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  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  ancient world and the beginning of the Middle Ages. More specifically, he is ... history is, after all, full of people who could not write; we can't read ... converge [on one answer]", Professor McCormick said, "that is what my friend

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  Kevin Rustagi '11 is a designer, entrepreneur, and musician whom I ... company he cofounded with some MIT classmates, is set to become the most ... began, how he spent his time here, and now what he is continuing to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  ways, this is entirely true. You come to college and you’ve been ... than me. I might as well not even try. I know, six is by no means old. It ... thought to myself, why didn’t I start piano at six? Six is so young

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  If you’ve ever seen Glee, you know that Breadsticks is the token ... Bertuccis Brick Oven Pizzeria is the Breadsticks of Cambridge, MA. This is ... GEL classes, Engineering Innovation & Design] is ‘The best way to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  , there is a well-documented psychological phenomenon called impostor syndrome. Impostor syndrome, says Wikipedia, is "a psychological phenomenon ... thread on a forum I frequent is subtitled "Everyone Else Feels Like An

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... where I am on the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked ... waitlist this year? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  , "this is not a craigslist proposition," just to be clear. Mitra's response: "I don't know about you, Sam, but I am quite disappointed this is ... , and how each cover of Oprah is better than the previous one and this

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  . That something is match. We talk a lot about match here at MIT ... match is also an important factor that isn't as commonly discussed, or ... Stewart went there and he was my idol). It was, and still is, a terrific

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  'easter is a big snowstorm and a virtually seasonal aspect of New England life ... well enough. And they're right. Snow day: Any day in which school is ... feet of snow just to reach the sidewalk.) The caveat is that any day that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... because this is what happens when my mom tries to take a picture of me. Mom ... and we decided it’d be worth a daytrip. One thing I noticed is that my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  half of the grand plan is moving fast on track. Two weeks ago, the MIT ... winning; but when the goal is so clear – “ECTC Division I Champions (again ... opportunity came on March 7. At 4 AM (yes, that is A.M.)– 2 busses pulled up at

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  Hrm, ok. Let's pretend everything is seven or eight days ago so that ... that's probably only offered at MIT.) Hey all, No school is perfect. At ... 't line up properly; your workload is far more than you're used to or should

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  -and-white-and-symbolically-important-colors-only. The sad truth is that my periods of REM sleep, no matter how R my EM may ... What Was in the Briefcase. No luck. My best guess is still that it had ... exhaustion goes something like: *By the way, using MIT as an adjective is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  vile. Might I mention that my cooking partner, Danny, is flamingly vegan ... aborted experiment in homemade black bean burgers is sublimated into a thick ... tofu is briskly upended onto the neat red tile floor, during which Jon

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  thread: How much do I like MIT? The best answer I can think of is, more ... ) slept until 11:45 AM, which is when I crashed into the door of our room ... -minute studying before 9 AM exams began. Nina, contrary to visual evidence, is not

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  function in our mobile blood analysis table in just 30 minutes! this is ... to August 8, 2008 As nice as tropical Taiwan is, it's again time to ... an UV camera. -Mating worms (which is really simple in theory - you put

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  prospective students why MIT is amazing, or (d) all of the above - I ... poster sessions, both because physical chemistry is great and because I ... to investment bankers to recruiters. It is kind of cool because I get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 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 ... prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... interior dome. Danny asks me "Is this the spot you were complaining about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my ... their favorite class at the 'tvte. This term, 6.004 is being co-taught by ... Worse-Is-Better is a better development philosophy than Do

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  understand when I say “Hi I’m [Debbie], my major is [undecided, but ... , TechCash is awesome, and we had $20.11 in honor of our 2011 class! (Later ... … err… yea. I know a picture of this is up already (by Snively

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007