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  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  begin, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure, by telling you the ... organizations for some scholarship help and off I went. For the first time, I was ... first sociology class, which opened my mind beyond the issues of my rather

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  also a tricky one. My first reaction to reading this part of the prompt ... social dynamics, and touting the supremacy of [annotation note="I will DIE ... The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  carts of food careening through the aisles and pointing at the nicest ... , handled some of the larger and more dangerous explosives for us. And, uh ... below, there were about a hundred and fifty or so over the course of five

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  , Illinois, the DC area, Florida, and more. Complete list of MIT Central ... you expect? First, the admissions officer and the local Educational ... Beginning tomorrow through the middle of October, my Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  last year for the commencement of the Class of 2011. And it's echoed in ... MIT. In a few months, the Class of 2016 will register for their first ... and author. You may have seen Moneyball, the movie based on his

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I ... bunch of activities you need to take care of, and you want to minimize the ... A couple entries ago, I described 6.046 (Design and Analysis of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  first problem sets, sampling a slew of clubs, and losing sleep all the way ... topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not ... discussing philosophy, the role of ethics in science, and the power of wordplay

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  solid ice covering the road and everything around it. It's the lack of ... 'm hands down a "mountains-and-forest" kind of guy, but the giant sequoias ... , whose only concept of the outdoors is an item that is outside the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and elsewhere [...] on the ... graduate student and co author of the research. "The thinking was that the ... . Despite the American reputation of not being a soccer-friendly country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  Huang and Vivian Tang, works under the supervision of Camp Kesem National ... . For first-year camps like ours, the factor that limits the number of ... provide…a safe place to be kids again and have fun, a network of other kids

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  and 524 steps to the top of the Koelner Dom. Pictured here are Katy '08 ... not to do that. And here's Ling '07 at the top of one of the spires ... hazards" and erotic implications of chocolate throughout the rococo era, is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  out of the dorm and into a fraternity for the summer and have gone ... away from eighteen years of the expected. And so I moved, 3,000 miles ... still eat peanut butter and jelly out of the jar from a spoon. I still

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  operated so I could maintenance it when it got jammed, and how some of the ... One of the greatest parts of college is independence. One of the ... . Same classes, same classmates, everyone is doing the same assignments and

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , had probably the second best time of my life (getting accepted and learning Calculus are tied for first - I'm quite serious), and knew ... , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  weather is lovely. I'm so excited for Orientation and all of the activities ... Massachusetts jury duty during the first week of school. Stay tuned for an ... are from the theme song , which JJ Abrams, the creator of the show

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  hunts, and the like, which is why I was fascinated to hear that one of my ... of cables, exposed wires, and tubes. the 'organism' extends its limbs throughout the space, and its body, amalgamated from years of broken garbage

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  middle of it, in the process missing the first hour of our ultra ... the slipstream flow of my blood through the needle, and how the blood ... the first oncogene. A 5 on AP Bio gets you credit for it, and there

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  brighter and I can see the first rays of the new day. I remember writing in ... home), and I even saw the first snow of the year a few days ago. It ... , and partying, the months of August, September, October, and now

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT developed the first college undergraduate programs ... inducted or inaugurated or initiated or something into the MIT chapter of Tau ... throwing a freshman into a shower the night before the first 8.01 exam, they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  have to indicate the gender preference of our host. Ex. I am female and ... about varsity women's and men's tennis (and all of the other varsity ... attention to the Class of 2010, and the new SAT (and ACT and TOEFL) will be an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005