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  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  finals in the past two days (6.0001, 20.110, and 5.13) and the looming cloud of the 7.03 final was fraying my nerves. I’m sure the actual weather ... pencil down and saying goodbye to genetics, at least for the time being, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  Halloween was yesterday, marking the end of the spoopiest of months ... you were wondering). This year I was far more concerned with all the ... -themed care package a week or two ago, which was probably the most festive part

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  here in Texas - people up north are yankees, and people who live on the ... Sox fans are okay with being called Yankees. I don't mind the names, it ... times I feel a lot of pressure.  But for the most part, when people find

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  . So, I thought I'd post a few up here. To spare you the trouble of ... MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I ... people or the world, and that I'm not smart enough to pursue what I want to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  sweat* I know you are counting down (consciously or unconsciously) to the hour of the decision release. Many of you will be glued to your computer ... loving MIT and choosing the institute as one of your college options. Thank

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  immediately hooked after watching the documentary Objectified http ... Boston and the greater New England community that we are a design capital of the world. On October 6th I went to my second DMB event where The

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  consider the Spain and Mexico programs at first, I ended up choosing Germany ... students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of ... based only upon the places that look most fun to live in - while being

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  member of the Kult of Kamen. One of the (many) things Dean Kamen has said ... (#winning) still construct the archetypes we pattern ourselves after. This is an issue I've written about before in other venues on the subject of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for me to write this entry. I've spent the last 24 hours alternating ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  Some friends and I were chatting the other day, marveling at how ludicrously fast the semester was flying by when one of them pointed out exactly why that is. Turns out, the combination of September starting on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  from a while back) Oy! Welcome to the much-belated “what I’m doing this ... . Unfortunately, the only ones of you who might’ve believed that my post ended there are likely the ones viewing MIT admissions on smartphones, to whom I say

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  , decisions will be posted. For regular action applicants, the deadline is ... . But it may be the MIT students who have it toughest of all: it is finals week for the fall semester. Here's how the bloggers (most of whom have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  The Records Office has processed all application components received ... should have the following: Application Part 1, Application Part 2 ... Requirements, and, if applicable, Interview Report. What happens if the tracking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  . I feel like it was used in some previous i3 publication (the handbook with photos of the various dorms distributed to incoming freshmen during the summer), but I'm not sure where I could find it... Sean said: So

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  to walk rush from my 6.336 lecture in 10-250 to the 6.131 lecture in 34-101. I was moving quickly down the hall last Thursday, not paying attention ... mentioned it before in her blog). Last spring I was the Membership Vice

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  thousand thirty-two hundred eighty semi-hours How do you measure the life of ... Something called BCC It's time now, to sing out Though the spamming never ends Let's celebrate Remember a year in chain email spam Remember the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the fact that the earth's revolution around the Sun is not perfectly 365 days. So, every 4 years (or, in the case of years that satisfy yr# mod 100

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  families and speaking Spanish almost 24/7! 28. 21F.782 covers the entire ... (we cover the equivalent of one week in normal semester schedule every day). 496. Other than the classes, there's plenty of time every day to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  , one is a Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society, another handles ... inspiring, and I wish her all the best: Kimberly Moore '90, SM '91 Youngest ... worked as a secretary and a waitress, Moore was the first in her family to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Amazon.com sold out of their entire stock of the Wii on the morning of November 19, 2006, in less than one minute. So Mitra ... Garten, the incomparable host of TV's Barefoot Contessa, was coming to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007