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• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  events early so that you don't end up with 7 XXL shirts like I did and so that upperclassmen masquerading as prefrosh don't swipe the free stuff ... you who can't make it to CPW: don't be sad! Orientation is essentially

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  such a way that they (a) can understand everything we're saying (b) don't get bored. I hope we don't actually get graded on the second criterion ... easiest semester at MIT so far. Don't let this scare you, prefrosh. MIT is

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  /Cog) student, I can definitely say I don't feel lonely in either department ... distract yourself with some stumbling so you don't think about decisions ... is: it's possible to maintain great grades here. So don't let fears of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  /trailers without electricity and running water." In case you don't know, this is a ... ; at night, the temperature here drops to below zero (Fahrenheit!). I don’t ... at school, I don’t have much to report about the students or about the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  Welcome Here campaign. For those of you who don't know what this is, the ... , people simply don't focus on sexuality," she said, "We'll have ... engineering, says he likes it that way: "Everyone, even if they don’t

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  awesome, I don’t mean just “Oh, he’s so funny” or “Oh, he’s so adorable ... and adorable! Don’t be too creeped out if I try to hug you at the end of ... could watch me draw things during class: In short, don’t be scared away

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  . Since we don't get much free time during the winter (or fall, or spring ... read the entries you'd like us to see. (You don't need to clean it up ... . You are in your house, the car is at the shop, and you don't have any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  I've worked in corporate America for about 5 "semesters" now (they don't ... don't remember anymore - I'm an old. Sophomore year, we moved to the ... "detail-oriented" (see above) as I am, the answer is none. I don't remember

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Society. But they are far from heated rivals. "We definitely don't let the ... don't even think they're twins. They don't look alike to us. Their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  couple minutes before stir-frying, as it helps to cook faster. Don't add ... like "PSSSH PREMEDS." Trust me, I don't like the premed mindset either ... , my friends, I leave Cambridge with this. If you don't like HSM, too bad

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  pestered to dance. Every year I fight back. "No! I don't dance! Let me be the awkward guy who watches! No! Don't make me! Noooooo!" and then every year I ... the fun time for me, because I don't dance. "But Snively, everybody

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  can. Burton-Conner, my dorm, has bathrooms. Yay! We don't have to use ... Burton-Conner? The cleaning staff! Not so for all the other dorms. I don't ... changes (except the length of the hair you find in the shower), so don't

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  and, oh, I don't know, Pochacco beard trimmers, and it wasn't like I was ... you don't have class until February is pretty fun to rub in the faces of ... French faces, and don French attire: No, don't ask why. No, we never do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  to Simmons after hosting my radio show at 2:30 AM - I don't think I ... pieces of outerwear had been fine at home, they don't cut it here. There ... given. I just don't pick up on this stuff. When I was in high school, I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  う一度　いつまでも - though I don't think it will show up on the URL =p] Can't believe it ... , so I don't think this is particularly relevant to MIT life...but hey, I ... said eloquently, "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take." By stepping

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  . Please do not harass your teachers or counselors if you don't yet see a ... on the blogs. Until that time, relax. Don't worry about the Mid-Year Grade Report until January, unless you're on a trimester system. I don't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  and dignity. *To be perfectly clear, I don't want to discuss the merits ... right of all the ordering data. I don't remember what it was exactly, but ... selection process (Note also that I am now blogging about this; I really don't

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  ’s fine to contact them again. It you don’t hear back after the second call ... can do to help you get in contact with them. Don’t be afraid to ask for ... you before the deadline so please don’t wait. They are able to see if

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  rank it up there with the Black-Scholes model. (don't know what that is ... don't want to say too much more about it, for reasons I couldn't say ... 'm sorry what?....oh, you don't want to hear about that? oh. well alright

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008