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  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  after the debate for a reception with hundreds of latkes and hamentashen ... 's Peter de Florez Fund for Humor, UA Finboard, and ARCADE. For information ... ://web.mit.edu/hillel/www/latke-hamentashen-debate.html Option 2: Tired of Ramen for dinner? Wish you could do something to make

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  'd" banners, festive for the season. The "uncapped" banner will return after the ... tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning ... from two actual members of the MIT Class of 2010! Thanks for stopping by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... for in MIT students, we can usually reach consensus after a bit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... for the snow because that means snow football and more occasions for hot ... setting up for the event. Rebecca gives pointers on how to eat healthy for

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in ... the Nobel committee for being the first to produce an efficient metal-compound catalyst for metathesis--a chemical process wherein two reacting structures

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  a sense of what we look when selecting students for admission. Basically, we're looking for students with broad interests, both academic and ... "look good" on their resume or college application. We look for students
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... tools for characterizing materials. What if I just used one of those tools ... ago so that undergrads like me can use these tools for this exact

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  prepare for my 4-year journey that will probably include a lot of late ... preparedness for this next stage of my life. More specifically, the independence ... yourself - at least it did for me.    Probably like most of my peers

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  London. what this means is that i have been away from MIT for a little over ... for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... that i decided this would be good for me. i am taking four math classes

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  precise. There are all sorts of random reasons I could give for my ... family for going three weeks before replying to a text. ‘School is crazy ... means for me; trying to get seven hours of sleep, eat at least two healthy

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  -or-treating and mooch candy from all your GRTs? Aww yes. I, for one, opted for ... intended for females. That's actually one of the best definitions I've seen ... teaches fundamental values (the tagline is "Friendship is Magic," for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  program for his junior year that would allow him to merge the arts with his ... the academics that he doesn”t feel much affinity for otherwise. It was a ... humanities focus for these brilliant mathematical and scientific young minds

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving ... , the commotion was a welcome change and a nice bend toward normalcy for a ... winter clothes and all manners of sustenance for the finals and final weeks

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  this comes as a surprise you may have been looking for that other Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for ... psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  imagine, especially considering that our official motto is Latin for "Mind ... Course 2 students (Course 2 is Mechanical Engineering, for those of you ... conference rooms for group design meetings as well as a couple of labs for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  for guidance counselors" where all the colleges/universities set up ... for my early flight and didn't get to sleep until after 2AM, so that was ... , and registered for the conference. The first big event was Freeman

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  to open for cancelled, so all the guards ran around the waterpark going ... ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway ... 't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my ... have? Do you have to do p-sets for Biology classes and if not, what is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  one would notice for weeks; these include things like "big iff [if and ... scooting around campus much less from now on :o For the past 3 years, my ... . No easy way of getting around at all. For the most part, this was fine

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of ... graduation. For decades, almost every student to graduate from Deerfield had ... to do something else for a while. You know, take a break from homework

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011