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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  size of our international audience, I thought I might take a few minutes ... actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I ... .) In fact, I just passed Macy's on Tuesday night- the bus I take drops me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  Boston. See, I'm from Salem OR, where the most exciting thing that ... wasn't new to me, I'd seen it in an episode of CSI: Miami, but there was never anything like that near where I lived. Suddenly, thrust into Boston

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  . I had a hard time selecting my top preferences; I was torn between 24 ... .02, but this conflicted with my chemistry lecture. As I mentioned before my advisor was really good about, well, advising me on what to do. I “shopped

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  'd say, "Marge, I have a yen to travel." And Marge would agree instantly ... Barry. Millennia later, we don't seem to have changed all that much. I ... I was in China. Look, here's proof! : Just Wednesday night, I was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  professor teach? [answer at the end of the entry] I remember sitting in my MIT freshman calculus class back more than a decade ago (wow, I feel old ... person I had ever met from Singapore. He was very nice and extremely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  ...? (Hint: see the title.) Aren't you fortunate that I'm here to help you ... the best for you? Great question! I'm so glad that I asked it. Here are ... will snap like a maple tree in a hurricane. (I have no idea what that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  pretty stressful since I've been unbelievably crappy about making progress ... physics psets which I'm just a little psyched about. So to share my excitement I thought I'd start the photo series on my classes this term (the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  MIT as Plano West. "When I look at them, I see gears turning," Timur ... along with Albert Chang, Colin Taylor and Joanne Shih. "I know they're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  equivalence. I actually thought it was just a rabbit-shaped handbag or something ... strange because I had heard a story the previous day about somebody bringing ... was particularly boisterous at this weeks game, and I'm sure that our

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend. MIT ... units of PE credit will most likely not be difficult. Though I run 4 miles ... -wannabes were), I need to get my 8 units the old-fashioned way: PE classes. (I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for ... conference, Ben, Marilee & I attended a talk entitled "Lowering the Flame ... Parker and Milton Academy Director of College Counseling Rod Skinner. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... the MIT ROTC cadets, but I couldn't see them from where I was sitting

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  RAHHHH IT SNOWED AGAIN!!! As the blogs’ resident snow enthusiast, I consider it my sacred duty to announce the [annotation note="i.e. the first one where snow actually collected on the ground and that I was awake for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  Sometimes I feel like an alien because [annotation note="a fact that ... there's SO MUCH MEDIA OUT THERE and I don't mind sitting/driving/walking/doing dishes in silence"]I don't really listen to music.[/annotation] So I asked

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  ) Ring Premiere happened! For almost a year now, I’ve had the privilege of ... . It has an extensive history (that I won’t go into but you can read ... of lugging boxes of t-shirts and [annotation note="i wasn't talking

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  I'm writing today to remind our applicants that we do not give any ... both cycles. So, [annotation note='I realize this is like the third time I have stated this in this short blog post, but there is a lot going

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  more than 50 years ago. What I love about CAPI (as it's called) is the honesty and integrity with which B.A.T. wrote, which values I hope (and think) still guide our office today. I know it's been a big influence on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value ... application, with 5 short-answer essay questions (I've blogged about the ... manage the situation? (200-250 words) I want to quote Mikey from his post

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  , picking up long-dormant projects, and starting new initiatives. I'm currently at nerd camp, but anytime the blogs go unblogged for too long, I get antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  I've blogged before about how, a few years ago, Jeremy Rubin '16 ... the class I was teaching. Which, by the way, is not a bad final project ... friend Chelsea Barabas SM '14 as the DCI's Head of Social Innovation (i

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016