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  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  arrived on Saturday from Florida, where I was spending time with my family ... lounge with three other people. Normally, it's several more - something ... 's finals schedule does not correspond with ours. Which, if I were you, would

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  Let me start with a confession. Last year, if you had told me that I ... 're already more than three-quarters done with high school, and one more year ... will get through. With that said, let me officially welcome all of you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I'm writing to you with ... ) DENTIST: (secretly communicating with Nurse by morse code) Hahah! She thinks ... with the post-production department and headed off to instead both work

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  bike up, you don't have to push up and pull over and wrestle with the ... everywhere." [...] Thanks, -Laura Craig is working with his friend from ... is frustrated with a lack of secure, simple, elegant storage options

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  , especially when there are only three other girls playing with thirty boys ... across the street!" "What's wrong with you? Don't you see the two of them ... , or the second kid for swearing loudly and publicly with the knowledge

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  for simply being awesome. With four bloggers graduating, we ... bloggers living there (no longer the case with Sam and Mitra graduating ... lot) with my family. To those of you who call Vermont home: I am jealous

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  experiences with the professors and administration here. I dropped Aero ... UROPS! If I didn't get this particular job, I would have gone with the ... YOU GET TO DO! And I'm just a dumb sophomore with okay grades and very

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  just spent the day with Ruthie '07, Lauren '08 and Jeff 'G playing hookey ... for no other reason, because I got to have a 13-word conversation with ... TO TALK TO STEPHEN COLBERT! Ruthie '07 only later came up with the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  sustainable infrastructure in place, coal--with carbon sequestration in place ... year's senior class had the opportunity to contribute to this report with ... basically like CPW except with even more free stuff and free airfare, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  with ten or so others the minute they get wet, and think it's okay to ... :) Here are my records… anyone with more complete records, please, by all ... share the wisdom I gain from college with you, so here it is: don't be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  requirement while helping out with a major? Daniel W said: You're required to ... in your mouth and start to screw with your teeth so you have to get ... landed in the jail cell with Mercer to beat the you-know-what out of him is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  Scale Write & Record Rock Music Fun with High Voltage Space ... this? Looks nice. And in that first picture where the guy with the blue ... -Conner. Unlike the other dorms, it's laid out in suites, with 6-8 suites on each

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  ’s right, MIT requires you to graduate with a strong mind and body, while ... , and so I randomly rank classes that happen to fit in with the rest of my ... how to swim, just not with any style or grace. So I showed up on the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  ’s just so freaking cute! Of course, he’s totally in love with Veronica and ... application proce[ss]. I hope you can help me. What do I do with the teacher ... pages with the appropriate identifying information the college wants

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  . You cannot cope with the growing mess. Essential household repairs may ... interesting nonetheless, which is a story for another day. Anyway, armed with ... , where I had come up with the great idea that unpacking everything I owned

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  laughing maniacally. Another lady comes up to the counter with a bag. "42 ... for you and your burrito. Especially with ketchup. You see a long line ... with the crazy hair in 7D. (At least you HAVE hair for them to set on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  with MIT. She received the Gold Medallion 2006 Hispanic Heritage Youth ... engineer because it combined math with science, which she also liked. At ... systems and served as her research practicum mentor. With Flores' grades

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  classes with MIT's American Jiu-Jitsu Club, including a "knife defense" one ... cat shelters and fixing bikes for poor kids with Alpha Phi Omega. Took a ... for Dorm Rush. Helped out with parties on my hall. Helped choose new

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  these programs also have special connections with many companies, so some ... are a great way to really get involved with a research project, since ... publications! Andddd, it's known to be more relaxed than a job in industry, with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  good general rule. Step three: Start with the Infinite. The Infinite ... buildings with helpful signs. Step four: Know the natives, and don't be a ... 'm heading to the lab, know the numbering system, start with the Infinite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006