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  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  come here. But otherwise, what have you got to lose? Now that we've got ... – years that I’ve had to fall into a rut of thinking the same way – make ... may not like Harry Potter, Star Trek, or Lord of the Rings, but I've

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  knowledge like a sponge and know the answers to everything. I've met musicians ... -genius overnight, let alone at all. In honor of my 19th birthday (today!), I've been ... like fun, right? But yeah, at the moment, I've been the only one invited

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  that's a different topic (and one of the less fun reasons I've been so ... 's accomplishments, and to share what I've shared here. A year and a blog later, here is to Michael Jackson. For the last week, I've listened to Oldies 103

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  excited. Trust me, you haven't seen excited until you've seen 6,000 students ... have riding on the backs of the robots they've built. I'm not posting a ... /or examples of engineering work) may be sufficient to show us some of what you've

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• 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…

  

  Science) and live on Conner 4 of Burton-Conner. Basically, I've got a run ... involve more discussion and interaction. All the ones I’ve taken have had fewer than twenty people, and I’ve met a range of students from different

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

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  reference, movies that I've slept through this year include but are not ... why Helvetica wasn't a summer blockbuster.)) Not that I've kept track, but I'm willing to bet that most of the movies I've slept through were

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  5/4 Update!: You Know You've Been Doing Too Much Bio When ... flee! ps. I've been taking a class this semester where the semester grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  best to make this decision post-CPW when you've formed your own opinions ... eating more sugar than you’ve consumed ever and figuring out how you will ... night reading the latest scientific literature. I’ve been a Course 7

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  figured it was time, so here you go! I've mentioned multiple times that I spent my summer days working at Hasbro. I could've chosen a lot of ... lot more sense if you've seen Animal House) (Oh, and that head on the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  . That class is the most information intensive class I've ever seen in my ... has made the last, oh, 16 hours I've been spending in this airport TOTALLY worth it. So now I'm waiting. My flight leaves at 6:00 AM (I've

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  opportunities available. You've got your typical sports (basketball, football ... schools, sports included. We've gotten e-mails and comments saying "You ... (for those of you who don't know, 2.005 is one of the hardest classes I've

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  of Laurie '11's message is one of the strangest things I've ever seen ... 't judge me. I've been suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome for a few ... upwards of twelve hours every day, and I'm still exhausted all the time. I've

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  continue to be relevant long beyond they've left MIT. I first heard about D ... throughout the developing world. D-Lab is unlike any other I've taken. In most ... substitute the indigenous knowledge of the people we're helping. They’ve been

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  a way. Thanks to the Internet Archives, I've managed to pull up some ... . If I didn't know any better I would've called that a fake. It doesn ... held 5Gb. I've got SD cards that have more memory than that now. A 4 Gb

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  -Pedersen Why not 18.06? Just cause I feel like I've learned most of what I need ... won't fit into my schedule although it looked interesting. I've gotten ... .07 8.08 or 8.09, choose 1, it subs for 8.09, which I've also heard is

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  " later they've stopped itching and rubbing up against things. We've ... inches long from head to butt when they arrived, they've since learned how

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  Julie Gerberding and Compton lecturer Tom Brokaw, for example. We've also ... Neil Gaiman....I think you've heard enough from this stuff old guy, and I ... 's death: "We loved Julie the way we loved anyone we've known since we were

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  IAP, I’m now on my fourth month. But I’ve learned a lot ... ’s come a long way from just a crazy idea. Since I’ve been ... -plated copper, and probably one of the clearest, life-like pictures I’ve

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  schedules and this that and the other, this was truly bizarre. I’ve ... so much to do. Suddenly I’ve got this kaleidoscope of crazy ... Thus far I’ve only really addressed social-type things that I

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  hack, what about the math? I've discovered an awesome way to study for ... that it's impossible to study without getting distracted. When you've got ... : That's right, he was showing off his new EeePC. Anyway, I've just

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008