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  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  taught me: all that I have to be grateful for. I've got a great set of ... , professionally, academically, and personally; and more than anything, I am having such a great time here. My name is Kenny Lam, and I'm a current

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie - it’s actually because I’ve been doing architecture stuff and that ... ...and meeting deadlines. I won’t say too much about that because my blog has been

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  companies, is what a day as an intern is like. What would I be doing, who would I see, where would i go, etc. I figured that people would want to know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  case you are wondering, the admissions officer of whom I speak of is me ... I, and I am him....." Yesterday, there was terrible traffic in the ... just a mess for me to get back to the job from lunch. Eventually, I made

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach ... hideous polo shirts. I peered across the pier with my peers, homonymically. Overhead, a countable infinity of little stars twinkled, and I pondered their

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  I know you've had a lot on your mind this past week, so I understand ... , March 25th? I feel there should be a dramatic chord (or small mammal) to drive that point home. If the W3C weren't meeting down the hall I'd even

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  Today I neglected to bring a jacket to class. As the afternoon waned ... estimates, I caught six different strains of flu on the way home at 6:30 pm ... -fresh vegetables from MIT's weekly farmer's market, I barely noticed the initial

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will ... House as 6 different dorms - New House, iHouse, and 4 cultural houses ... about the MIT housing system as you guys actually get these booklets, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of the only hub of activity for miles, I waited. I was crouched, poised to act, my eyes focused directly forward. Out of my periphery I could see my comrades and I could sense that their resolve matched my own. A

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  I'm not a big sports fan. Never have been. Nashville doesn't have ... Titans, and they only moved there when I was 11. In the past, I've only passively watched sports, when I did. I've been to a couple of baseball games

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  last Thursday, and while I'm not big on getting dressed up, semiformal attire was "encouraged," so I sucked it up and put on a dress. I left ... entering the room, I'd put away my coat and picked up my ring. Two

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  Last week was one of those weeks where I had either a test or ... if by correcting our mistakes. It's a nice feature. Tuesday: I had a 7 ... something to do with codes. Thursday: 9.71 midterm. I was pretty happy about

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "Hey Ruth ['07], I need a did you know?" "Oh, those are ... of building 2?" "I don't know, I dont think milk vending machines are ... and strawberry and coffee and... wait, I can look them all up." "Okay, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip ... rent the car for two hours and split the cost between four people. I ... Charles River, just adjacent to East Campus. Now, I'm not much of a swimmer

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  and all that. I heard a lot of conversations on my way to the final ... , I'll fail his! [Pause] Actually, I'll fail mine too." "I heard that freshman exams were the easiest ones." "Let's hope so!" "I could go in there

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  . Don't forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again soon. But I was thinking today, as I sometimes do, when I am not doing ... -foot-tall letters thoroughly ingrained the structure of cyclobutane in my mind, and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... in the pre-mailing tasks. The letters have been printed (I held the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  I've discussed a number of famous and notable MIT alums here, but I ... college. "I realized I had forgotten the joy of doing basic physics problems," he said. "I began to see that there was an option that I had never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a ... /25 (Thanksgiving). The calendar, I think, reflects the fact that MIT students really ... how small. And let me tell you what, this weekend was just what I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  (Hey, I never finished those entries from the summer, so I have to sprinkle the remaining photos in somehow.) ;-) I was dining in Providence ... everything, 'Sweetheart'?" in the manner of an elderly grandmother. I started

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005