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  A short entry about dorm awesomeness

  

  You know what’s awesome about dorms? There’s a lot of people in them. A lot of people who use iTunes. What happens when you have a lot of people using…

  • by Snively '11
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not here! This actually made me LOL

  

  I’m hosed. I don’t have time to write a real entry. Suffice it to say, I found this video funny. What happens in this video will not happen in a…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow Day? No Way! I'm totally counting down the days until the spring equinox.

  

  As you may have seen from Shannon’s blog, everyone at MIT woke up to a rather snowy view outside. Here’s what my fraternity looked like: Fortunately for me, my first…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to present eight applicants’ humble homage to the MIT admissions website: mymit.info And, of course, where would be…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.

  

  2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done… priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Victoria’s Secret Update UPDATE!

  

  Ok, quick update to my post immediately below this one. Read that one before this one, otherwise this one won’t be nearly as exciting. Ok, so, now when you go…

  • by Snively '11
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  Why no entries lately? Because MIT’s Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from…

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  /ASIP), a 3-unit class. There's actually a 12-unit credit limit during IAP ... Senior World Championships is coming to Boston in March! Definitely stoked ... Conference as VP of Risk Management this weekend, and it's 12:31a and I just

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  . Most classes are 12 units of credit each, which implies a 12-hour ... , classes won't actually take up 12 hours, at least most weeks, but some can take even longer than 12. For example, a weekly 6.00 problem set can run

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  department paid 11 bucks an hour, which was increased to $12/hour over the ... 's 12:50 AM! Of course I have time. Questions: 1. UROP seems like it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  M. '14 magically made the projector work. ESP SECURITY: I LOVE YOU SO ... resounding success and everyone had a blast. Davie '12 and I managed to procure ... , Davie '12 and I did a full reading of Tom Stoppard's play. We modeled it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  at before. afterwards, i went home and slept through a 14.121 review ... for the week was half of a 14.121 pset that i'd gotten stuck on. if mit ... 14.121 homework and studying for a 14.121 final exam that is worth

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  astrophysics is balanced by:   12.409 Hands-On Astronomy: Observing Stars ... Central Station, dressed like a Greek muse.   12.400 The Solar System

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  all out, and determined that we needed 12 two by fours, each roughly 3 ... ’d planned for 12 supports, we ended up with 6… close enough? When we

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  Ciao! Mi chiamo Elizabeth, e sono una amica di Anna. (Hello! I’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at MIT – and specifically, you teaching at MIT. What? There are many

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  actually enjoy. This pic looks much better than the closeup one. March '06 ... /VP debate, the one where my ticket actually won. Maybe it was the hair? March

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  be released? I don't know the exact date yet. Sometime in mid-March. It ... announcement on March 6.

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  . * * * Our training begins on Monday March 24. Around ten of us have arrived in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  day, I wound up falling into a routine of writing 1-2 poems one day, and ... vampire into a 14-line rondel, which is a form where 4 lines are repeats of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Re-Reads: 6-12. The Harry Potter ... Diaz (Summer ‘14) (I read this before I came to MIT and it made me want

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017