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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  Terence '13 Christy '13 At the end of the article about Sean, I've attached a bonus related article. Enjoy! Fannin finds more than academics at ... their professors as they try to strike it rich at blackjack by counting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  my boyfriend's door is pretty good at attracting the ladies. Here ... Phone at opening his door every single time. Other things it beats Chris's phone at: finding things on maps, being good looking, etc. 2) Because the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  At approximately 11:20 pm on Tuesday night, Charles stepped on the ... the plastic-shelled handlebar (?) at the cart-pusher end of the grocery ... capable of speeding along four-lane traffic at 35 mph. We're in the middle

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Removing a hack This is too cool

  

  great dome, and a peek at what the dome looks like up close. I'm not aware

  • by Snively '11
  • May 22, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  around during the waitlist period; you will lose your deposit at the other ... people on the waitlist at this point, so we will notify hundreds of ... the best of luck at the college they've chosen. We also will keep some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  This past weekend was the legendary Campus Preview Weekend at MIT and ... getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to ... Center. Another mind-boggling architectural masterpiece at MIT. On Friday I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  closet at my old grade school, which was headquarters for some secret spy ... make a good blog entry.” Life at MIT does not make sense a lot of times, and this only really makes sense when you’ve been sitting at home

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  This is it, MIT is in the middle of finals week and the final grind is upon us. My last final is tomorrow morning (exactly 12 hours from now) and I have not yet begun studying. That's right, not even looked at

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  to laugh when people get really mad at me. I’ve wanted to go to MIT ... ’m at this school. That, and I have trouble waking up to alarms. So this ... ridiculousness that tends to be the story of my life, though, the ride should at

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  . In my case it's choice A.] On the 4-hour drive up, we stopped at Taco Bell (mmmm...soft tacos), and finally arrived at my parents' cabin around ... (my Mom recently got a Wii at her retirement party), and headed to bed

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  around during the waitlist period; you will lose your deposit at the other ... people on the waitlist at this point, so we will notify hundreds of ... the best of luck at the college they've chosen. We also will keep some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that ... . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture ... multicolored lights of Boston reflected in the Charles River at night, especially

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at ... staying on The 5th floor of The West parallel. And, I was at The MIT. It ... ! Becca '12 and I at Meet the Bloggers Tim '12 and I stuck in a knot at

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  myself *points at the banner* (perhaps bringing a stuffed penguin with me ... awesome. Meeting so many of you over the course of this weekend at random ... a better time than you did at MIT =p) in making an informed decision

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  working at the carousel, meaning I was at work 6 of the 7 days of the week ... began disappearing. I needed a job. I needed something to do at MIT that ... up a lot of your time. Here are my top ten ways to earn money at MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  a term at MIT. For some of you, this might entail working a part-time at the mall scooping fro-yo for snotty little kids or watching people ... ? Interphase starts at the end of June and goes until mid-August. So I’d say it

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  to cancel my room at Burton 1, since I'm not home day or night, and my ... from eight grueling hours of training. We're required to work at least 49 hours a semester, but if you want to be really good at your job you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  from any other source here at MIT. Everyone at MIT is learning technical ... only a year and a half at MIT, this concept of leadership has become much ... . At MIT, sometimes you need something other than intelligence to make

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  So where have I been? Short answer: doing work. Or just at work. I just got a UROP doing chemistry and molecular biology-related stuff in the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007