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• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  't only have to choose a place to spend then next five years of your life ... , she'll come to your house and kill your dog. For fun. So don't push

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  /enjoyment in the work and what you're learning. Is that true? (I dearly hope it ... city, but if you walk across one short bridge you're right in Boston. Or ... Hampshire to ski down a 4,000 foot mountain. Your call! A few days before

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  Chemical Engineering II professor, Dr. Gregory "take your hands off the ... time your can see the report itself at web.mit.edu/coal (See today's MIT ... --they were derived from your answers to Homework problem number 1) or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  out of Next if you move here in your first year - but that's a story for ... shutdowns per year and 2.5 partial shutdowns. If your car broke down for a day ... ; your dream school most certainly isn't going to be flawless. I'm here to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  time gone??? I feel like just yesterday I was in your shoes, nervously ... going through… in fact everyone around me knows what it’s like. Your ... application process and someone told me, “if you’re gold then you’ll shine

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  you're a girl... probably better, actually. Just so long as you are ... and un-self-conscious no matter how many people you're running into and impaling with your costume. And some of the costumes were almost as clever as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  not think this is that important, but when you're rocking the twin extra ... use your own pencil. Begin GRE, and I was kind of nervous. After ... you like to see your scores?" There were two options, "View Scores" and

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  costs just about $2. And then you look at it and you're like, "$2 for yams ... the world was like, "Ives, your music sounds like it was written by an ... my life was awesome in other ways recently, but I don't think you're

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  , if you're interested. After both the Salt Lake City meeting and the ... IEEE. And informally, creating something new and cool on your own is ... : tomorrow in Albuquerque at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. If you're in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  big group of your friends with lots of snacks and pizza; this behavior ... fight anymore once you're here. UROPs practically grow on trees, and most ... whom you're competing anymore is yourself. Again, I am not saying that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  improve your chances of being admitted to and receiving aid from a US ... your plans:   Mount Holyoke College: Mount Holyoke is a women ... , or Harvard, or the other big name schools -- in your applications. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  , government organizations in DC, and more! If you're interested in getting a ... to write a good resume and cover letter, improve your networking skills ... the summer. Considering there are only about 100 F/ASIP students, your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  . Similar to my experience, you might end up living in a quad your freshman ... even words at all because it's this strange sensation you get when you're here. When you stroll down the Infinite on your way to class with a

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  heeded the call of your sons & daughters. You got out of the way. You ... , "You chilled while your peeps was handlin' they biz in the cut." For ... your CPW experience?

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  , can you please update me with your internhip plan this summer, and if ... European loop). It would be useful and fun to see you and meet your ... really need to continue your quest for self-improvement?" When I am old

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  girlfriend." I know you're thinking, "that's absurd, no one but that crazy ... because you're a girl." I mean, that kind of attitude is pretty thoroughly ... you can argue and debate the guy until you're blue in the face, but is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  of state laws. Back in TX, if you were in the top 10 percent of your ... collect those big envelopes you'll be waiting at your mailbox for. Many of ... try to find your way around. Have fun. See MIT. And for anyone who

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  entries and answered some of your more specific comments. Here are the ... technically you have to wait until you're an admitted student to do that. It ... it's warmer, your host will be more likely to take you out into Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  little with some questions you should have in mind as you're selecting a ... your own questions!" I will personally smack them. If these are questions ... while you were an undergrad? What did your extracurriculars entail besides

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  Download Hyperscore and create your Ringtone. From Hyperscore, submit your ... but have had no one to go with you. Come join your fellow chocolatiers

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006