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• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to ... ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  I'll be honest with you––actually, brief aside here, have you ever heard someone tell you that they won't be honest with you? It makes me laugh to think about someone paradoxically telling you with all

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  of these actors and actresses look good. And they amaze us with their ... . But the ensuing string of comments didn’t agree with me at all. Her own ... as agreeing with her. I was surprised. I thought that the word nerd

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  teacher wasn't named Mrs. Andrews? Deal with it.) didn't tell you was how ... and Lex with blue hair, Kerry and Clark with purple, Sarah and Decker with red, Duncan with green-- and that's in just one walk down the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  with the decision-making process. In High School, I did a lot with FIRST ... not solely with academics” attitude. The Activities Fair was a blur: I ... with my calendar and plug everything in, to figure out where decisions

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  periods of time and then come back mysteriously with scratches on my face ... seem to make it back with some sort of lame and totally transparent ... with a free sticker that said "HUG ME, I DONATED BLOOD TODAY" stuck to my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  scenes all of the time. A typical 2 hour class starts with a warmup, some ... with a partner or two. Then we perform, and get critiqued. We haven ... writing is really, really hard to stick with. It's incredibly difficult to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  Loved Rhetoric with Strang. I can say that now because I got my name ... this term. OMG why? What do I still have to do with that class? I ... after a shower. My skin was caked with dust and I dug out heaps of sand

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  . Went on a volunteer health trip with a medical group (think Doctors ... 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 / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  collections to construct new stories to share with others. Storytelling ... particularly wanted to work with the technology they had developed—super–8 film and synched–sound with modified mass-produced cameras

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  me, I'm trying to get everyone so familiar with what scientists and ... grad school someplace with palm trees, I spent 16 years at the Jet ... being along with Roald Amundsen at the South Pole, but warmer and with

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  -British-girl-group kitschy image they're trying to pull off, which has nothing to do with ... occasionally go "OMG SCIENCE!" about things.) I just shared that with you for ... ! (You want some wine with that cheesy intro?) Remember this Paint

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  , Colorado, and New Mexico to talk about MIT with students, parents, and other ... sarsaparilla -- interesting!). My workweek started with a "Math Jam" I conducted ... problem solving. The Math Jam was an online chat, with myself and MIT math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  was merely the best approximation that scientists had come up with. He said that if anybody could come up with an exact formula and prove it ... . Oh, the places you'll go with an MIT education. I actually never had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  friend Chris '09 back to Plymouth with us -- his dad works for the ... back here. So instead he came to Plymouth with us on his first visit to ... to laze around and watch War of the Worlds with Adam's dad (um, lame

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  (Note: to everyone who has emailed or commented with questions, I got ... to the Z Center with nothing to show for it, I headed up Mass Ave to ... extra brunch vouchers. I dined with her, Greg, and Christina. (It's about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  meet with the guidance staff there. After a fun meeting with about 10 ... had a nice dinner with Joe DiLiberto, the regional EC chair for central ... ordinary. Had a great time with Joe; hope to see him again next year

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  late with your host (who is probably a lot more nocturnal than you are ... -- so, girls, come on an overnight so you can stay with me and stare at my boyfriend! (Guys are welcome to come stay with my boyfriend and stare at him

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  birthday. Clayton decided that we would celebrate in style with a "Gentlemen ... John Cloutier are supposed to meet with MIT President Susan Hockfield to ... of clothing were supposed to go with other articles of clothing. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  Jack Barry Field.  I got the chance to catch up with Sydney P. ‘25 and ... when the recruiting process began, I quickly fell in love with the idea ... crossed — finish off our season with a NEWMAC Championship ;) Isaiah: The

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025