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  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  you trying to get your Regular Action application in by the January 1 ... minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline ... ) come in after the January 1 deadline. We are much more understanding of

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake ... in my head, as I type this. It's soothing to step through a routine ... breaks loose, an alter-ego PANIC MODE version of my brain steps in. "Don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  amazing mother repeated this to me almost every night as she tucked me in. I must have heard her whisper “the sky is the limit” in my ear thousands of ... night out in Tallinn, Estonia (where Hardi founded the company, and where

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  . You may even recognize The Goober from his appearances in some of my ... 's "Can I play in the Simmons ball pit????" (Yes, my dorm has a ball pit. Yes, I play in it during the year.) b) Ry and Dad are fans of Diners

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  just like good noms. There's a few eateries in the Cambridge/Boston that ... , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians ...  Breakfast Tour in Boston this week, if I have the time - but I think I missed out

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on ... MIT! In the upcoming weeks, you'll soon find yourself in the true swing ... how you decide it'll be. Here's just some things to keep in mind as you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) It's hot. And I do mean very warm. As you all know we are in a heat wave ... /Writing Experience We are looking for people who can communicate in a compelling

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  -lovable Elizabeth, '13, by snapping a picture of one of these people in uncomfortably ... ceremony took place last week. In a nutshell, Amanda D., a sophomore at MIT ... intermittently ever since IAP. In fact, I was able to get a taste of neuroscience

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  be turned in on that same day. If I start sounding unintelligible, it ... remembered when they Argon..." - a gem from Alex, one of my friends back in high school. Or a brain-teaser: "If a bear in Yosemite and one in Alaska

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  school seems rather, um, boring in comparison [understatement alert ... ?!??!!?" and "wow, just wow..." I guess I was more focused on being there "in ... enough time to say hello to each of the colored balls in Simmon's (ex

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I spent at least an hour going through a massive checklist of everything in ... images of injuries requiring the use of these resources often danced in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  I've always been excited about finding new rec’ stuff to try out in college. Besides, as in the good ol' childhood times, it’s always fun to ... in my entire primary and secondary school P.E. career, but that’s what

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  TO: Elizabeth, Michael would you two be interested in presenting ... , pretending that they were the people whom you wanted to get funding from in the ... calming stream trickling down a gently sloping hill in a meadow full of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  bailout drama, Obama appointments, riots in Greece, and hackers installing Linux on a potato. But last night in Next House, a very different kind of ... day', which since yesterday is declared to be celebrated every year in

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  chairs, the rest of the house always pitches in to set things up and ensure ... 've set things up so that each class "works" one of the formals and puts in ... worked in the kitchen helping our (amazing) house chef, and some of us

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... , but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They ... songs in the traditional language of Senegal, such as [translated] "I went

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  , completely mind-numbing oddities that can be found in the tubes. Do you ... "dramatic lemur," and how some unnamed "people in the lounge" were concerned ... 'll all come together in the end. I promise. I have a gift for this kind of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  was great, students were tossing a frisbee, and music was blasting in ... videotape their cover of "Here In Your Arms" (solo by Kevin Schoenfelder, I ... sorority called Kappa Alpha Theta, temporarily housed in a graduate dorm

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  in here. Not a day goes by when I am not absorbed by a mass of tourists ... because 30 people are taking a picture of a paper tree in lobby 10 then I ... 't trying to get to class. I now try to be more refined in my photography

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  took place in the Boston Sheraton hotel and MIT's admission's office ... for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It ... began we realized that all of the font was in Times New Roman which is

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008