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  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  waking up at 10:30 AM everyday to nothing but enjoying sunshine, pointless ... forward to the alarm ringing at 6:45 AM. I drive an hour to work – which begins at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. This would be

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  I woke up at 8 this morning after passing out on my computer around 4 ... at MIT, you're probably really into art. You're probably a huge nerd ... your life at MIT. And if art isn't already a part of your life, but you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  lectures about Haitian culture and sustainable development. At the same time ... take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila ... D-Lab, a lab/class at MIT that focuses on sustainable technology in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in ... crazy-successful at taking advantage of everything CPW has to offer ... managed to record the performance, please share!! At yesterday's Women

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  student center to battle it out for a shot at glory! So how much would you ... Lady Gaga tickets at TD Banknorth cost at least $200, but for you dear ... just as weird as Lady Gaga, but much better at math. However, just in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  you want to try at home with your vacuum cleaner. Ours is very different ... of the Rubins Lab at MIT. Her lab hosts a number of undergraduate UROP ... number of MIT grads in space at one time, though -- last November, 4 MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  're pretty good at reading titles. If you guessed I'll be working at Los Alamos ... orders aside, you are correct. I will be working at Los Alamos National ... can exploit to make higher and higher temperature superconductors. At

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  . As you begin having more questions about life at MIT as a freshman, and ... asking questions at the Orientation blog mitorientation.org The Orientation ... "locker") and a website at http://www.mit.edu/~yourusername.And, of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  while everyone else was frolicking in the snow or relaxing at home, I was waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really!) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  attempting to fall asleep, having heard stories of people doing this at times ... free coupon books at the MIT bookstore instead of one to mitigate the ... problem set that had a lot of e and no m and ate Thai food at an advising

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  colleges in the Northeast over three days. At the time, I was fairly ... of one of the athletics buildings.That night we stayed at the Marriott Hotel on MIT's campus. We were given some free time before our curfew at

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  a common source of pizza and rolls at MIT.) And that made my day ... Charles River, building an amphitheater at a Boy Scout Camp, sending books to prisoners, performing a variety show at a nursing home, working with

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  that a while when we were walking and later eating at a quiet thai ... when walking home, feeling happy and full with a sunset hot at our backs ... could I would. --------- Being at such a crossroads in my life

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  breakfast but the line was ridiculous. At 7:45 am (most people hadn't arrived yet): We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, the "gineers" :) At 9 am: Ah, the bond of the brass rat: At 9:45ish, we began to leave

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  people. FRESHMAN YEAR IS OVER! 1/4 of my time here at MIT is officially ... John Estrada '11 -- Working at home in New York doing HVAC and duct design Maddie Hickman '11 -- (More than likely) doing a UROP at MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  exceptions to rules here at good old M.I.T. Anyway, I wasn't really around for ... uncomfortable lecture halls at MIT: The Green Building is something like 21 ... many times as you can in four hours (bananas and Gatorade provided at the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  practically non-existent). I realized last year that I'm a lot better at trying to organize people than I am at actually solving puzzles, so I've been focusing on doing that. Every day since Friday, I've shown up at noon, sat

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  even though we're working at full speed, they keep giving us puzzles ... that the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight found the coin at 8 ... , because Otto broke down his will. The investigation is shutting down at this

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  hosts a reception at his enormous hilltop mansion, "WestWind." The ... folks I saw at the reception were Prof. Woodie Flowers, my old dormmate ... saw someone from your team... While the company at the event was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  Right now, I'm sitting at home at my dining room table, with a big ... , Every school night (Sunday-Thursday), promptly at 11 pm, one can hear the cacophonic calls of "Cocoa! Cocoa!" echo through East Campus. Or at least we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007