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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  have to admit, the minibus experience takes a little getting used to. The ... was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka ... ,000 Kwache each, which comes out to roughly $3.75). It was incredibly sunny

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers ... when I got to MIT, I would proceed to get C’s on pretty much all of the ... in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class ... about getting used to moving on the broom and handling the ball with just ... interested in playing us as well. Email quidditch-execs at mit dot edu to get

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  . Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big concert ... the band's most popular song (according to iTunes) and my favorite song ... ("White Rabbit" / "Somebody to Love") 1969: Janis Joplin ("Piece of My Heart

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  presidential debate bingos and register to vote parties. Well, I've been getting ... ,728.94 And this really ought to concern you. If you're an MIT student voting in ... . Regardless of where you stand, you should read through it to get a sense. I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  your day and really tires you out. After a while, I started getting used ... going right about the sun is about to set. You'll get some really lovely ... , there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  ’m getting one anyway"]I want to be on the rowing team for one more year; I ... all weekend and getting lost in the tunnels trying to get to a far ... , everything was new, from the campus to the classes to the experience of living

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  enjoyed getting to know them and showing them around campus, our school, our ... fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, during CPW last weekend. Here are some photos to attest to just how terrifying delicious re-deep-frying deep-fried food is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  second round, discussions started to get more energetic. Interestingly, two ... teams that hadn’t yet made a satellite scrambled to get the pieces they ... and the negotiation phase began, teams jumped out of their chairs to get

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  could get into MIT, and was floored when the university flew him to Boston ... engineering is the field for him. Chemical engineers get to draw on math and ... in renewable energy. Wants to: Get a good-paying job so he can afford

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  than when I got into MIT for undergrad. I knew I was going to get into ... by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  BG High Grad Gets Full Ride to MIT Amy Bingham / WBKO A former Bosnian refugee is going to the nation's number one engineering school on a ... math, and now it's paying off. He's preparing to leave for Boston on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a previous entry: I am no longer able to make it to the Penn State site of the ... math people. I'll be seeing you.To answer some recent comments: Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  integrate the freshmen girls onto the floor is getting dressed up and going to ... of bed at 8:45 am, briefly consider shirking my duties to get more sleep, and then reluctantly clamber out of my bed to start getting ready

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My ... planning to post a quick blog entry; I recently saw this amazing TED

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  witness to the ultimate showdown between Turkey and Spam. Despite a two-hour food coma immediately after dinner, I think it's pretty safe to say that I emerged victorious. I wanted to turn the turkey carcass into usable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  /14) was also Einstein's birthday, and seeing as I was right next to the ... camera to take a picture with birthday boy Albert. What was I doing at ... of the finalist projects of the Intel Science Talent Search. I got to

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

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  during the past three years. That means getting lost (I guess I’ll have to ... Celtic’s game. It means inviting my professors to lunch and getting to know ... (except for “How do I get into MIT?” I still don’t know what to say to that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of ... years that this room has lived i've only been here to bear witness a small part, only trace a quarter of it i don't know your full history

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  Almost three years ago, I wrote an entry which was very special to me ... : James "Big Jimmy" Roberts and Howard Brown. My annual donation to MIT ever ... this: Mr. Jackson [was] a father figure to generations of young men in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007