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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  Full disclosure: Regarding the tagline: I have no idea how to write an ode. To be totally honest, I'm not even really sure what an ode is. I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  Note: this one is dedicated to the expectant EA applicants. Hope you can make your week fun to rid of all that anxiety! On Thanksgiving Eve ... watched Pitch Perfect, a film in which freshmen know what they want to do

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  all this time, I never cease to be thrilled to get to finally meet all ... over the next few days, there are lots of things to choose from and parents will probably not want answers to the same questions that students

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  stomach is not rumbling, but there’s enough flatness in it to proclaim the presence of an unimpressed hunger. It’s a hunger he plans to fix soon, the moment he gets to his destination. He makes a turn to the left, his back

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  got to MIT, however, consilience took a spot on my mental shelf, where ... down to 14E-304: a cozy little seminar room with a central table and ... two fields can come together to construct human history. Even more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  currently wrestling - is the freedom to work in my underpants. I'm living the ... 'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... influential that he's said he might actually have to stop blogging in the future

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  four semesters left. 2) I have to declare my concentration (every MIT undergraduate has to have a "concentration" in one of the Humanities, Arts, or ... classes within that department. The idea is to get some depth in a HASS

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other updates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  ) and it was close to Halloween: my birthday. My little sister poked her ... witch? Me [exhibiting how to irresponsibly wield one's older sibling ... -year-old a short bus ride away. One day, while I was explaining how to add

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  fire hose of learning was opened at full force. I'll try to sum the ... students to forums, where they could talk over pizza and snacks. They sought our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  students are assigned to lead activities during the Engineering Leadership ... 's all about feedback. Feedback and self-assessment are effective ways to ... p-sets to test students' understanding of the material. But aren't we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  Salem. Linh ’13 is sitting next to me sleeping, her right hand holding on to our suitcases. I probably should’ve put my suitcase on the luggage shelf above our seats, but I didn’t think I was strong enough to lift it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break ... .” Mystery resolved, the fruitcake was donated to Random Hall and East Campus, to be divided unequally amongst 400 or so residents. 2.The Choir Party

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  . I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at ... of navigating to just the topic you want. You know that bright, rainbow ... key to the rest of the site. Each page of the site contains, first and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  on campus—and there shouldn’t be any reason for me to like it this much ... lanyard holds the key to my soon-to-be home, even if it lacks keys to any of the many residence houses. I’m not going to say that I’m going to love

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  combination of spending quality time with my family/staying up late talking to ... to Earth like Floo powder. The babies are after me, I think, as my ... to school 3,000 miles away means I'm racking up more frequent flyer

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of ... supposed to get 15 gallons of ice cream on Thursday morning that never showed ... supposed to supplement the rest of it. We had to run out in the middle of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common ... apostrophe. So you would say "my boss' shenanigans." This is fascinating to me ... , I was inspired to do more research into this grammatical phenomenon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  , TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso ... route of the flight (Phoenix to Tucson) was over the desert? Just thought I'd throw that out there. What a great town. I got a chance to be

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

    It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... . They had beaten five other teams, but lost to Ed's Elephants due to ... weBabble would be on their way to the championship. Toxic Algae had

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006