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  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  and my oolong. Some of you called me out on my last entry, when I wrote ... stack of applications before me. To my right, out the window, I see big, fluffy flakes of snow falling from the sky. I start to think that I could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was ... contained a number of pictures, which I am more than happy to pass on to you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  On Valentine's Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique ... -tufted grey stone of Killian Court. Valentine's Day fell on a Thursday. I ... -noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have Science Essay class. My professor is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  that none of the five sororities on campus even vaguely resembled the ... the house, served on the executive council, and met some of my best ... of people (those in your major, those on your sports team, those in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pictures of what Could Have Been drawings i made for blog posts that i didn't end up posting

  

  display this on one of the digital billboards at TD Garden. "More ... I've been cleaning up my collection of drawings in Procreate, and I ... . I thought it'd be fun to show some of these! Better Call Tim??? Date

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  the Broad Institute, Co-Chair of Obama's President's Council on Science ... something going on and articulate clearly what is it that you want to know ... tremendous excitement about our ignorance, the wonderful potential of ignorance

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my ... to be on the Burton half of the building in a double, but my room had ... copy of the How To GAMIT (How to Get Around MIT) on the first floor of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  goes to a student who lives on the east stide of campus, and the fund is ... the impossible, with the help of numerous people including Erin K. '16 ... restart the making of) a women of the east side calendar, a calendar that

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  *Scene opens* I'm standing in front of a house with my family. MIT branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on ... other 17's. It was my first time on the other side. My turn to tell the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  freshmen beating themselves up on every sun-swept corner of campus. Perhaps ... first round of tests on the undumped-upon freshmen. It's been a rough week ... tries to cling on to the crumbling remnants of their high school success

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  . Requires a 20-page paper on the economics of long-run economic growth ... Description: Preparation and analysis of financial statements. Focuses on ... thing I have: A copy of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room on DVD 21F

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  joined Student Events Board, a group on campus in charge of throwing fun ... successful MIT semester I've had to date. I've gone through a series of ups and ... really want to take the time to reflect on everything I've learned

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  discover that nearly half of the entire hall have radios. On top of the ... number of high-tech radios casually sitting on another old desk, old ... side of the globe!' or 'i talked to my next door neighbor on radio', and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  : 6:45 AM -- Arrive in Boston. I actually sort of slept on the plane ... night on People and Freakonomics). She took a wrong turn out of the ... to your field -- spending time on an extracurricular sort of means you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  footage of the event. On the bottom is Isaque '15’s version, which is much ... that it reaches the peak of its trajectory one meter above the roof of ... landing? You may neglect wind, viscous drag, and the altered aerodynamics of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  On Monday, I managed to trip and fall down half a flight of stairs ... of stairs in the Haus when I ran to look at the Rocko's Modern Life-inspired mural of a sad crying clown in an iron lung. Oh, and I was singing songs

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  -so-proud hometown of Kwame Kilpatrick… yeah). I enjoy long walks on the beach, though ... favorite Disney movie of all time- I will not budge on this point. I make ... . I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Furniture Capital of the World and

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  , I embarked on the adventure of producing a documentary about the ... you the details of how challenging it was to produce a documentary on a ... from where I lived to people who lived on the opposite side of the globe

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  science and technology. One of the biggest reasons I turned down a job on ... As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night was the premiere of Swades, the latest film from Oscar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  , Parks and Rec, and the Oregon Ducks). Another thing on the list of things ... here we are, me crufting on the blogs, you not knowing who I am. I never officially said goodbye, and I STILL have that post. I'm working on it. Proof

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013