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  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  Some of you may remember my blog entry Inside the Webcast Studio, which consisted of the following video: So what was that all about? We travel all over the country…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake-up…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  Side note: Am I the only blogger who still uses a paper planner? Am I the only one in my programming class who takes notes on paper, not on a…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  Admissions has been deluged with calls and emails from students who are worried about missing materials. Do not worry. We have not yet finished processing all of the application materials…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  (Preface: I am also sorry for disappearing. D:) — So anyone who knows me knows that I have strange computer habits/superstitions such as keeping the laptop charging even though it’s…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  As we’ve already seen, tests can really throw a curveball into one’s schedule. Luckily for me, my classes are unique enough that I don’t spend hours upon hours of basically…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  Some friends and I were chatting the other day, marveling at how ludicrously fast the semester was flying by when one of them pointed out exactly why that is. Turns…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

    Let me begin by telling you the actual title of this blog… “Things I Discovered About Myself as it Relates to the Artsy Stuff I Have in My Life…”.…

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  This weekend, I headed down to Washington, DC, for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, hosted by none other than Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. More important, though, given…

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  I realize that it’s been more than three weeks since I’ve blogged, but I have two legitimate reasons for why this is so: (1) The freshman bloggers are doing an…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  Introducing the world’s first-ever* joint MIT admissions blog post! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears. *Backed by absolutely no research…

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  Hey guys, This guy tried to guilt-trip me into writing a blog, but yeah, I haven’t written a blog in too long anyways, so I owe all of you one.…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   The Early Action deadline is fast approaching — it is this Monday, November 1. In…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  Here is what Google Calendar has to say about my first two months at MIT. Week 1: Pre-Orientation Nothing really going on yet. Week 2: Orientation The overlapping begins. Week…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  Sorry I’ve been a little MIA, folks. I am fully aware of my absence (though you probably weren’t…). I got the “i know this is a busy time of year,…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let’s cut right to the chase: THERE’S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya’s already told you about 6C, but I’ll bet it didn’t feature a giant spider on a web! I’ve…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  Yes, fall is here: This blog post will be a collection of several events spanning the last week of which I took pictures. To whet your appetite: It was my…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  One week ago, everyone’s parents were here on campus, and I mean everyone’s… but mine. In mathspeak, for all MIT students not equal to Kate Rudolph, the set of parents…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  Post continued from my last post. But first, an interesting remark: I said “BRB, homework”, and it took a week. That’s not unusual, for MIT; running into consecutive deadline after…

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college career. I am almost done with school, almost ready to go out into the real…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010