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  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  were empty.  The cats were begging for attention for the first time in what seems like forever, as their owners left them for hiking mountains ... MIT, preparing myself for the UPOP Spring Team Training Camp.  UPOP, or

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  (two words: big data), how fan culture and fan production works for no ... we get to go to events for free. The CMS department sponsored me and a ... 's panel talk with the esteemed Dai Sato, anime screenwriter for Cowboy Bebop

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  one activity, however, that we hope you will join us for: MIT Quest ... MIT students will be joining us for the event and they are excited to be ... Boston with Dartmouth and Yale Quest Scholars. When I came for my CPW, the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  gallon of milk every morning. I am well known among family for ripping off ... months I poured kefir (fermented milk) into my potty and rofled for the ... teachers soon called my parents in for a conference, horrified that the new

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago ... and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student ... I went on to Princeton Review, searched for liberal arts colleges

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  , especially for an MIT student), settling onto the plan and watching the ground ... with camp gear and two more friends and set out for the great outdoors ... the grill and waited for what looked like a giant space-burger to cook

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  the third floor somewhere on MIT campus, frantically studying for my ... afternoon, when I hunkered down and started studying for my four finals this ... -n-tears work for my finals, left my dorm at 8:30 AM and returned at 3 AM daily

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  You've all heard what most of the other bloggers are doing for IAP ... is referenced by name rather than number (although for reference, the ... courses 2 and 16, which means you can take it for EECS, Mechanical

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  hosed again, here's a picture of an otter for you." (Oh man I love otters ... students and talks about neurotransmitters and drugs for 90 minutes. He does ... I was a TA for a neuroscience class this summer at nerd camp? With

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  Chris Mills write blogs for its admissions site. Mark Wilson for The New ... her hall has its own wiki Web site and an Internet Relay for real ... marketing tool for high school students, who these days are less interested in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  for the scholarships. Craighead will attend the Massachusetts Institute ... he "felt this was the place for me. I felt comfortable there ... 's leading scholarship program for African-American youth. "This year's group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  challenge for artificial intelligence. What is "Jeopardy"? That is correct ... about Jean from an email she sent me, explicitly for blogging purposes ... (History and Computer Science).  For this major, I have to take 7 classes in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  jockeying for social status and acceptance in teenage hormone land, otherwise ... topics around in my head and wait for inspiration. That's the thing about writing for me, I can't force myself to write something within a given

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day). After working for 3 hours I decided to study for my 18.03 test that I had today. I worked for a little bit but then got distracted because a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  I've drawn enough Lewis structures to satisfy me for awhile. When I ... baguettes. Usually when there's food at desk, it's free for the taking, but I ... minutes before I came back for good, and it wasn't there then, so I thought

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  .) LSC GUY: Hello, and on behalf of LSC, thank you for coming to this free ... is like a year in Hollywood time, so it's like going back in time for ... Edward Farhi! AUDIENCE: WOO!!! (more cheering and applause than for HAYDEN

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  much been a whirlwind of activity. For once I have absolutely no problem ... to stop for me as I ran across the street to catch it. Lost a ... .k.a. Piper). Gave myself my first zsig. Ate out at Uburger for a fun

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by ... classes in 6 and 18, who went for systems, computational, and mathematical ... was a good target for being changed because, in truth, I was only on the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  ! While I'm excited for the summer, with a continuation of my January ... . For the past four months, I've been working with the MIT Design Lab to propose improvements to and new ideas for the metropolitan Paris subway

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  . You can still drink it for two weeks after." I have a strong feeling ... following would have been a wonderous experience for both of us. It really is ... to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007