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  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  your interview. I say that NOT because I have provided them with a test that I want each of them to give when they do an interview. I just don ... something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my ... game with my friend Cody '11. As I was passing by the grassy "Dot ... Earth, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences Department - I noticed a few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  so I still had class on Tuesday afternoon.) I think every MIT student ... a senior, I thought I had learned my lesson, and so I worked on Sunday ... , somehow, I spent all of Tuesday night trying to write a chemistry lab report

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  stay out of this room. Another sign I've seen around is this one. Mmmmmmmmmm, you can practically smell the radiation. I think what really drives ... it]!!!!!" Another 20 feet down the hall you run into one of these I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  're me. You charge your iPod and your computer and pack extra underwear and ... you checked your iPod, and you can't find your boarding pass. Ordinarily ... and the Pythagorean Theorem. And I wish I could tell you that you will

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

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  to fulfill that request. I will try to add some personal perspective on ... is similar in architecture, layout, and structure. I haven't counted ... , and I'm sure some will disagree. That's why there are numerous bloggers

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  . Here are 10 things I remember: 1. Taking a good two minutse to cram four ... , playing two choruses of "We Are The Engineers" while spelling out M - I - T in the drill, and then taking large bows. I tried to remember slow

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  nineteen behavior mice, as I am done testing them and they are to be euthanized sometime in the next few days. (Insert me pretending that I'm not actually sad here.) In their honor, today I'm going to talk about one of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  along MIT's basement paths and provide your friendly lurkers (i.e., me ... -worker were mingling in front of another Nestle frozen novelty dispenser as I ... basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  Before getting too far into this entry, let me just say that I and ... time for everyone; I've been at the verge of tears over this awful, awful ... admissions. I've received emails from students displaced from their homes and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  static recently, I know. This is because we've been working hard behind the ... subjects like UROP and Arts. I am SO excited to roll out the new layout and content. For the record, I have eaten Anna's every day for lunch. I will be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  As a pre-frosh, one thing I really appreciated before coming to MIT ... that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis. Looking back though, I remember being hesitant when deciding on whether or

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I ... should be very soon, at which point I will blog very loudly about it (hint

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  this in a single semester. However, I can honestly say that it was the most fun I've had as a student at MIT.  I was on the Purple Team, and I ... live, I'm going to link videos of the final presentations and brochures

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  familiar format but novel topic—education. Based on what I learned about the Festival, I would have loved to participate myself. Alas, I can’t code yet, so I hope MIT continues to support higher education hackathons in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  ...   So there I was, messaging a few friends about things and in one ... that invest money in startups in the hopes of greater returns. I mention how I really want to do part-time work for a VC firm this fall and he

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  agree. However, for the purposes of this blog and my future ones, I will ... (and advocate for universal acceptance of) the “pset” standard, unless I am particularly emotional, in which case I will resort to “PSET” or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes ... , since these courses are all experimental). I took 7.S390, creating Digital ... . And loud. And many things that I don't like, personally, but were

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  January 11 Hostel Colonial House, Quito I'm currently wearing two t-shirts and two sweaters. We are at 10,000 feet, so I guess the cold temperature shouldn't have been a big surprise, but I'm having trouble reconciling how I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014