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  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  language eroded some more, so that by the time you get to, say, Spanish (which is descended from Latin), you're down to simply "año," and you need ... awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  a message if you're going to be there!) to cheer on Team 97 ... really need to go get caught up on work so I can have fun this weekend ... dangerous. Inviting anyone literate enoug to read a sticker on your shirt to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  just happy to see fresh and current MIT student faces, but after getting ... for finishing the hunt first is getting to write next year's puzzle) I ... . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  have applied to us Regular Action, please log into MyMIT and confirm your ... office to track completion of your application (that's what your My ... Hi all- I’m taking a break from reading applications to give

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  It's time to answer your questions ... . Please remember that you must also arrange your own transportation to and ... over the coming weeks. If you're super excited to talk to someone, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  getting excited to take photos with characters. I didn't allow myself to get ... , who gets excited to see Lightning McQueen, whose favorite movie is Cars ... twenty minute drive from Disneyland, I had plenty of opportunities to go to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  .S. When I first read the title of your post, I thought you were going to ... you get the state police, who redirect it to Cambridge, who dispatches from who only knows where. You need to call the MIT PD to get the campus

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  point to get back before dark, since some of our professors were concerned ... -Au-Prince when we get back to Boston. Tomorrow we'll leave, but the street vendors ... It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  slices of bacon, which was equivalent to a 6-unit course in Not Getting ... 's study break should be Canada. Come to Foo at 22:47 and donate your ... , it's a time for residents to get together, enjoy free food, live up to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  savings from my paper route and went down to the local hardware store to get ... organization in Philadelphia, and I ended up getting a scholarship to M.I.T. I ... activity. He said: "No. If you want to do it, do it on your own." Over the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  Teaching Labs where you get to teach in other countries to summer internships ... you are hosed. You'll be able to tell that you're hosed when the work ... one day on your schedule to the next, and the next, and the next, until

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you’re ... protesting that the glass must be jam-packed with the energy I need to get ... them at the Glass Lab, I ensured that I’d be the first to get my hands on

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because ... , after which I was arrested for not blogging enough. (If you’re trying to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  from Kendall/MIT to Porter). Getting off campus and out of the city for ... still about an hour per app, sometimes more. They tell me not to worry - that I'll get faster with experience. I wish Matt would offer a seminar

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  Head) came up to shake my hand, saying, “Thank you for your leadership in ... the future of MIT.’ Your presentation to Academic Council was one of ... We often think of innovation as tied inherently to engineering and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  protein? I get that, but hear me out. In order to avoid devastating climate ... red meat. It's healthier and cheaper to increase your fruit and ... Ethics and Politics of Food. The assignment was to engage with the topics

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  Time flies when you’re having fun. Time also flies when you are scrambling to do well in all of your classes while not losing your sanity. It’s easy to lose track of how much time has passed when you have so many

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  to put on their best show to get freshmen to switch to their living ... ="Subway to get all over the Boston/Cambridge area"] the T [/annotation ... if you fail, the class just disappears from your transcript to help us

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  learning." "Get a PhD" in your field--even if you're not literally getting ... crosswalk conversations ("...host a wine party..." "No way!") waft up to where ... . Everyone--couples, mostly--fresh and glossy and prepared to go out, or just

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  , I'm playing Ricky Martin's "Shake Your Bon Bon" in order to wake up ... Update #1 (1:40 PM) Currently in 13-4101 trying to solve our first puzzle before I have to go to lab meeting in 20 minutes ... ahh! Update #2

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008