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• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  and their friends and it would just propagate along. I ended up with one person who I knew from CPW, one person who went to high school with people I'd gone to elementary school with, and then one semi-random person

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  calculus homework notwithstanding, then crank through it in a night with a ... you go is littered with free food! AP classes also have more exams per ... . (That part's the gravy!) MIT is a hard place - I can say that with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  thing you could do would be to come here, stay with an MIT student, and ... conjunction with AP Computer Science and AP Calculus BC. Other examples: half of ... , I only do that a few times a week). We're social, especially with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  should be no technology issues with my presentation. In my defense I ... daughter Boomer if I thought I could have gotten away with it. Less I digress ... time I was ready. With no dead skunk aroma and a cup of Starbucks Venti

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  standards until you've learned to be satisfied with mediocrity. And so, in ... with my five sharpened pencils, opened the first page, and then I was all, "WHAT-side attack?!" I was rewarded for my feeble efforts with a 59, only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  Burton-Conner with loads of wash. Mitra used to say freshman year that at ... plain awesome with long hair. So, for a year and a half I just didn't get ... , with no other options, I turned to Diane, marching band mom

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  here with every intention of continuing my participation in the ... headed straight to Med. (Extracting DNA from mouse tails with a bladder infection is a poor choice, just in case you're ever faced with the decision

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  , including staining some neurons with antibodies and preparing for an ... the Z-Center pool in my bikini with Dave there). Now -- Defrying, eating Chex Mix, and chatting on AIM with leftcoast mom. :) The UCLA interview

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  were watching "Dancing With The Stars" instead! Well except this one ... . With regards to Beethoven, his late stuff is pretty awesome (with some ... MIT? I'm a pretty avid classical violinist with a passion for chamber

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  familiar with the various differences between international school systems. As with domestic applications, each international applicant is ... national exams are ranked by province with the best 100 candidates in each

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  't need to pack your schedule with APs to get into a good school. You know ... college was that, combined with a few other things in my application ... the blogs, and so many people are obsessed with statistics. My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  enough to post it here as well: As with most of my posts in the parents ... kids with perfect SAT scores and perfect grades and a gazillion AP ... with the choice, we will always choose "the right match*" over numbers

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  blog is starting to take off. Scheduling interviews with ECs Kathleen ... with the EC contact information...what do I write/say when I email ... ) -- and in fact he'll be temped on your hall. He's coming with Mom

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  still appreciate the idea. I got a veggie burrito with mango salsa, which ... anybody, except for this one Russian film version with a lot of broken ... going on with the ghost's freakishly long arms, waving, waving, waving

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  different dorms, and I've discussed campus issues with a lot of people in a lot of dorms, and I've discussed West and East with both West Campus and ... would find a lot of people who'd argue with that, no matter where they

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  , "The Man With The Screaming Brain," and what better place to premiere it ... starring in "The Man With The Screaming Brain," he also found time to write ... they wanted to go to this with me and they were all "Who's Bruce Campbell

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  asked with proportionate frequency, and on this night that question was ... often single variable calculus, can be fulfilled with AP/IB exams or ... each with a different focus, such as genetics/genomics or the environment

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  This semester, I took three classes. Two of them were math with my soon to be Ph.D advisor, and the third was with Marah Gubar-- an amazing ... with academia and (mental/physical) health. There's a lot I could say

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  morning with a bad headache. A splitting one, one that felt like someone ... stood up, and my head felt worse. With each step the earth quaked beneath ... with his hands down a block. Three slow staircases later, I was in my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  aims to help students and alumni with things surrounding employment. They ... that’ll hire you, but looking for an employer you want to work with. For ... arranges. It was with a professor in Course 1, which is Civil and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020