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Selection notes A brief update from selection.
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Blog / MIT Life
I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.
I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... most important things you should remember for quiz bowl competitions: 1 -
Blog / MIT Life
Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.
in 3 flat to find something to wear for school. Exhibit A: This ... Tau Sigma is actually holding a contest for the next mechanical -
Blog / Academics & Research
You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.
I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... darn hard for it. And I'm willing to bet that more than a few students ... , it's not the sheer difficulty of the work that poses a problem for -
Blog / Events
Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.
create an MIT-ish atmosphere in another city. For the students who live ... students and their families to campus for the day, and Admissions people -
Blog / Events
Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.
this we're even already getting ready for next year's contest. As part ... created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a -
Blog / MIT Life
Temp assignments and cautionary tales
, for that matter) of Dorm Rush. As a result, they aren't quite sure what ... other options, but he professed his undying love for 3rd East and ... the time and resources allotted for next year's Rush would be cut in -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.
...but she won't have to do that anymore, now she can just go in the Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... busiest hallway on campus? No, really, just think about it for a sec. "Uh -
Blog / Events
Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks
, where a national musical act performs on campus. The headliners for this ... wrapped into Spring Weekend for the first time this year (though both occur -
Blog / Admissions
RA Selection Day 4
Today's tie: See for yourself below! An eventful day! Today, my subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... . Ben answered the phone and they chatted for a little while... On our -
Blog / Admissions
RA Selection Day 2
Today's tie: blue/gray/slate-colored. I worked with Amy and a student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch ... Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates -
Blog / Admissions
Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.
watch TV but I'm obsessed with Alias so I make time for it - haven ... > -B P.S. Don't expect to hear from McGann for awhile - Mystery -
Blog / Admissions
Decision letters mailed
spaces for regular action, further pressuring people to apply early. We don ... 're aiming for a smaller class this year. So, given our 1/3 constraint, our -
Blog / Admissions
Did the quadratic formula explode?
) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it ... regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great -
Blog / Admissions
New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.
/her preferences. For example, if a student has selected "biology," the portlet will link to biology content on the OCW site. For students who choose multiple -
FAQ / Academics and research
How good are the academics at MIT?
homework, or psets, in MIT-speak. For any given pset, you likely won't be ... Institute. Many of them will be credited as co-authors for peer -
Blog / Blog Projects
what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)
conversations with friends and meals as a method for socialisation but that’s too ... WHAT I'VE BEEN HAVING FOR DINNER RECENTLY AND WHAT I DO OVER DINNER ... "]rpm[/annotation] dinner. the timing of it was lowkey early for me (4:30, considering that -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you
. (Minor spoiler for Paige’s post: You can represent points as coordinates ... ]\mathbf{E}[/latex]) and magnetic fields ([latex]\mathbf{B}[/latex]) are duals. For every ... involve some more stuff, but don’t worry about that for now."]in a vacuum -
Blog / Academics & Research
How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today
pretend that they're balls for now.) These little balls cause little ... big sticking-together force! It's also possible for the forces to ... about these for now. I still don't quite understand how these kinds of -
Blog / MIT Life
GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy
for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has popped up. A ... % chance of <0.05 in. of snow” popped up a couple times for yesterday