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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  of them. Before every launch, I glanced at one line of the table ... plucking plums all the while, with minimal success. At 5’ 2”, she was a good ... and poked at a few of them, just to see what would happen. My un

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  hometown friends are back at school and already a week into their second ... Conner, work a few hours at night calling alumni and asking for money, and ... at Hong Kong University for the fall semester and then travel across

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  weeks. You do not need to worry at this time about documents that are not ... copy of any document at this time. Also, you do not need to call MIT Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  nuisances of airport security, circa Holiday Season, post-2001 A.D. At 7 AM ... at sunrise, the groggy skyline gulping down cold milky skies frothed ... astrophysically precise.) *In fact, this fact is not factually interesting at all

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  at home preparing before finally getting on the subway, which took a little too long waiting at the station JUST before I had to get off. (Of course it did.) I got off at Shinjuku-sanchome, realized I had gotten off

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... to look at a design and be like, “I made that. And it will change ... describe me AT ALL. But I was all “hey, I want a challenge, BRING IT.” And it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  colleges. After about 5 picoseconds of staring at my acceptance letter from ... . Before taking a second look at the campus, before getting my financial aid ... marvel at the sheer impossibility that I picked the right college without

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  conference (at Hah-vahd). (I was Fiji, by the way - oh and Ahmed went too ... :) ). Oh, and this was at the Silk Road Ensemble Concert this last Sunday at ... wow...such a good movie. (btw, I spend at least one hour every night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  traveler who arrived at the wrong airport after a trip four times longer than ... messed up when they do it at the airport. Let me put you on a flight to another city." "We're leaving at 8. 9. 9:40. 10. 10:30. 10:50. 11:30. We

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  in Random Hall's Stairwell. At MIT circa Finals Week, people tend to ... Californians call it, Apocalypse Now. At 11:00 PM on Tuesday, I closed my ... dorm: From: Yan To: Random Hall Date: Friday, Dec. 19 at 11:30 PM Subject

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  , MIT is really really good at helping you adjust and prepare for such ... 'm more afraid of goats. (Seriously, goats freak me out. Look at their eyes ... : Ultra-slim eh? yea ok, that's about as ultra-slim as Rosie O'Donnell at a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My ... 'm just rambling on aimlessly! No one at my school blogs, and it would have ... into the room, waiting in suspense at 4:17 PM as Random Hall residents

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  crazy thing you'd have fun at :) This paragraph was followed by all of the ... both would be staying at MIT over the break (flights to Oregon are ... . Full of food and full of caffeine we arrived at Copley an hour before the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  email address, and its kfig at mit dot edu. Let's try to keep that discussion off the blogs though, or at least my blog, for now, and focus on the ... • A Multi-Cultural Conference held at the beautiful Endicott House. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  Model United Nations at MIT. I covered this issue somewhat in this entry ... declare sophomore standing. So what is "sophomore standing" at MIT ... at a local college) and received decent marks (5s for AP exams), MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  I woke up this morning at 8:15, 45 minutes after my alarm was going to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my ... work per week, be that in the classroom, in lab, or at home. In practice

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  competition! Yes, that's right, MIT has a pistol team, and a good one at that ... , MIT is awesome at pistol, and the range is on campus, why not join? I ... you miss the black center and hit the white part you get to stare at

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  strangers.”) Have no fear; there is light at the end of the tunnel. Second ... probably an easy decision for you (at least it was for me.) Hopefully you ... “crusty’ seniors, my classmates and I are at a point where we have to make a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  :48 PM To: conner 2 I am NOT reserving the floor lounge at 8 PM on Tuesday ... nearly 3 years, I'm appalled at the subpar quality of season 3, most ... 's room and then spreads a video of them around on the Internet. And at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  my friends that I have a 4.0 at MIT! Granted, none of them know that we use a 5.0 scale, but that's not the point. I have a B average. At MIT. I ... job as an RA for the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007