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  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  fighter planes flying over at the end of "The Star-Spangled Banner!" And ... you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5 ... ) informing me that a reclusive-cousin-of-a-friend-of-a-friend used to be a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  first day of classes, and the first meeting of CMS.614/21W.791 Network ... with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to ... so saw the Class of 2020 arrive on campus for their orientation, of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was ... find out whether or not certain friends of mine - from across the nation

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  the bottom of this blog entry. You may have caught this news item ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of ... . If the program beats the humans, the field of artificial intelligence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  admit rate of 10%, or about one of every ten applicants. We have offered a ... together a class. I know I speak for all of the admissions officers when I say that this has been a very difficult admissions process because of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  Dining is such a fancy word. Think of the different mental pictures ... regardless of what you call it, there are many, many ways to acquire sustenance at MIT. Some of these include: Meal plans 5-star restaurants

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  Ruth said: "Seriously, update! A more pictures, less blocks of text ... , gracefully has her cake and eats it too. And the rest of Conner 2 (plus ... ? Well, I finally made it home and then spent a lot of time catching up on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  past At the beginning of the semester, upon looking at my overloaded ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my ... many finals I would have to take at the beginning of the semester instead

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  MIT, whose offer I accepted), and denied seven times. In fact, two of ... lot of work to do. So, when I arrived on campus, I was pleased to see ... ;         A helpful hacker forwarded the text of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Olympics). We entered every event offered. We won most of them, but I think ... Buick Regal — not the whole car but about 200 parts (which is about 1% of ... a great time and had some good crews (was voted EARC coach of the year

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  that's the whole point of a technology showcase but let me FEEL!) I'm a ... didn't even know about until a couple of my friends told me to register ... a quarter of the displays. The Las Vegas Convention Center is huge

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  Technology Lab). We spent a few more hours building our model of a house in ... mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It ... , a land of glue, x-acto knives, mounds of paper, pencil and pens

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... other bits and pieces of buildings strewn throughout Boston and Cambridge ... , one of the speakers during my Orientation challenged my classmates and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  technology public policy strongly guides the future of science education and ... ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP (Independent Activities Period)...It's one of my favorite times of the year

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony ... terms of competitive college admissions and how we (meaning all colleges ... down a notch - otherwise the lives of high school students are destined

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  write 6,000 words of blog entries on an 8-hour train ride, if you just choose MIT as your undergraduate institution. Basically my job has evolved ... the form of a McDonald's in Marseille, France. Seriously. As Samuel L

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  Last day of lab Friday was my last day at my UROP lab after three years of research. I cried. Thankfully, I didn't cry until after I got ... crying in front of people. On Thursday, my postdoc took me out to lunch

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  Last Thanksgiving break, a few of my friends and I visited Acadia ... Airbnb months in advance, creating an itinerary of trails to hike, and even ... friends objected. “Don’t people drive on the left side of the street in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  years ago!) This summer, one of our goals was to find another sea turtle ... more than 2 months to no avail… One of the nights we wrote a poem with ... and started laying her eggs. It was around an hour or so of her mainly

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  . 450 degrees is also okay. Add a generous amount of salt and pepper and ... degrees Fahrenheit. Pour about a cup of olive oil into a large bowl. Add a ... This is the more hardcore half or so of the 42 recipes. Most of these

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013