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  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  at my recitation for 5.12 (organic chemistry), where I spent an hour ... that up with another recitation, this time for 18.03 (differential ... . Weinberg - who was my professor for 7.012 last fall - is a brilliant

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  the prestigious Nobel Prizes, honoring individuals for achievements that ... -Gallés, of Universitat de Barcelona, for showing that rats sometimes cannot ... Wright Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, USA, for instigating research &

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  for admissions work, but for years it has been taken over by students ... for years, and you will love the way that grades are flexible and ... will give you cookies without razor blades in them for trivial reasons

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but ... 're not coming to Boston for the world-reknowned universities or beautiful city skylines, come for the incredible music scene) and Randall Munroe of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  of selection. Things are going well; for some reason I'm enjoying ... a shot at winning, and the latter for pure entertainment value ... : Dog, it was just okay for me. You want me to keep it real, right

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... pictures for the sake of clarity. Because you see, we have a second ... REUSING some of the pictures I took for the viewbook.) A double in East

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  aren't really looking for a precise answer; they're just trying to ... people, I'm surrounded by MIT people. This is a good thing for many, many ... figure out the chances. I am a sad, sad case. For the record: 1. I don

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept ... . "They're for my friends at... uh...nevermind"). 2.) Gather friends and ... -oiled machine under her stern but gentle leadership and for the first time (ever

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  . Shockingly, I was pretty tired for my 9:00 AM lecture on Tuesday morning ... mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would have liked to make up for lost sleep on Tuesday or Wednesday night, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to ... shelter for raped and sexually abused girls. Her original plan was to ... share her passion for beadwork by hosting jewelry workshops for the girls

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  look around MIT for lots of examples of cool projects, like: Disco ... for inspiration? Let me introduce you to a few really wonderful ... stuff, for business, and for pleasure"), Instructables is kind of an open

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  Posted on August 13 on TIME.com: Who Needs Harvard? "Competition for ... better suited your personality? To be honest, during my interview for MIT ... applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to ... about classes, applying for jobs, etc. I discovered that fraternities

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  myself how to use Photoshop for scientific applications today. Check out ... to be waiting for your grades for a week or so.) I've fulfilled all my ... ). Questions! 1. Thanks all of you for your kind words. I'll keep blogging as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  's blog for the day... Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don ... MIT to compete in front of YOU for prizes and bragging rights. Yuan ... . Shaye: heheheh. Yuan: Hey Shaye, so do we have any inside info for Bryan

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  that I appreciated during finals week: For 10.213: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, we got four review sheets for the final. I know someone once commented on Laura's blog about getting cheat sheets for exams... you may ask

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... journey through 14.33: Economic Research and Communication, my CI-M for the ... . First, we had a pun in our title. (Also, note the colon. Do we get +20 for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... , they should limit themselves to nagging you to do it, and not do it for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  Housemasters and house government, I have arranged for free massages for Burton ... provide free 8-10 minute massages for Burton-Conner students who sign up in ... ... uh, I could have studied a little more for that dirty little puppy, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for ... famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What ... for Burton-Conner, a scholar of the history of technology, and a regular

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005