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  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  middle-of-nowhere suburbia, at 3am. Power lines and a small rickety corner ... . Look at what we do for you. We almost fell prey to a demon ... : especially 1) the state trooper at IHOP and 2) friends we ran into there). I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  at one of the top engineering schools in the country, or that the guy ... parents at some point. I'll wait.) So it was certainly an overwhelming ... to start at around 12-12:30, so naturally they asked us to get there at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... 's quite the character. I had to look at my photos carefully to make sure I ... ). Students get their rings at the end of sophomore year, and wear them with the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  interning at a fairly large Asian public health clinic in Oakland, CA. During ... medicine at the slightest sign of a recurring cough or a stuffy nose that ... 's worth of medicine. At MIT, I'm covered under the MIT Extended Student

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  : pika is an independent, cooperative living group at MIT headquartered in ... neighbors over for dinner.) No surprise that I've decided to room at pika ... clear.). At this point, however, I think I need to learn how to live with

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  community. In fact, the first sorority ever founded at MIT was the ... . The second sorority ever founded at the Institute in 1980 was the ... though, Greek life at MIT is as diverse as its student body and includes

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  with each other. The dorm gives them an annual budget to spend at their ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time ... did my show at 7am and stayed to answer phones for Ben '09. He does the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  here.) Kevin wants to know: How is the food at MIT? The food at MIT is ... those at MIT? Is it easier to get a good grade because of grade inflation ... I've taken all my classes at MIT save for just two classes at Harvard

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  (whose number I still can't remember), a monthly metro pass, my own desk at ... here Saturday afternoon and was met at the airport by Mónica, who is the ... outside my apartment at 2 AM than 2 PM, so it's pretty cool place to live

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  's pretty much the same then at this time of the year. Although I can ... easy). Quite soon, after you begin taking exams at MIT, you'll be ... ) to be at the borderline between a B and a C. Course policies really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  jerk all the time. I mean, not all the time. Today I was looking at an ... 4 years at MIT, if you ever ask yourself, "Do I have time for a ... could never understand any of that math stuff!" (that's okay, I'm bad at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  insist on denying that the future is rushing towards me at a terrifying ... how much enjoyment I get out of yelling at the television during ... Adelaide would like it so much, so she suggested that Adelaide at least keep

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  beyond capable of accomplishing what high school is throwing at you. So if ... things actually are. Because chances are, you're looking at them under the ... to eachother and the only vocabulary you knew at the time didn't even

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... a one-year (or sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you ... knew all at the very same time. And you’d wake up every day knowing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  an R&D center at a chemical plant, so when I interview there, I don ... , when I interview at home, someone showing up in a suit will probably make ... and prospective students that I'm available to talk at any time, before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  at least once a semester from the end of freshman year to the end of ... you want to soldier on, though, you can just look at the degree ... Hi! At CPW, some students in Macgregor were telling me that a lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  grader, but not because of the grade they gave me at all. See, I have this ... to make sense of the math as I worked through it. At the end of the ... that (plus "so there!" at the end) on my next pset but well

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  cool artsy exhibits worth checking out. Anyway, my story begins at Rotch ... 'm at Rotch, and I've milked Barton for books already. Then I milk Vera ... on the way back at 5 am. Sadly, MIT doesn't have either of these papers

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 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…

  

  a musician at first glance! And coming from what essentially amounted ... practical. Luckily, at MIT, many of the classes you take outside of the core ... Lamsweerde's "The Forest" series, from 1995. (Take a look at the other images

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  honest, I won't be offended by anti-Jersey jokes at all. I understand and ... so much that I've become personal friends with the teen librarian at my ... order. I'm spending this summer working as a lifeguard at Runaway Rapids

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005