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  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must admit I'm a bit sentimental about this particular commencement. The Class ... undergraduates whom I helped admit, and I've seen them grow from small, squishy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  Growing up, I admit that I watched a decent amount of television. I wasn’t a couch potato by any means; I loved to go fishing with my ... another life. So I indulged in the visual fantasies, especially when I came

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  Please note that, as  Hello World! I'd like to introduce you to a ... my first year as an Admissions Officer and I was really impressed by everything that I saw. But often I found myself asking questions. "Cool! How

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

   "Emergency Morale Booster Night" and the content was: - Salut la maison! I hope ... resident Queen of Party, I've been getting the feeling that some of my party ... semester. So based on suggestions from some of you, I'm going to host an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  ultimate altruistic troll, but I bring it to you for a half-reasonable reason: this weekend reminded me of it. Several weekends ago, I was having ... one of them casually remarked, "Oh, I saw Mitra the other day

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  face the truth...about engineering leadership. As I hinted at in my last entry, Kevin '11, Joe '12, and I had an on-camera discussion about how GEL ... , over IAP! Photo by Sam Range '13. At 2:25, I then recall my first

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  I can write about this as if it happened last weekend. [Begin Time ... be used to, and things hit you one after another. Last week, I had ... class. All of this happened within four consecutive days. Ow. I got

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  -R: Jeanne, Jeanne's prefrosh) Which in turn really makes me wish I'd visited ... against an artificially-lit screen. Could I have seen the smoke that filled ... astray? Could I have chatted with the marathon runners, pageant winners

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  - what are YOU up to this summer?! I'm going to open this up to you guys - send me a picture of something cool you did/are doing this summer, and I ... them - I have slow internet here) and don't send me 5 pictures that are 3

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of ... will have made a leap forward. [read more] About the same time, I got a ... : About me: I am a senior who is majoring in 21E: Humanities and Engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  I feel less guilty publishing this during IAP since IAP is designed to be fun time at MIT. I wrote a large chunk of this entry back at the beginning of the semester in August but never got around to finishing it. I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  Brawl, possibly the most anticipated game of 2008, came out today. Can I ... . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room ... ... Poke Balls, Item Boxes, and Heart Containers - oh my! I can has banana

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  rooms are filled with piles of psets. AND, here’s what I think is ... studying over the holidays business? Well, for the first week or so I was ... … you know. So uh, I’ve been putting things off. Sigh, I foresee

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta ... . But I found out all about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night during my Chinese class last week (in Chinese, of course). I didn't see any masks over here

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  hours, but I've been studying quite a bit this weekend. Stalling=blog post! Woo hoo! With that said, here are a few of the things I've seen while ... , on my way to the Student Lounge off the Infinite, I saw that this hack

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  and said, "Go Forth and Measure." I never thought my secret ninja skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... on different gear settings Basically, I used my old roomate as a

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  I, along with 25,000 other people, found myself in Golden Gate Park ... generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a crown during the walk. Some of my teammates told me I reminded them of a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Wow, most exciting/eventful two days ever. I'm very sad to say that 2 ... . Basically, this class was one of the reasons I came to MIT. Most (maybe all ... this competition. Bryan and I had the pleasure of spending pretty much

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  lot like "People Are Strange" by The Doors. Hurry up, I think you only ... one... ...and although it's a bit unflattering, I still think it ... e-mail from Dr. Jean-Francois Hamel, my 10.28 professor, who I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  hours, and I'm feeling a little guilty. See, it's the MIT biology ... this month, I met a few California kids who told me they were also ... weather, and I assured them that it had been warm all winter and had hardly

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