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  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I ... every couple of years for important family events) for a traditional ... and enjoy. As for the football: the TV in the background is set to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  although three of my five classes this term are recommended and required for ... Course 20. So for a while I contemplated declaring Course 2 or Course 2A ... choice for me personally. ** For the prospective students applying, do not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And ... . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much ... yet (anybody got any good opensource or freeware for resizing? Other

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a ... ". . . free for the night, what do you want . . . " Things are a little

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  New York City, is walking. I daresay most people walk. For example ... subway system, which for some reason is called the T. MIT has its own ... ) and commuter rail trains (costs vary depending on distance). The map for

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he ... for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J ... two hours break before meeting one of my partners for 4.411 (Building

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  never blogged. For some brilliant reason I decided that the gallon ... throwing up. Oh, and for the record, there was less than 1/8" of milk left in

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  Francisco, just about to fly back to Boston to prepare for FAP (Freshman Arts ... shower for the first time in months without having to flop around in flip ... cooking for yourself at school, or even if you haven't, it's pretty awesome

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  without incidence. For the summer I learned to use Octave. Then I finish a ... separate instances in which I was booted for violation of some security or ... for making 14 pancakes instead of 4. But it was a beautiful day and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  It's time for one of those "It's late and I'm up, I should throw crap on the internet so I feel accomplished" moments. Are you ready? Can you ... now for the rest

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  opportunity to see what it was like. For all you skeptics out there, MIT ... food at the CPW festival, which was just a taste for what was to come ... EECS for a month with 39 other girls. We had a reunion during CPW, where

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to Chris Merrill '12 for sending me the group photo from our Meet The

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  Trader Joe's every one to two weeks, both of which have tons of options for people with food allergies. You can go shopping for food even if your dorm does have a dining hall (Baker, Simmons, McCormick, and Next, for those

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  Howdy folks, Some quick messages from CPW HQ! If you haven't yet registered for CPW: the deadline is TODAY! Please log into your MyMIT account ... telephone. If you have already registered for CPW: please log into your My

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  to study. MIT had always kind of been that school for me but since I ... place for me and all that stuff, but I had made the first step. Part of ... incredible and humbling opportunity to interview for MIT. Now, I'm not sure

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  that right: rain. For a variety of reasons, this made me less than happy ... picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for ... interest of full disclosure, I should point out (for the parents' sake, if

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  " programming languages. In spite of this, 6.001 had a very strong reputation for ... for as long as any of my friends can remember. Because 6.001 is "early ... the students will opt for other means of learning the material, but for

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  grateful for it. At MIT, in certain departments, there are entire courses ... behind the experiments, ideas for improvement, equipment debugging and ... . (By the way, being a TA for junior lab must really really suck. What a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  more of this to come later, but for now, thank you so much for the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  du Conseil - Room for the Observatory's Directing Council, featuring ... matter is what is thought to account for approximately 22% of all matter in ... we use it to account for the speeds of gas and stars in spiral galaxies

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007