LOL =) Thanks for this nice post! I'm especially curious to see the places in Boston! Hmm let's see what freshman year will bring. :PP heheh

MIT does believe in an 'all round education'! :D
Lovely post. :)

The piano rooms don't really lock to my knowledge, but I'd guess that if you just tapped a few notes every so often, people passing by would assume you were practicing and just leave you alone.

aww the duck tour... hahaha

Um, when I was writing this entry you told me they locked. Or at least prox card protected?

Hokay, so you need a prox card to get in to the practice suite in Building 4, but inside there are 8 individual rooms that do not lock. It's sometimes kind of hard to tell whether there are people inside each room or not, because the shades always drawn. So when I go to practice, I usually just go by whether it sounds like there's music coming out of the room or not. Just be careful!

I am so going to bookmark this post. Haha, just kidding! It is absolutely awesome, though! Thanks so much for writing this, Mitra.

What about an addendum -- places to propose and be proposed to?

I mean, Adam proposed in Killian in front of an Asian tour group (very stereotypically MIT), and I know you had that friend who proposed in Lobby 7. There have to be some more good proposal places. ;)

Hrm. Senior ball? Would that be Bryan and Hanhan?

I went to Teuscher during CPW and loved it!!! Another great place for a first date is Finale, google it bc idk how to link to it -yea yea, get over it, I'm computer illiterate... there's one in Boston and another one in Cambridge, and they make a super good creme brulee and it's a nice fancy place to go to for dessert. I highly recommend it.

But seriously, all chocolate lovers must go to Teuscher. I still have a couple of bars left in my fridge.

Hahaha, I am seriously impressed by anyone who comes all the way to New York City for a date. Just as long as the mode of transportation isn't the wonderful Fung Wah Bus. :)

Hahaha, I am really impressed by anyone who actually comes all the way to New York City for a date! Just as long as the method of transportation isn't the wonderful Fung Wah Bus. :)

oops, sorry!! :(

Romance... What a depressing subject.

I COMPLETELY disagree on not sleeping with your TA. Sleeping with your TA is the best thing you could possibly do for your grade, theoretically and hypothetically speaking.

Someone please help.

I’ve been trying for the past 5 hours, to access a post on one of the blogs by either Sam or Bryan (not Nance). I can’t remember exactly who posted it and the date of post. But the topic is one the number 1024, the power of 2, how to know an MIT or the formula to gain admission into MIT.

I was so busy thinking about how to prove it that I forgot to take note of whose blog it was, and the date of post. I do know however that it was posted long ago. Now, I’ve got the proofs and I need to refer to it.

Timur, I think it may be against the rules for a TA to date his/her student, at least on the TA's part. (I've heard they have to sign a contract or agreement.) Though I suppose you are not talking about "dating" specifically...

Omorx, It was Sam's entry, here: http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/power_of_suggestion.shtml

Thanks Mitra.

You were so fast in getting it.

That is the power of MIT.

Is MIT really a power of 2?
This is what puzzled me two days ago as I thought hard about it, after reading it from Sam’s blog. Although I was quick to recognize that it is really, but as a mathematician and a scientist, I need not believe things simply because somebody else said it no matter how noble or reputable the person is. (Remember what happened during Galiloe days when he said the world was flat and people believed him.) So I took it upon myself to prove that MIT is really a power of 2.
After 2 days, I was able to do it. And just 2 hours ago I started typing it. In the next 2 minutes, I would be 2ru with it and post it just 2 seconds to my alarm clock that is set to ring at 2. I’m beginning to write like Jess Kim.

http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/power_of_suggestion.shtml

Proof 1: The “Comparison” proof

Let the word

MASSACHUSETTS which is 13 Letters = x;
INSTITUTE which is 9 Letters = y;
TECHNOLOGY which is 10 Letters = z

But MIT stands for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
And
M is the 13th letter of the alphabet
I is the 9th letter of the alphabet
And
T is the 20th letter of the alphabet.

The fact that Massachusetts Institute of Technology stands for MIT means

x * y * z = MIT

i.e.

(13letters) * (9 letters) * (10 letters) = 13th * 9th * 20th
Introducing P as the power to be determined,

(13letters) * (9 letters) * (10 letters)* P = 13th * 9th * 20th

Which means:
(13*9*10)letters *P = (13*9*20)th

P = 13*9*20(th)
13*9*10(letters)

P = 2 (th/letters)
Hence, MIT is the Power of 2.
Where th/letters is a constant or an SI unit to be named after..who?? no not Omorx. (It can’t be me). Sam of-course. It’s been his dream. His ultimate life goal.
“My ultimate life goal is to have an SI unit of measurement named after me.” That’s his words pulled out from his blog.

Proof 2: Add first proof

The word

MASSACHUSETTS has 13 Letters. So M = 13;
INSTITUTE has 9 Letters so I = 9; and
TECHNOLOGY has10 Letters, so T = 10

If
MIT = MvI*T
13v9*T
= 22 * T
= 22*10

If MIT should be a power of 2 and 1024 is a power of 2,
Then MIT should be = 1024 in someway which we should determine
So,
22*10 = 10*24
22*10(vP) = 10*24 (where P is the Power to be determine)
22vP = 10*24
10
22vP = 24

P = 24 – 22
= 2
Hence, MIT is the Power of 2

Assumptionis:
1.The operator v is +ve sign
2. 1024 agrees to be permuted only as 10*24 and not 10*2*4 for example.

Proof 3: Subtract first proof
The word

MASSACHUSETTS has 13 Letters. So M = 13;
INSTITUTE has 9 Letters so I = 9;
TECHNOLOGY has10 Letters, so T = 10

If
MIT = M^I*T
13^9*T
= 4 * T
= 22*10

If MIT should be a power of 2 and 1024 is a power of 2,
Then MIT should be = 1024 in someway which we should determine
So,
4*10 = 10*24
4*10*P = 10*24 (where P is the Power to be determine)
P = 10*2*4
4*10
P = 2 (since 10 up cancels 10 down and 4 up cancels 4 down)

This is if we assume that 1024 is permuted only as 10*2*4
If we decide to permute 1024 as 10*24,
Then
4*10*p = 10*24
i.e.
P = 10 * 24
4*10
P = 6
And since MIT is 3 letters,
6/3 = 2
So, MIT is a power of 2 in both instances

Assumptions:
1.The operator ^ is -ve
2. 1024 agrees to be permuted only as both 10*24 and 10*2*4 only.

Proof No 4: Logical Proof

3 proofs above have shown that MIT is the power of 2. Since MIT is 3 letters making 3 words of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 3 proofs show that MIT is a power of 2, then MIT is really a power of 2.

right...

Omorx: whoa...

LOVE this. We'll miss you, Mitra :(

3 proofs above have shown that MIT is the power of 2. Since MIT is 3 letters making 3 words of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 3 proofs show that MIT is a power of 2, then MIT is really a power of 2.

3 proofs above have shown that MIT is the power of 2. Since MIT is 3 letters making 3 words of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 3 proofs show that MIT is a power of 2, then MIT is really a power of 2.

3 proofs above have shown that MIT is the power of 2. Since MIT is 3 letters making 3 words of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 3 proofs show that MIT is a power of 2, then MIT is really a power of 2.

I hope not all of your recommendations come from personal experience.

What are you doing next year?

Mitra -- I didn't actually find these blogs until about halfway into this year, but I have loved reading your entries and the archives. Best of luck with all that you do!

PS This post was incredibly amusing. Thanks for your insight! (I disagree with the Red Sox suggestion, btw...lol )

Mom, don't worry, not all of these recommendations come from personal experience; I have never been to a Red Sox game

I can't believe that this post made it to the homepage. That being said, I must say that I do take Mitra to some nice places.

Correction: Mitra takes me to some nice places

Thank you mitrA for this wonderfull post

i am not from MIT but i love the place- i was a student in Boston for 2 years so kind of reminded me of nice memories. Hey but i don't like the breakups- heart brokers which no MIT sciences can ever cure you know:-). But maybe we should find some math formula to reduce a little bit the impact of a break up coming from an MITean LOL (just kidding).

The power proof is really great- keep that work going. Truely nice blog. Good luck. MIT is truely a great institution and its students are truely one of the best indeed.

i am not from MIT but i love the place- i was a student in Boston for 2 years so kind of reminded me of nice memories. Hey but i don't like the breakups- heart brokers which no MIT sciences can ever cure you know:-). But maybe we should find some math formula to reduce a little bit the impact of a break up coming from an MITean LOL (just kidding).

The power proof is really great- keep that work going. Truely nice blog. Good luck. MIT is truely a great institution and its students are truely one of the best indeed.