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  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  way through the maze of prospective employers. Some were looking for a career; others had their sights on the free goodies (ranging from t ... upperclassmen and five employees of Ethicon Endo-surgery, a medical devices

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... , which is roughly the equivalent of the Esplanade in Boston, except it's on ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  the biggest one on campus. With an ample amount of seating and multiple ... colorful plate of cashew pilao, topped with a spicy chicken tikka masala. On ... Dives! This trip, we're trekking to all corners of campus, trying the all

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  and on the required tests. She earned an ACT composite score of 32, which included a perfect 36 on the math portion, and an SAT score of 2 ... LONG / Northwest Herald CRYSTAL LAKE - Molly Pounds' love of horses

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to ... honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this ... % MIT 32% RPI 19% Cornell My sources tell me that at least two of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  graduation/4th of July decorations were on sale, but I chose to look forward ... Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ ... , besides insisting that we serve corn on the cob, was deciding on a theme

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking ... summaries of your applications, and now we take those summaries and work from them. We do selection in subcommittees, usually of three people -- I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt (or rather, Papa Matt!) a congratulatory card. B) On Wednesdays and Fridays, I ... something to my cello case while I was out of the room. G) My hallmates and I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  of me just could not wait for the day when I would be on my own in some ... beeping it's driving me insane I am so tired This has been going on for ... update. My grades are all in, and for the first time since coming off of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  ? Now, I'm on record as saying that the college essay is often one of ... Update: this list is no longer accurate as of 8/18/2015. But the ... , as readers of this blog likely know, MIT does not use the Common App

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  through Buildings 56, 16, 8, 10, and 3, and emerge from the basement of Building 7. And when you register for classes, you speak of taking 3.091, 8 ... 'll ask "8.01 or 8.012?". As a celebration of MIT's devotion to numbers

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  Festival. I was unaware of this until I happened upon a food truck giving out large containers of 'gourmet' fries outside Kresge this afternoon, and saw ... performer/entertainers are invited to perform on campus. This year, the comedy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  MIT has this uncanny way of making you learn life lessons extremely ... perfect 100% of the time. (3) It's easy to feel sad and miserable about ... different. In terms of classes, this upcoming semester is going to be my most

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

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

  

  a performance of four student-written one-act plays put on Dramashop ... week of spring classes has come and gone. I spent last night finishing up ... paper for my humanities classes (remember Arrowsmith? yeah, it's on that

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

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  catch up on current events through the vast library of Newsweek, Time, and ... opportunity and artistic statement. Think of it like that classic episode of ... same story is told, in turn, from the perspective of Rob, Laura, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  discusses the history and culture of Africa, focusing on countries where ... ’ve been focusing on the history of francophone Africa, with an emphasis on ... ’ve read several chapters of a book on Africa’s history (Petite Histoire de l

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first ... feeling a bit of déjà vu and lasting trauma from college application essays ... an “Institute of Technology.”  Having been talking to other class of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  question singular bold of you to assume I would ever go on a campus tour ... forty on my list, including this one obscure school in Antarctica but it ... ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  It finally happened. I got Covid. Right at the last week of [annotation note="Independent Activities Period, which runs throughout most of ... in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on ... . There's a pretty big stack of folders on my dining room table. Just how ... can really focus on your application. Most of the people in our office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004