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  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of downtime before school and college application season begins. I don’t know ... to a friend that I wasn’t able to lose any weight. I think he was sick

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  (like myself) who don’t know anyone participating, there’s quite the ... on the T, it took 45 minutes to go (compared to the usual twenty ... , although it was quite clear they couldn’t make the food fast enough to keep

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  earth, or at the very least when Facebook didn't yet offer photos or groups as features and you couldn't friend folks at other schools and it ... Facebook didn't suck - where was I - ah yes - in the old days, when I was in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  said country, which in my case would be Germany. Too bad I don't know ... .' Google Translate, I love you. (Edit: Actually, I don't. Considering the ... Harry Potter books, and playing frisbee pretty much every day - haven't

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  house or book store. It’s not a test, and your EC won’t throw a Rubik ... MIT account. You don’t need to finish the application before setting up, or even ... have asked them, haven’t you?), our ECs can be busy. Getting in touch

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  have passed (read: the 4th) so what's your favorite blogger up to? I don't ... consequently starting several blogs I haven't finished) I've been working on some ... Multivariable Calculus before I took the final (true story, don't ask, don't do it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  you're dead set on having a desktop and wouldn't work with anything less, then you won't be at a huge disadvantage with a desktop, but it ... didn't love it. A little less than half the computers I see on campus are

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  going on, and I don't remember getting much sleep whether it was checking ... questions, and if you aren't satisfied with the answer, ask someone else. Rule ... everything that MIT has to offer. Relish in it. Rule #5: Don't knock it 'til

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  indicative of true MIT students. They’re the things that aren’t necessarily ... -2 and 8-2 don’t exactly line up, or that most floors of 11 are awkwardly ... don’t know which one you’re on or which you’re going to (as is often the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  question, which was forwarded on to me by the awesome Nick '09: Alex isn't ... the Thevenin circuit doesn't. So the Norton circuit must be warmer than ... they are IDEAL current/voltage sources. As such, they aren't generating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  learn this anymore. Plus, engineers don't do math. Sometimes if I'm lucky I can solve like, dT/dt - 2 * T = 0. The timer/integral display. You can't appreciate it here, but the little CLIFTON guys next to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  column earlier today. One of whom I don't think I've ever met before. Does ... you don't know them? It's a very odd feeling. I'm still at the point ... misquoted or whatever (which, interestingly, hasn't been a problem so far). I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  Someday I must tell you how I did it. Whoo! It's been a while, hasn't ... hacker types. Don't look at me, I live on West Campus. Oh, but my life has ... haven't had any time to tell you about it! I discovered whether humans

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  ... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn't ... day requiring some comfort food at the end. I haven't been to Star ... 've had in my wallet in the past week has been four dollars. I don't know, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  will MIT take from the waitlist? Is it true that you haven't taken any ... ? We won't know how many folks we'll be taking from the waitlist until ... admitted students. While it is true that we haven't taken anyone from the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  your interviewer is. If you don't, you should call our office (617 ... interviewer yourself. If you haven't heard back from them, again, let us know ... , a device, an object, an idea or concept, a piece of music or art." Don't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  folks here aren’t used to failing. The biggest highlight of my first month ... . Something I wish someone would have told me from the start is: you can’t even imagine the kind of support you’ll get. You don’t need to know what to ask

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  I'll circle back to this idea later. But when I got here, it didn't ... high school, it didn't really feel all that different; there is a goal in ... you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  . that doesn't help wayne: i mean it's easier if you go faster, it's like ... bikes i just don't like riding them. have i told you how i can't ride blue ... fine cj: it doesn't feel like i'm doing fine wayne: you know i took a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  . But if you do, you aren’t alone. 1. An Incomplete Understanding. More ... to axiomatic thinking. Except, in reality, mathematicians don’t start ... ) the social and legal rules they should follow. Now, these rules aren’t

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022