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  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  much we may HTFP some days, MIT students actually do care about the world outside of campus and have the resources to do something to change it, which we do to the best of our ability. People here know we have the power to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  year old, could do a better job than the current members. (Sorry to ... High School." I mean, really. What, do they call it "High Tech" for short?! Answer: yes. How do I know? Well, after 4 years of being asked the same

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  thing. Many students emphasized how they were able to do deeper projects ... most people don't go into an internship hoping to feel stupid. What do you guys think? What do/would you look for in an internship? Your

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  'll tell you more about studio later, but do know that finishing up sketches ... 've decided to go there, shove resumes in people's faces, and generally just do ... ? Classes make me do lots of cool things besides sitting in a room and

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  ...well, now you have. I chose to do my concentration in Theater Arts. This will ... all of the courses at MIT are numbered, but where do we get off throwing ... .) Within a few weeks we'll settle on a final product, do some detailed design

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  . "Sure! I'll take a ride back, why do you have to go to Boston?" Turns out ... asking questions and learning about various businesses and colleges. Doing ... Ingeeni Studios. I don't know what they do, but I know that they were one of

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  whatever it is that you're officially "doing" this summer, summer days pile ... recycling bin of everything you wanted to do in Boston during the school year ... -price college night, and we took their website's claim of "All you have to do is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  to just say it rhymes with "data." How do you pronounce "data?" That ... from last year, you can go ahead and get your "What activities did you do ... everything, which I recommend you doing as well. I'll make one up and post it

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  dry labs include physics and EE labs) and an opportunity to do something ... , I tried to do numerical analysis of the propagation of radio waves in ... tens of millions of Kelvins. The best way to do this is by blasting the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  tomorrow. If you don't hear from your host tonight, don't worry -- we do have ... through it -- please let us know, we do have backup hosts. The CPW "Weather ... keep your eyes peeled for what's important to you in a college, and do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  -playing. The players are essentially actors, doing their best to act out the ... . (Although I do not currently have a picture of it, my favorite costume thus ... writing the way I do, you might consider writing a game of your own. A

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  't have a whole ton of time for an awesome entry right now, but I do have ... stories. Shock Monkey I woke up the other morning and, as I do every ... the opportunity to be snarky (PSETs will do that to you): "Why are you

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  she do it? Last week I saw Musical Theater Guild's Wild Party, which ... about myself whenever I don't have pictures for you guys, or I do have ... Monologues. I'd never seen it, but it's pretty famous so I was excited to do

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  can do that, look! The record is only 14, and you get an hour and a half to do it, how is that even hard!?" Matt and Ben were skeptic. I was ... said "Do you know the rules? As many hot dogs as possible, an hour and a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  do have any burning questions about MIT, you can always leave them in ... email. We'll be happy to help. Additionally, I do have two important ... point. ;-) And now I'm going to stop writing and let the photos I took do

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  normal, everyday prose, I decided that it'd be far more amusing to do so in ... science innovation   Boston Rain Although MIT is where I do most of my ... wanted to do was take the T Boston Rain Who knew Mother Nature had other

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  we all still hang out and go out and do things together. People here ... to do or someone to see. "Wolf Lights," 2004, by Joan Jonas After ... I'm doing both. In a sense, the two influence each other. I'm a better

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  while, I'll try to do a recap of last term, which was fantastic, but ... classes that claim to do this same thing, and probably many of them do, but

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  do while punting? Well, just for future reference all you prospective class of 2012 freshmen, here’s what I’ve been doing whilst avoiding ... have also enjoyed my time doing it. MIT is about having fun, I still hold

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  each unique MIT experience. Not to sound cheesy, but you guys are doing ... Organization) and focus part of her blogging on the work that MIT is doing ... House, and is trying to decide between 5, 7, and 20. He's going to do Mission

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007