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

  

  disasters before, but never of this scale. We got off the plane, and the ... the poorest country in the Western hemisphere - and most of all, how to ... undeniable sense of hope here; there are still people dancing and singing in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  ) and provide evidence of the completion of my music concentration (3 ... should basically consist of a "memorable moment" in the first four bars and ... first part written already, and then the second part should kind of follow

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  that it's taken me an hour to summarize and pull out all of the ... to live within walking distance of MIT, but then I got old and traded the excitement of the city for peace, quiet, and space. Often I miss

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  the 10 AM test (also worth 12.5% of grade) to work on this, and that if ... 'd also suggested that we start early, but I had tests on Monday and ... only one TA there, and lots of people who needed help, so it took ages

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  , and WTP -- have their application deadlines next week. All three are open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  , but there are between thirty and forty undergraduate students living on ... undergrads of all years live here (freshmen and seniors are often best friends ... of the community and ensure the upkeep of tradition for years to come

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  going on titled "Youth Culture, Music, and Cell Phone Branding in China ... the beauty of free food and bhangra. Word. ... So on my way back from my BE.370 recitation, walking down the

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  , confused, and nobody else seems to know what's going on. All of a sudden our ... , beating out Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and a slew of other teams. Geeks with ... , MIT is awesome at pistol, and the range is on campus, why not join? I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  has a bunch of people that will buy a new system on launch day and thus ... DS at a special playing card laying on a table and, if you look at the screen on the 3DS, it will show the card, the table, and then little

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  skyline right in front of my eyes and friends right there with me. Our ... . Yeah, I have an orgo test on Wednesday and a paper proposal due that same day and a lab report due Thursday and a manual on electrodes to read by

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  ... and a sense of loss of the warmth inside of me... blah, blah, blah." And while CPW will probably indeed fill you with a sense of warmth and the ... the MIT Medical Reception on Friday morning, and the Activities Midway

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  bumped me out of the running. This year, however, I applied and after about ... most awesome stories, the coolest stuff I found on the Internet, and ... , and all sorts of MIT's lesser known tidbits. Sometimes I get yelled at

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  sleep. Oh, and we worked on problem sets (after which we ate more food ... work stand in the way of food. And seeing as I had been sleeping, as ... take up a quarter of the page, and to be printed in full color. Also

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  blog posts. On Friday nights, while the rest of MIT is hard at work ... colleagues are calculating the limit of sleep as time approaches 3 PM, and I'm stuck on a deserted island of pre-afternoon hours with nary a soul to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy ... Entrepreneurship. Besides providing a massive amount of mentorship, resources and ... community, both from resources and culture, I would not be working on my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  effective as ECs on behalf of the Admissions Office and of course, the ... (Written while on a Boeing 737 somewhere between Seattle, WA and ... Schmill ’86. We had a great group of students and families who attended (one

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  over 24 hours working on one of the problem sets, 15 (hours) of which ... ’s nighttime when my eyes open, and the middle of the day when I go to bed. In ... happy. And IAP has come with a fair amount of work, but not nearly enough

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  !" Catch you on the flip side of a p-set and 6.003 test! ... really long-winded and kind of boring entry while working Burton ... ... in case there's a chapping emergency, and one of them got lost -stain

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  issue of The Tech is out, and includes a story on CPW. It has some photos ... ." They talk back and forth about Sam's dream of becoming an astronaut and ... choice?" President Hockfield: "There is a huge amount of choice at MIT, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  that aren't on the tour, and, of course, some friendly advice. We can ... is lots of construction going on around campus and in Boston; our ... are on subway lines, so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006