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Brass Rat 2017
The MIT Class of 2017 Brass Rat was revealed on February 13th during the 2017 Ring Premiere. I had the pleasure of serving on the 2017 Ring Committee, and I enjoyed designing our class's Brass Rat. As...
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EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany
MAJOR EECS LOCATION Regensburg MISTI PROGRAM MIT-Germany GTL MISTI HOST Universität Regensburg Read other MISTI Notes from the Field Topics I taught I taught in a group with five other MIT...
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A Hard MIT Class
Picture this. You’re trying to shuffle past a gaggle of camera-wielding tourists. You bump into one of their shoulders; they regard you for a moment, then return to their conspiratorial whispering....
View ArticleArma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15
Hi guys! My name is Quynh, and like Connie, I’m a crusty old senior about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for letting me write this guest post and being an overall awesome...
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You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep
It’s that time of year again. I remember it well. I intended to write this post before AP exams hit, but I just checked the CollegeBoard schedule and realized that unfortunately you’re all almost...
View ArticleFall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today
It's been a bit more than two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline, and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of...
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Escaping MIT
IT’S FINALS WEEK IT’N FNEALS WEIX IT’ SN NFELS WIX IM’ SN NELFT IX I’M ON NETFLIX It’s finals week. On Monday I have two exams back-to-back, followed by a third on Thursday. I would say that I’ll blog...
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How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report
Do you have trouble writing? Does it feel like a daunting, excruciatingly slow, and unpleasant task no matter how you approach it? Have no fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into...
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Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their...
MAJOR Sloan MBA candidate LOCATION Mexico City MISTI PROGRAM MIT-Mexico MISTI HOST Volaris Read other MISTI Notes from the Field "To me, this was all personal challenge. I thought I was a good...
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Snot, Livers, and Fractals
Hello world! I have returned from the -- well, to be honest, I never really left this place. I just lurk and cruft and linger in the tunnels, hidden away from view even more than the average student....
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ISEF 2015 Recap
Two weeks ago I flew to Pittsburgh, PA, to attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, or ISEF. If you're unfamiliar with ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and...
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A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight
Watch '93 at 11:30 was the message. '93 was the new dormitory on campus—the Class of 1893 Dormitory—which had opened the previous fall. It was a five-story, 100-foot-wide dorm with two stairwells,...
View ArticleFinally Finished (for now)
Time flies when you’re having fun. Time also flies when you are scrambling to do well in all of your classes while not losing your sanity. It’s easy to lose track of how much time has passed when you...
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how to choose your major
So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with your life and you're kind of interested in a lot of things and everything is so cool but also you have to pick something. Or else....
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The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT
On Friday, June 5th, the Class of 2015 graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the the 149th commencement ceremony in the Institute's history. At and by way of the ceremony, 1,054...
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Tuesday on 16th Street
I went back to downtown Denver after work today, back to the center of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also needed to exchange last year’s light-rail tickets for current...
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#scretious
DONE. Freshman year ended. The brain has been freed from psets and required readings, and I am enjoying a breezy carefree summer. I have sadly been a slacker blogger, stuck deep in procrastination...
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Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random
At the end of the semester I emailed Random Hall’s social mailing list asking people to send me their projects. Here are some of the awesome responses I got. Jenny R. ‘15 Eli [D. ‘15] and I painted...
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Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My!
Last summer, when I lived in East Campus and these were my backyard , my hallway looked like this , this was my bathroom ceiling, and I ate a lot of these (notice a pattern?), I also took...
View ArticleBeing an Intern
This summer is the first summer I am participating in an internship. It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do with the actual work I am doing. Nervous and excited on the...
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