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  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2012. We received ... able to tell you more about their own personal stories, which I assure you are more interesting, compelling, and better written than anything I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  , to ponder. It's quite incredible really. Coming from the US, I had it easy overall. Growing up I spoke English from birth, and the few foreign words I learned were more novelties than anything else. But now

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  While browsing the internet, I stumbled across this video. While spectators waited patiently for the Zamboni to finish during a men's ice hockey team against Harvard this past season (we won, 5-3 :), Tim the Beaver

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  something I thought we’d been pretty clear about. Mollie blogged about it back ... , that “alumni relations” are “not considered.” And I can tell you, from ... from? After a little academic archaeology, this is what I found. In an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  next year. So this time of year I am asked all the time for advice on ... . As I recently wrote in an op-ed piece for the higher ed website Inside ... her personal growth and genuine enthusiasm for learning. In the piece I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  activities go, I'm usually only concerned with some subset of these activities ... .k.a. Write Your Own A.I. For A Game Of Heavily Bytecode-Limited Starcraft 6 ... to give jobs to. I've spent the past two IAPs doing internships for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  ? Should I still be hanging around reading the blogs? At MIT, a deferral ... .) What should I do now? Should I send in extra materials? The only thing ... . Should I send in a whole new version of my application, or all new essays

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  architecture that I would like to pursue in my graduate studies. [It] helped ... helped pin-point my area of interest that I wish to pursue in graduate ... been invaluable to my architectural and personal education, and I fully

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2011. We received ... emailed me, "i cannot imagine how difficult comparing 17000 applicants must be...there are actually like, too many good applicants. i weep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  admissions bloggers, or visit MIT's official site for LGBT issues. I remember doing the Housing Lottery—reading and watching i3s, visiting dorm websites ... culture from all that I knew. And it was especially hard to figure out one

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  great events to go to. I think everyone should go to one of the many dance ... primary concerns I get from students: 0) How can I do all of this? There ... abstracting biological nanospheres (which I'm almost sure I just made up) is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  - even easier - than before. With that in mind, I invite you to ... earliest memories, I'm climbing the steps to where I used to live and heading to the front door, but before I'm halfway there, I trip and skid my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as ... – but I suppose it’s passable for a just a few days. Thank God there was ... Saturday, but I had to rest on account of (a) the fact I was feeling a bit

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  the Best Way to Make a Difference. Sadly I was unable to get him to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  Tebow after the decisions were released. I knew about Tebow from talking ... I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would ... you'll get over it but you feel like you never will.[1] So if I can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  years, I have experienced a fair share of field trips, including a couple ... in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem ... - which makes me sad because I have to walk over to Baker dorm next door and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to the MIT Museum way up on the tippy-top of campus (where top = North), I ... finished the pieces in this woodshop. It's really the most beautiful loft I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday! (a.k.a my first video blog) vlogging? MEAT CAKE!

  

  . Ok so after that needlessly artistic intro and akward awkward segue, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 30, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  It's Thursday. On Monday I'm heading back to campus, along with ... to campus as a freshman, for almost more reasons than I can count. My ... "World Record Attempt." I don't know about you, but 41 people seems like

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Removing a hack This is too cool

  

  great dome, and a peek at what the dome looks like up close. I'm not aware

  • by Snively '11
  • May 22, 2009