone Cell Challenge Why work when you can hack other people's servers?

  

  administrator of the Zone AFS Cell (which is different from having root access on ... to program a Turing machine - it's due Thursday. Or the revision of my design project which is due on Thursday (I actually still don't know what

  • by Evan B. '10
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  is to pay to sit for four hours on a bus (more on that to come). I ... , that is, or can't find it -- you have to pay it in person, at an office ... , there's just a late fee. Want to know how much it is? Better consult your

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer) At MIT, we bring people together to better

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  )   Go to Midway! Nearly everyone goes to Midway, so this is kind-of ... , which is what I'm doing this summer!   Alsooo, go to community ... of CPW at an event, talking to people, or doing something around Boston

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  things, which has manifested itself in... A List of Ways MIT is Like ... 't know who made that gif (which is the inside of a room in Simmons Dorm, by ... of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” “While we may

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  . A proper sandwich is the highest form of civilization to which ... wash your hands. No exceptions. No amount of money, fame, or fortune is ... then you are doing it wrong, or you are eating deep dish, which is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  oh boy this is by far the best piece of technology I interact with on a ... .e. a day on which I want to listen to classical music and feel all kinds of emotions. The entirety of Mozart’s Requiem is on here catch my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  : Slight derailment due to people. Time is now 4:55am. I know, I know. On to ... , the background light (which is not a component of 3-pt lighting) lights ... stuff is cool. I'm going to go on a portrait rampage shortly. First thing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... a treat to join in on. And if you enjoy guitar or the flute or the ... offbeat things. Better yet, since MIT has a lot of sub-communities, it

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009