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  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  I’ve lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it’s clean, green, has mountains and an ocean, open spaces, and people who obey traffic laws. My grandma lives…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  I was walking down Mass Ave yesterday under an umbrella with a friend, the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said “If I…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  I win. So I apologize for having disappeared (somewhat) off the blogs since school ended. To be honest, this summer had been wonderful thus far. Here’s a brief recap of…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  Perhaps the second most exciting time of the year (after selecting the incoming class) is the selection of the new bloggers. And now, with freshman orientation quickly approaching, that time…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  Hello world. I too am at the new Apple store at Boylston street. Unlike Paul, who was probably using his own computer, I am using a fancy black macbook to…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Right now, I am sitting and blogging live from Boston’s amazing new Apple store on Boylston Street. Although the store’s actually less than a mile from my fraternity house (according…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  So I shared my blog entries with Alicia, the MISTI-Spain Program Director, and she basically said, “Wow, that’s awesome, but do you think you could mention the MISTI program?” Uh,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  To take a leaf out of Sam’s book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has a scale model of the Wright Brothers plane hanging from the ceiling of its main…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  One all-too-common misunderstanding I’ve encountered about MIT is that “no one” at the Institute appreciates, let alone participates, in the humanities or the fine arts. Well, I don’t know about…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read: Snively, Since you are used to getting up early now, go out to the Boston…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  I know folks love to see the numbers, so we’ve updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year’s incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012. Check it out! (If…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  Today, as I was walking down Mass Ave after work, I saw some Aero/Astro students playing volleyball with a net they had set up in the Building 33 quad, and…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM. At 4:45 AM I will have been awake for 24 hours. This…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  So Matt McGann, who’s actually a fan of Taiwanese TV shows in secret, suggested that I blog about this. I feel ashamed that even Matt knows more about what’s going…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  I should be sleeping right now. I should be tired. I got less than five hours of sleep last night, but for some reason I’m awake and feeling guilty about…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  Any time I have disappeared off the face of the earth – or just from the blogs- it can be blamed on one of two things: 1) The Shift and…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Theme I've been looking at too many de-motivational posters!

  

  Because it seems to be the theme of Paul’s blog.

  • by Snively '11
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  The thing about summer is the weeks kind of all run together, so all the days just sort of bleed into each other and everything starts to feel like one…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  I’ve found my excuse to write a new blog entry. Remember way back when, when I blogged about the new chairs that could possibly be installed in 10-250, MIT’s most…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  In my last entry, Meagan said, “Anyways, could you please do an entry on some of colloquialisms that you are learning? That would be awesome. :]” Yeah, sooooo, I’d love…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008