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  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  like: Have faith in the fact that everything you’ve put forth has been a decision you’ve made/ You’ve put a stamp of approval on every part of the ... came out, some of you were happy and would have found the above message

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  ) { // So at the beginning of every semester Matt sends out an email to the bloggers reminding us about the so-called “free” blog post, where we can ... this semester. I’m quite happy about that fact, because I enjoy the more

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the ... tradition known as the Novembeard ("No Shave November" in some regions, or "Beardvember"). The rule are simple. Don't shave, and try and grow the heartiest

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  to no longer be among the 'babies' of the school, to be replaced by the ... , but that doesn't do any justice to the individual ups and downs I've been through this past year. So instead, I'm going to start at the very

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  Wesomeness." (The C didn't want to join the little acronym party, because its still hanging around campus. It'll probably never detach itself from the Pure aWesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  've experienced the five stages of grief (one of the few things I managed to retain ... you can't fix it? Do you really work for the Apple Store?" BARGAINING ... AppleCare!" DEPRESSION: After sending the Mac to a third-party Apple

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school ... to the Museum of Science, one to a theater production of "There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  As the NY Times article states, this whole blogging thing "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the dawn of the Facebook ... . During my CPW in April 2003 (wow), I took some photos of all the madness

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  O.M.G. It's over, finally. For the last two weeks all of the upperclassmen have been orienting the froshies, and now it's over. You may have noticed a severe drop off in the number of blogs, which may make perfect

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  "the new Ben." For those who don't remember Ben Jones I can instead say that my name is Dave and I'm the new Communications Manager for Undergraduate Admissions. That roughly translates into being the person with a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And ... two things that I want to throw at you today in this entry. The first ... , bad blogger) but I do have this fancy webcam on my new Macbook (yes, the

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  Without Borders - the Taiwanese version) into the Aborigines villages in ... dealing with the genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic nematode ... America, traveling from Panama to Nicaragua to Honduras with the same

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  . Thanks a lot!] I read the blogs a lot as a prefrosh. And sometimes, one or three of the bloggers would drop off the face of the earth for a little ... think, "PSHHH." "Pshhhhh," I would think. "If I had the honor of being an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  with cameras, taking pictures of the most random, well, crap, that I ... start to get angry. Be smart, take a picture of the tree when people aren ... to see. So, without further delay, I'd like to talk to you about the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  [by Jenny Nelson '09] What's the craziest thing that you've ever wanted to do during the summer? Me, I wanted to go to Europe. I had never ... students all over the world to participate in internships, and they try and

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  :45am: I actually wake up. I look outside and see that the bad weather ... together. 8:10am: I drop off the CPW Festival programs at CopyTech (the ... on their way for tonight's event. 8:20am: Ben starts spreading the word

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  Like you might have read on some of the other blogs, the EA Telethon ... you guys. The night was particularly entertaining when we started ... . It was pretty funny when I looked at the sign-in sheet and saw the name

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  on my project since day one, but ALSO the week of our last mandatory ... excitement I thought I'd start the photo series on my classes this term (the ... case you want to pop by with a muffin and say hi. Don't forget the muffin

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  Exam week starts, and before I know it I’ll be graduating. Where has the ... was a no-brainer. My anticipation was compounded by the fact that I had ... only completed about 5 of the applications by mid-December (under the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite ... the way, but that isn’t so important. :) 11.002 (Making Public Policy

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006