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  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  Hi all! A few updates over what is, for us, a long weekend. First, I hope you’re enjoying it. The long weekend, that is (or normal-length weekend, if you don’t…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  Last night, I went to bed at 5 am. This morning, I woke up at 9 am. My eyelids currently feel ridiculously heavy – and yet, I don’t regret the…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I’m currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of the campus bubble. It’s too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A to Activity in…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm desk worker. Not only because future employers love students who have had dorm desk experience (Steve…

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  Tonight I was in an MIT admissions webcast, which was targeted towards the Midwest region but was really open to anyone. Basically, I sat around and answered questions about student…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  One thing I like to talk about with prospective students is the fact that there are all sorts of folks at MIT. For example, there is no majority ethnicity. MIT…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about that. Sometimes it drizzles, sometimes it pours, but there are weeks where it just rains. This…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  So, MIT is hard. I figured this out after I noticed that I’ve stayed up until 3am almost every night for the past week, studying for tests. In fact, right…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  Just a quick post here – I’m actually on the road right now, doing some recruitment travel through Southern Texas! Thought I’d do some “live tweeting” (although isn’t all tweeting…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  I’m BAaaaaaaCK! Classes are building up, students are working, halls are buzzing… the semester seems to be in full swing. This semester is very new to me even though it’s…

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  So…I’m not sure exactly where September went, but in plain English: school got harder. We’re in rough terrain – first wave of exams, or in my case, reviews (as you…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  What I acquired from the MIT Career fair last Thursday: 29 pens 21 mechanical pencils (16 mechanical, 5 wood) More than 10 flash drives 21 t-shirts 2 cell phone cleaning…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  When I was little, I went on what I proudly called “adventures”. I explored a jungle (my living room) with a cape (a fitted sheet), and ran “secret spy missions”…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  When I was first applying for the GEL program, I heard a lot of people talking about “engineering leaders” and “engineering leadership.” I was a little confused. Why not just…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  [by Ken Haggerty ’11] Happy Autumn! This entry marks the beginning of yet another great semester in MIT arts, and to celebrate this MIT Associate Provost Philip Khoury brought together…

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  I always seem to know I’m back at MIT when I can vaguely hear my alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  Twelve hours ago, Mathura ’12 and I had the following gchat conversation: ~*~ Mathura: omg omg omg me: whatwhatwhat Mathura: im sooo excited, i just ran around the floor screaming…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  Yo MIT Admission Blog Readers, Like I assured you in the last entry, I am still alive. Exhausted (like always), but still hanging in there. It’s good to see all…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  In the old days, when I was in college – when dinosaurs roamed the earth, or at the very least when Facebook didn’t yet offer photos or groups as features…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  You may have heard people say, “I’m not _______ enough to go to MIT.” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high school…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010