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  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  'd reserved a low-profile Taurus or somesuch. After hitting it off with the ... . You're in spot A-12." Okay, I thought. A midsize instead of a compact? Great, whatever. Then I reached spot A-12. Sitting in said spot was a

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I ... unbelievably awesome sometimes! Hey readers! Which do you think would win in a ... First, a couple of questions answered. Vidal Carlos Garza asked

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  do on a day to day basis: try to make the world suck a little less ... community, each contributing a set of rare skills and perspectives while ... , of course, remarkable intelligence.   a younger me, with some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  to do that is on foot. Even just a short walk along the river can be a ... like their children are doing while they are here. Since I am involved ... if you are each doing what interests you the most. With hundreds of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  how i decided what to do after graduation. this is a condensed version ... for a semester or a summer at a time. so how do i choose something that ... looking for a way to do interesting research and engineering work while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  you might find in a BuzzFeed headline. (I’ll do my best.) Since I ... to look back on all that happened and express to you a bigger picture ... defining “Home”. It’s something I didn’t really know I would have to do. It

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  honest, all of you just want to hear about MIT), I do want to make a ... eating or doing laundry or blogging (sorry about that). But I'm back ... alas, life goes on and before you know it BAM! There's a class of 2016

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  dramatically after college, junior year became the "just do it" era. This motto ... applies to the lab, too.) "Just do it" was difficult to implement during ... a round of 10-hour psets, but turned out to be wildly effective during

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  giving you a large, apologetic explanation which would do nothing to redeem ... could not bring myself to do anything that would require thought over ... Death Valley and Southern California for eight days for CREDIT, took a

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my Multivariable final this morning; let us waddle in the Aftermath for a little bit ... Internet related to a particular college decision as results were released

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  parties and not a lot of homework-doing in the evening, so you will probably ... you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming ... . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  " because Emma is a doer. She is known to do what she puts her mind to. That ... , especially this last semester, memorable and good. Here are just a few of them. emma To my dearest, sweetest Emma. I feel like this will be a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  years ago- but the website has thankfully undergone a dramatic improvement in style since then. In any case, you can see that there is a huge list of interesting things you can work on. I have a pretty generous

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  about this time for early action for things you might want to be doing ... (Educational Counselors, MIT alumni/ae who do the interviewing), we Waived your ... worries. N or [blank]: You did Not do an interview. Yes, you may have read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  do your best within some existing system, you’re trying to design a ... guess I’ve been doing some writing on the blogs. Just a little bit. I ... This (mostly) isn’t a post about application essay advice. But, if

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  . "Yes, you do. We do." A Practical Guide to Evil (2.2m+ words). Content ... , when I was a kid. I learned to fight because that’s what we do. I was ... sensible."]a callback to last year's post.[/annotation] But then I decided

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  -together is a microcosm of MIT culture. (Note that, if you can't attend the event this week, your local club might also be organizing a Summer Send ...  CPW (Campus Preview Weekend) if you have the opportunity to do so. Meet you local MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  in your major, or even technical. I also do quite a bit of music in ... unwittingly snapped a picture of me in Diff Eq. around Valentine’s Day http ... recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  One of the things that I try to do here is to write a little bit ... owned by incomprehensible orgo mechanisms and whether EMS produces a G to A mutation or a C to A mutation, I'll let someone else tell the story

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  Government/Resident Based Advising What will you do with a $10,000 budget? You ... . After all, who wants a Harvard grad to tell us what to do? ... , especially in a world where leadership, interpersonal, and management skills

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008