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• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  's note:" so for the people that don't know, a vermonster is essentially a ... ,000 calories :D but makes for a good bonding ritual followed by heartburn :P) I ... here waiting for you tonight. Kthxbai. There are two things I want to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  home, bound for MIT. Yes, I am known for my impeccable sense of timing ... ran for over 30 hours each week, I naively assumed that that was it and ... still glad to be in it. When I interviewed for the class a few months ago

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  program that paid for countless free dinners and concert tickets last year. Highly recommended, even if I don't remember what the “AP” stands for ... sprouts, the dinner I cooked for mom on Dec. 24. Interlude: The rest

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy heart of residential Cambridgeport, my home for the rest of the summer. My ... influences of Mark and/or Shania Twain. (Can you feel my enthusiasm for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  an hour long car ride back home for dinner at McMenamins. If you ... work at home, working outside for my dad. No, I'm not working for Google ... college. Unfortunately, I left the cords for my HDD in Boston, so I've got

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  deceptively suave, are nothing more than clumsy stunt doubles for the ... MIT for a week. I was comparatively oblivious to the importance of ... 's equations. I couldn't have imagined that I would cook for 30+ people on a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  MIT, the more I was certain that MIT is the perfect fit for me. This ... Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research to learn about current cancer ... thrilling. The opportunities seemed endless, and for that, I knew at this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  Hawaii sell Spam.” I, however, sorely lack his flair for distinguishing ... over with, soak up the life lessons, and hope for a brighter future. At ... A. I think this calls for additional punctuation marks!!! In

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I ... . The maximum time allowed for each problem is 4 minutes, and the fastest ... (something ugly), was rejected by the judges for aesthetic reasons. Teddy

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  board with my foot, and minced up a baby mouse brain for papain digestion ... pick up in high school, but for the rest of us who stared out the windows ... . (This is an awkward topic for me personally because my dad would beat all

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  to the form didn't work. For anyone. No big deal so far. No one ... replied back, agreeing. The only other option for the night being homework ... special meeting for our class council to discuss what action should now be

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  food they were having. She didn’t have to cook for like, 2 solid weeks ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global ... only drink water for a week. I mean, eat, please, but think of how much

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  thy salad (/exaggeration). Every morning for the past two weeks, I ... from my ceiling than usual, and . . . This wasn't my dorm! For one, there were no power outlets. I was holding a camera for some reason, so I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  routers? I just can't see somebody stopping for a quick wired internet break ... sense for the technique I'm using to make an 8-bit mural. It involves a ... at your dream college prove there's a place for every student." One of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the ... Wikipedia for that ;) - I had a great time watching Dirty Hands. The set was amazing, especially for a summer show. They even put together a promotional

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the ... efficiently, by the time I woke up for the second time at 11am there was not ... this will go on for. The construction has begun at 8am for several

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  for him? Well, I was one of those people. Let me show you what that ... 'll all come together in the end. I promise. I have a gift for this kind of ... claim to being "old school." So, without further ado: eBay listing for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  three of the bloggers would drop off the face of the earth for a little ... 's been a month and a week since I last posted. And it's not for lack of ... 't officially registered for the marathon (there are a couple barriers to entry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  volunteering to a passion for languages to butterfly collecting...it all had been ... linking them all). :) We hate MIT at times for keeping us up at 4 or 5 in the morning, but we love MIT for all the possibilities it offers

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  sets of Forstner bits. Sets. As in multiple. For those who may not be familiar with these types of drill bits, let me put this in perspective for ... things are EXPENSIVE! Not for MIT I guess, because I unwrapped 6 cases of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008