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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.

  

  their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... !) is Thanksgiving day, which is a BIG DEAL in the U.S. Considering the ... in the 20s because a large number of Macy's employees were new

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... (ditto for your core); and cotton kills (NEVER wear cotton in the cold ... before it spun off to the sea. A cold, dry air mass from Canada blanketed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  Hudson's wedding in Aspen, Colorado.) Last weekend, I went up to Seattle ... .") Their wedding took place in Bellevue last Saturday, and was a bittersweet ... HTML than I do -- bummer. After that, most of us went to bed. A certain

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  opportunities. He began his amazing journey in 1974, loaning $27 to a group of 42 ... particular, she wants poverty to occupy a more prominent space in MIT’s ... of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  to do so much. I feel ridiculous and strange sitting in a hotel room ... , we've been working in small groups to devise projects that we could take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... in the hopes of securing a game buddy. “Nah,” he said, shaking his ... balled up a white t-shirt covered in even more Twister polka-dots and

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  have to take multivariable again in MIT if I get accepted?" I'm a big ... , i'll request you to visit www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy to get more info ... to earn a degree in nursing (she works part-time as a nursing assistant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  . I did really well in the class, and even enjoyed it to a point ... definitely reinforced what I learned in 3.012. I am excited, however, to get ... gets us through it all in the end. There were a few others things

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience ... regarding your financial aid package or the financial aid process in general

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  , Jenny A.), and it was really cool to finally get to meet you guys. Minus ... time, I've forgotten how to blog. So in true "first post" style.. there ... reading your comments on Stu's post and was going to write back but then

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  UTTERLY MEANINGLESS except for boosting your GPA. Hey, my A in choir made ... quite nice when MIT rounds your GPA to one decimal place. In addition to ... -term freshman to nth-year grad students) in August on one or more pieces of your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ... to be family friendly, it's better that I didn't :p In case you're ... of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  : "I could've sworn that I've seen a photo entry in your blog, Ben, or ... to the word limit for the essays, a lot of space is left over in the ... starting to regret not putting it in a more noticeable place, but it was

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  ’s important to see the people you look up to engage in self-compassion. I know a ... completely different person, working with his uncle to start a tea shop and build a simple, happy life in the Earth Kingdom.  The visual and

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Astrology Forecast for the Class of 2023 Some big aquarius energy is coming...

  that we value your empathetic ways, but we want to learn about you in ... , instead of using their authentic voice in a college essay, they tried to be ... apply to MIT if you're a pisces or are you automatically accepted if you're

  • by DJ Rock
  • August 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  people i wanted to. but i saw a lot of them in those last few days of the ... together on psets in my room or in your room or somewhere else just to enjoy ... -- "my" class -- carries a lot of people who taught me how to care, how to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  already (in a very short period of time) significantly informed and enhanced ... to engage in self-sabotage. i now live in a super quiet place ... .33 - Research and Communication in Economics a sort of pre-thesis class, where we

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  spent a lot of time and effort preaching to you about your high school ... devote an entire entry to a class I'm not even in anymore: Physics ... 't join twenty extra-curriculars because you think you have to in order to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... sleeping in until 11 AM; I then rode my bike to the Student Center and ate a ... time to blowdry my hair normally. In fact, I don't even own a blow dryer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  lyrics and hook to produce a pop hit. Seems hollow to base your taste in ... out of reach. As mentioned earlier, sometimes your taste is bad in a ... actually went. Me: “A good rule of thumb [in choosing jobs that will not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023