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  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  there's one item I've been staring at guiltily for far too long: blogging ... idea pop into my head at the strangest of moments, and quickly jot it ... on at 4 in the morning, but I'd rather talk about it when it's done so

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  parts are back at school today - I dropped my brother off at school this morning, meaning I woke up at 7:15 (the horror!). The house is empty and I ... still loved the class even at the end of the semester, even when I was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  , and I'm still not done with work. - I went to get an eye exam at a ... free at 8 pm on Thursday. Yup - 4 hours before most everyone else in our ... right now?" "Uhhh...in your room?" "Nope. At the theaters. About to watch

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  -signed papers saying that I'm allowed to travel alone, I am finally back at MIT ... life. Camp Kesem kicks off tomorrow at 8 am, and I'm so excited about it ... ; we're definitely going to be the most awesome group at camp =P Sorry

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  are). How did I wind up at MIT, you ask? One fateful Saturday morning while attending a community service event at my high school, I broke into ... Track teams here at the ‘tute, in which I get to hang out with some of the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  at home for just a little while and to immerse themselves in pure camp ... raising at least $400. In general, I'm not that great at fundraising because ... delightful manner), and practice skills we'll need at camp. I admire each and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  Applicants who have been watching the online tracking system at My ... to happen: The document arrives at MIT Mail Services (in Building WW15 ... envelope may not go into the tracking system at the same time). In parallel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  , James Lipton, and Bernard Shaw, I present to you my attempt at journalism ... major who has been a campus leader at MIT for the past 4 years. In ... a chance to hear what she had to say about her experiences at MIT

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  #1 and #3 together, we've put at least 10 hours into #2 so far just to ... 'm taking data for my thesis at this very moment. After tomorrow I'm handing ... with my advisor at the beginning of term, he threw down a dusty volume of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  Assistant Director for Minority Recruitment at MIT…..which is in Kendall ... master’s at UMD and now I’m a Terrapin If anything, I can say that this ... and my tie was straight Looked at my office, I was finally there To sit

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Student Loan Art Collection at MIT's List Visual Arts Center. The Student ... Professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton above, "Making Applesauce At MIT." Others are more abstract works, like the Francesco Clemente at right. Unfortunately

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  students? [answer at the end of the entry] Beginning Sunday until the end of ... here. You might be wondering, what happens at these meetings? What ... Counselors (MIT alumni interviewers, also known as ECs) will greet attendees at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  . I am not nearly as advanced as Kathy, so I have no lab work at all ... , and you will acquire literacy to write your own. At MIT, students are ... seems we can only focus on one at a time. *** "So, which has better

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  ) spent this evening at MIT. Though she was born in London and raised in ... , bad one.) The timing of the talk wasn’t great; it started at 7 pm ... MIT) that ends at 6:30 pm. I knew I wasn’t likely to get a good

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  at 0530. I might have woken my roommates, but it was early enough that ... and accomplish my goals, both in my navy life and my life at school. I ... activity can make me more productive. The Navy ROTC program at MIT also

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  ¡Buenos días! from Spain! While these festivities are going on at ... on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II ... every day (from 10 AM to 1 PM) and at least one test every day of class

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  a desk job at the BNSF Railway's national operations center, working ... , by automobile - but at least it's not too long) and into my work ... up via Bluetooth to my GPS. I had to get out of bed and look at the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  Chamberlain claimed to have slept with almost 20,000 women. Since he was 56 at ... Perform it at your own senior recital! But tell me first so that I can ... impossible, or at least needlessly complicated. I got a lot of praise from the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006