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  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... can answer this question: when New Orleans rebuilds, what can be done to ... from the affected areas: you've probably seen the message elsewhere on My

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  , the absolute best job that you can possibly find on the MIT campus. I ... 's gonna be due back on the 29th!" Sometimes you're asked to make movie ... this fine afternoon, heading to the Laboratory for Energy and the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  . Taking junk off of my bed at night and throwing it on the floor is nothing ... week after week, the cleaning staff will eventually get tired and stop ... table the other day and Zach '08 arbitrary declared, "Meara ['09], you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  idea if we'll be going to the waitlist, and if so how many students we ... For next year's prospective applicants: This week, I'm out on the ... , parents, and guidance counselors in the Mid-Atlantic states. Currently, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  [annotation note='including writing one on the blogs last semester!']I adore,[/annotation]and ... (and sestinas in particular), and, now, we are starting on the blogs ... our poetry. Fatima: For the past semester, Alan and I have been reading

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  January 1. If you are applying on paper, have the Post Office postmark and ... back and answer the questions that I can (please limit your questions to ... With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  this should be company policy, since I had already handled the food and ... on the bus, and then I called Mitra to settle things from an economic ... This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your college. I think all of the colleges has a matriculation ceremony on the ... took nearly 5 hours. And the food was simply amazing. We were invited to

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  and seems to be dying to see the world. He’ll be following me around as ... can find him poking his head out of the door and watching what’s going ... to my room after having left the door open and I'll close it on my way

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  as single sex, and suites in Burton-Conner can be either co-ed or ... , and that you can't paint the ceiling (I admit that this one seems kind ... , you can do whatever you want. My roommate and I just painted the room

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  be serious and silly at the same time. For example, today is the ... . As the artery which connects most of the main academic and administrative buildings, it's probably the only place that everyone on campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  mnemonic. I'll select a top five on Sunday, and then voting can occur through ... the Bell where Zach Morris joined the quiz bowl team but then the token nerd, Screech, got sick and Zach had to help carry the team. One of his

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  - Go through some of the MASLab tutorials so that I can be useful to the ... it pulled an all-nighter the night before, and considers 7 hours peachy ... , it considers itself deprived on less than 8.5 hours per night, and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  . You’re putting yourself on paper. Recognize the things you did and fell in love ... them, haven't you? Do the stats and titles make you want to be their ... every Saturday morning, you may not be on your own. Don’t read the “top

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  makeup on and showed up at the gym an hour and a half early. After running ... . Some of the cheerleading alums came back to watch the game and cheer on ... members at the Activities Midway. We mostly utilized free candy and the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  logging on to the server at the same exact time so they can have enough time ... and started to explain to the girl behind me what the picture would be ... you stand near the 50 and look slightly northeast, you can see Kresge

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  transition from being at one of the greatest intellectual hubs on the planet to ... loneliness can be cured, and you gotta do that somewhere. When I am sick with ... and i thought about how absurd it was that i was even allowed to be

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... at writing something, and the deadline is so close I can feel its [annotation note="can someone draw this for old times sake?"]icy breath on the

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  on three black circles. in particular, the triangle can look even ... collection of black and white shapes. on the other hand, to me, it appears ... , handling chores, thinking about the semester, and so on. and all of these

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  a thesaurus. Anyway, the same part of my brain happens to be writing ... and duly put a check next to the “Theorize-about-things-that-aren't-useful” box. She approved my decision, signed off, and sent me to the student

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009