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  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  would fit into the lifestyle, culture and community here at MIT. Sometimes ... were to be a student at MIT today. While they don't compare you to ... , walking down the infinite corridor, going to classes, swimming at the Z

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  your dorm/FSILG make you feel at home? While these are all extremely ... : challenged) over and over again? At least you'll be happy while you're hosed ... are absolute. People change over time. MIT is especially great at

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  because students at MIT don't really take things day-by-day. A typical day is usually not all that stressful - but then you look at all the things ... .110 (thermodynamics), due Friday Meeting with my new UROP mentor at the Broad

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  my shoes at room temperature had properties usually associated with ... the Center for Ultracold Atoms. Here at MIT, everything is interrelated ... senior in high school right now, at least according to every college that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very ... how they evaluate the student. I can’t cover all of it at once 'cuz it ... they didn’t feel the interview had been bad at all and each one had great

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  days in Seattle, WA at a national conference for admissions officers and high school counselors among others. I’ve learned from those at other ... of you on the road as well as old friends who were at the conference

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  at the thing. From for blog Whoa, yea it's big. In fact it ... nearly forgot, the little company who's in charge of this thing, CERN? Yea,at ... 'm ever fortunate enough to make it over there while I'm here at MIT, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  to be tired at work tomorrow. As I left the Stata Center I noticed ... bridge I went and before I knew it I was at Killian Court. Postcard picture ... now. Down Mass Ave, left on Newbury Street, and soon I was at

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

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  include: This song, 8 seconds in, This one at 4:15 and this one at 11:30 3 ... something that happened at high school graduation. A tradition existed at my ... . At the end of each week we were all handed blank notecards that we were

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  we filmed. As you can see, we're just as bad at dancing as Matt Harding. Third: Take note of Matt Harding's location at 3:14 *cough ... shoot me an e-mail and I'll show you around. snively [at] mit [dot] edu

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  day at work. Due to a lovely and thick stacks of nondisclosure ... bought at work today. Ordinarily $15.00, due to my uber-cool employee discount I got him at work for $7.00. My work has a toy store in it, does

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  haven't perfected the art of being in multiple places at once. (Yet ... was hanging out with a bunch of mutual friends at Theta Xi, yet another ... I say free, I mean free to keep plugging away at my homework. Ah, the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  beginning to the two best days of my life. Even registration at something ... 't recognize them at all in person. I grabbed my badge, bought a t-shirt and ... My computer, watching the live stream and the real thing at the same

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  hard at work getting the magazine, which is entirely student-produced, ready to send to the publishers. It's so hosing but so awesome at the same ... from their registration) with no penalty. At MIT, Drop Date occurs around

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  that incident, food was abound! Here's some delicious cupcakes we made at the Cupcake Making Event for Women at MIT: Then a snapshot of the ... parties. The students already at MIT were really warm and helpful (I think I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  describe my last couple minutes for you. [background] I've just woken up at 11 o'clock after going to bed at 6. I drag myself up, into the bathroom ... Gann was the photographer Me with Danny '12 at Meet the Bloggers Expect

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  "What am I doing here, I suck at MIT, I'm going to fail, I hate life, tell ... engineering isn't about how good at written tests you are, it's about building ... Hard at the Same Time!" Content: It was so awesome, I was sleep deprived

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  early; providing us a mobile phone number we can reach you at during CPW ... (s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason ... visit through our Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty ... research MIT is so well known for is still advancing at full throttle, across ... pictures I've taken here at MIT, this may be my favorite yet.

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  of five, maybe six hours at most. But even those brief experiences were ... education MIT provides. Out of everything I have experienced at MIT - my ... factors at MIT. If you're not yet convinced of that, let me present you with

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008