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  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  come across an open area, which you saw on the map and devised a plan for ... us for the day when we may have to take out a real enemy bunker. We put ... country and enlisted members of other services. For my sophomore summer, I

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  for the MIT Cross Country and Track teams, it’s a whole different ... team events, prepare supplies for meets, oh and, of course, cheer. A lot ... they need to have positions/titles like that to compete for admission to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  biography for my blogger homepage, I listed out the reasons I picked MIT over ... . " So genuinely nice. For five hours last night, a few friends and I just ... an ungodly hour for me to still be awake. When I have three tests in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  .) On top of that, moving to a big city for college ended up giving me the ... Boston, but I still get to fly to my awesome hometown for breaks ... with the idea of a small, hipster liberal-arts college for most of high

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  it was for her to see her mother sick, how her fifth and sixth ... meals on her own for herself and her two brothers. I wouldn't have ... CK '10 with a welcome ceremony for all our campers, in which counselors

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  story. Third-year Cambridge engineers rarely shoot for more than ten hours ... such a friend, it's you). Basically, it's not unheard of for MIT students ... for one of the seemingly infinite student groups on campus. At Cambridge

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  MIT, aside from Boston, I've lived (stayed for >= four weeks) in ... interpreter training system for Mandarin speakers, and help more critical-need Chinese cancer patients apply to treatment subsidies or apply for insurance

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  home, bound for MIT. Yes, I am known for my impeccable sense of timing ... ran for over 30 hours each week, I naively assumed that that was it and ... still glad to be in it. When I interviewed for the class a few months ago

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy heart of residential Cambridgeport, my home for the rest of the summer. My ... influences of Mark and/or Shania Twain. (Can you feel my enthusiasm for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  deceptively suave, are nothing more than clumsy stunt doubles for the ... MIT for a week. I was comparatively oblivious to the importance of ... 's equations. I couldn't have imagined that I would cook for 30+ people on a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  typical pitch for a CPW event, thanks to the winning combination of gluttony ... 's flair for enthusiastic performances. I'm not sure which group is pictured ... fantastic transportational and recreational resource for those “inclined” to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  MIT, the more I was certain that MIT is the perfect fit for me. This ... Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research to learn about current cancer ... thrilling. The opportunities seemed endless, and for that, I knew at this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  Hawaii sell Spam.” I, however, sorely lack his flair for distinguishing ... over with, soak up the life lessons, and hope for a brighter future. At ... A. I think this calls for additional punctuation marks!!! In

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I ... . The maximum time allowed for each problem is 4 minutes, and the fastest ... (something ugly), was rejected by the judges for aesthetic reasons. Teddy

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  board with my foot, and minced up a baby mouse brain for papain digestion ... pick up in high school, but for the rest of us who stared out the windows ... . (This is an awkward topic for me personally because my dad would beat all

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  food they were having. She didn’t have to cook for like, 2 solid weeks ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global ... only drink water for a week. I mean, eat, please, but think of how much

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  thy salad (/exaggeration). Every morning for the past two weeks, I ... from my ceiling than usual, and . . . This wasn't my dorm! For one, there were no power outlets. I was holding a camera for some reason, so I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  routers? I just can't see somebody stopping for a quick wired internet break ... sense for the technique I'm using to make an 8-bit mural. It involves a ... at your dream college prove there's a place for every student." One of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the ... Wikipedia for that ;) - I had a great time watching Dirty Hands. The set was amazing, especially for a summer show. They even put together a promotional

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the ... efficiently, by the time I woke up for the second time at 11am there was not ... this will go on for. The construction has begun at 8am for several

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008