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  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to Budget where my rental car was supposed to be waiting for me. I ... , but I'm going to hook you up with something better for the same price ... car for hours at a time on busy city streets, where dings and scratches

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  today as it continues to move up the East Coast. On this grey day, though ... On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the ... is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  (too late for me to major in 11 now, but wish me luck on getting a minor ... and do what I need to do. Mostly I can speak for the Financial Aid ... being convinced that it was the most boring thing I've ever had to read

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how ... students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica on the big screen with a huge and rowdy group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  On this otherwise lovely three-day weekend, my suitemate Jeremy '09 ... a friend from high school, who happens to be a pre-med (DING!) at ... !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  YOU really want. I went to an art and design high school initially on ... thought. Eventually I made the decision to focus on academics because I knew ... /11/11 was the most universally auspicious time for me to contact my

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  , cranking up every dial. I put on my headphones, ready to unleash percussive ... associations. On that note, two last observations for the weekend: 1) Benefits ... Alcide from True Blood! I waited in line for maybe 30 minutes to get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  (say, Senator Foo or Congressman Bar). It's rare for these letters to say ... asking the aide in that politician's office that they worked for to write ... -school cassette player to listen to it? :p" Relatedly, Arvind asks, "Matt, for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  really want to take the time to reflect on everything I've learned ... funds for it. It was also super refreshing to be in these games classes ... a long time for me to realize that jobs are jobs at the end of the day

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  administered by the medical school. I hopped on the CT2 bus last Friday to go buy ... go to Harvard Med, and I'm not even premed. But never fear (?), for I ... 'll be in the area for a while. Hooray! So you'll all have to come to our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during ... people called it a night, going upstairs to their rooms. I didn't want to ... chill on the fifth floor. Skullhouse is five stories and from one of the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  One of my favorite things to do that I don't really have time for is watching TV; however, when I do have time (*cough* IAP *cough*) I manage to ... reality TV show to be on, it'd be The Amazing Race. How 'bout you?

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  to go bouldering on MIT's climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a ... for the locking mechanism to work, so I called instructions through the ... school for me). “I went to Harvard for graduate school too!” he said, “in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  deathly combination of classes to prepare for my semester abroad. The work ... with a grad student tp talk about the problems you worked on for the past ... The grass is always greener on the other side. Or that's what they

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  paired up for their room assignments within Baker. "Want to be my roommate ... and hello panda) -- and it's not easy to describe. (For those of you ... from class. We know that when we try not to turn on the lights and end up

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  very helpful. If a teacher asks you to write the recommendation for them ... -- common, in fact -- for teachers to write their own letter and not answer ... Naviance, teachers should see MIT on the list of colleges to which these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  who wants to go to medical school must make this decision very early on ... to focus on biology or chemistry) Physics: -1 year of physics with lab ... for you. I have spoken to my friends who have been through the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  it later on here boosts the thrill, for I am a wanderer of the ... neglected for a minute too long. Then I’ll head to the west side of campus for ... infinite. That is, it’s on a whole new level of infinity, and this makes

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  't always have to do it for him 017. Most overused phrase on an instant ... " 049. Song you've listened to? RHCP, track 9 on CD#1 of the new record, whatever that is 050. (Who was the last) person you've spoken to on the phone

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  . For reference, there are 525,600 minutes in a year. Congratulations to ... the rankings for the most minutes spent listening to a single artist ... on to top songs, Jebby easily takes the crown here with 503 streams of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024