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  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first ... crutches after a brütal Ultimate Frisbee injury - a dangerous sport indeed ... performed her valedictory speech with her friend and salutatorian Sameer in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  ). Some of you prefrosh might know me if you went on a campus tour and ... the stairs (since it actually is possible to be a complete klutz and a ... first (yeah course 16!), but being an AFROTC cadet comes in a close second

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  fewer angry passengers, but a slight delay. All things considered, though, it was a pleasant experience, littered with naps and tasty food. The ... the airport, drove to my grandma's house a few miles away, and spent

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  , what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a ... a cliff. I was just a breath away from the main highway they'd started

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  snowboarding with a couple of my friends from high school, and if you’ve ever ... Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... . But this wasn’t just any blog. It was totally legit, with a really

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  . =) So, here's the deal: Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby ... . They'll also receive the support of a national lobbying campaign run by Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen high-profile NGOs. In short, the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  pronto) and I found a video of me at the beginning of last year that I ... challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon challenge? Here are the rules: 1) You have one hour to drink a gallon of milk

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my lab to the tennis courts on the other side of campus to play a quick ... Earth, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences Department - I noticed a few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and ... (fortunately?) before I got a chance to comprehend the next problem I saw the ... into one week, and again, just like any other place, there isn't a lot of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  Keri produced entirely during "the Month of January/IAP." It was about a couple during the 1920's that decides to throw a party to make themselves feel better about their failed relationship, and the party turns out a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  helping out from 6:00 to 11:00, with maybe a half-hour break in between to write up a quick blog entry - so it has been quite an exciting time. I ... happened to leave a message on your machines or with your parents, feel free

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  As you may know, I lived in Next House as a freshman, and while it was a great community where I still hang out and pset at frequently, Next made me particularly unhappy because it comes with a side of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  attention, which means that you will get a lot of free goodies and food. There ... Kesem table (#125) to meet my fellow counselors. For a list of groups that will be represented, click here. Below is a map of the table

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  I got this email a few days back... From: Laura Nicholson Subject ... actually write out a nice, thought-out entry, you think you can cover for me ... totally awesome to write a blog entry that day and encourage people to watch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  've searched far and wide. Today marks the two-and-a-half week anniversary of my ... to tell but if a picture's worth a thousand words, then 18 pictures are ... other interns, plus a great many Google interns as well, live on base at

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... Mid-Atlantic, and the Carolinas here) We started in Miami with a nicely-sized crowd from throughout south Florida. It was a great meeting; the questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  absorb as much as I could, with a goal (just for fun) of finding another ... to a building across the river in search of a Boston frat, in the dark nd in miserable weather, I did homework. Yep. My host Jennifer (a

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  the last bit of my milk, which may have been a problem tomorrow ... and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... expiration. Two years ago, Sam and I visited San Francisco, and had a ton of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  just did the math -- I'm only getting $3.50 more an hour as a grad student than I was as a UROP. Well, at least my paychecks are bigger.) I ... a lab yet -- just like you don't pick a major at MIT until after your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007