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  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  over three great weeks. As this was purely a vacation, I decided to not do any work on my trip (though I do hope to do a work-related visit to ... appears to be a three-headed camel. I'm not sure what a three-headed camel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  . It's not a perfect metaphor. All MIT undergraduates are encouraged to ... to the blog this fall, so a video podcast, killer clip or a ... Application To be considered for a blogger position, you should email me

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  air - would anyone be convinced if we said it was due to a severe lack ... Conner 2? Wow, and there you were thinking that it was a prerequisite to be ... other activities, I was a devoted slave to my high school's Drama Club

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  IAP, as you might have heard, is a fun and exciting time to be at MIT ... Chaplain. This inspired a letter to the editor of the Tech by someone who ... miraculous, if you stop to think about it for a second. Like I said, I had a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  , confusing everyone, making weird sounds, and refusing to be consoled until it ... sometime before the New Year’s countdown. Thinking it was just to wish me a ... earth-shattering. I started to imagine the worst-case scenarios. I’m a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  started, I went to Amsterdam and Vienna with my brother and aunt. It was a ... through Boston, a photo from my second-ever concert.) Today, I listened to ... winter, but I know to go through the motions of making plans with people

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  make a mace in his freshman advising seminar, he smashes coconuts with it, he likes to set things on fire, and he once hooked a rather powerful ... I am done with finals and very excited about that; you may be able to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  to college. But now the payoff has come, and it is time to make the ... here are some thoughts on making this a worthwhile and even enjoyable ... questions just a year or so ago. A great place to find a parent to talk to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  Tonight's blog entry is brought to you by Cam, a resident of CAMbridge, the owner of a CAMera, and an early action acceptee to the MIT ... , to which I responded with some hesitation (to be exact, a few months of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  coaches" or the like, but you should feel free to ask for help making sure ... outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  friends have been wonderful: carrying my things, making a run to MIT Medical ... like to do your laundry in New House? Sam: Sure. Me: Okay. Wear a suit ... !") and I proceeded to walk up two and a half flights of stairs, thinking (I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Oh The Things I’ve Seen Warning: Hold on to your socks

  

  a ton of movies, tv shows, and plays to fill my visual cortex! As such ... House Lie to Me Bones Men of a Certain Age The Game Meet the Browns Numb3 ... chance to take a seminar during the last week of IAP in which we discussed

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in ... , I get to "float" a bit more tomorrow. Looking forward to the EC bouncy ... Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  ) If you’re willing to make the trek, you can buy produce for a huge ... her free time, she blogs at FoodParsed, where she shares easy-to-make ... . Tuesdays used to be a glorious time. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Gates lobby

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  this video a while back - I've watched it approximately 20 times since then, haha) My experiments are working! And as a result, I'm about to ... make this a safe and enjoyable comic-viewing experience :) \ (Credit for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  : brownmityale.org These meetings will be a great opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to hear from three great universities all in one place. Each school will talk a little about what makes it unique, and will also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  hold a knife and butter a turkey and how to make a meal for over a ... of December, I went to the Museum of Fine Arts with a friend. It was—and is—a lovely museum, with so much to see. I had just started my journey

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  meetings in the ready room, a room next to the shooting range itself. On the ... competition, when we'd have ten minutes to discharge six shots into a paper ... practice to always keep the muzzle pointed at a safe direction. In the range

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  two camps when it comes to a new year. The first camp sees it as a reset of sorts, a time to renew life-changing resolutions, to pursue a ... , but for a spate of fireworks, making January 1 just another day. For me

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  from a thousand miles away. Being so far away makes me feel a little ... choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing ... anything particularly related to my major--in fact, my proposal for a mini

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016