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  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  interning for the next four weeks during Independent Activities Period (IAP ... finally figured out how to open the trunk to look for the ice scraper Zipcar ... unhealthy. We decided to get the bare necessities for lunch sandwiches

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  and cheered for their friends. My boyfriend's aunt leaned over to fill me in on who each model was: "that's the town masseuse!", for example ... vertigo returned today. I'm at the Conference of Research Experiences for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  Picture for me, if you will, all your favorite celebrities. These are ... . And they don't just want to meet you--they're looking for people to go and work for them. People are dressing to the nines and lining up around

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  When I was applying for the GEL program as a sophomore, I heard a lot ... in my last entry, the InternshipPlus is a requirement for GEL students ... experience by asking for more leadership opportunities and establishing a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  :16 pm – A train express into Brooklyn 11:04 pm – waited for host to come ... waiting for the L train. They were great! 7:56 pm – heard ANOTHER band at ... record for a 9 day adventure of 23.7minutes. I scurried along to submit

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  For MIT students, we're most often having fun when we're way too busy ... Center and the day of Michael Jackson's death. For both of those days, I ... relative impacts and significances for those days by mentioning them together

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  enjoyed making things; that hasn't changed at all. This summer, for example ... I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn ... and a metal post for a seat (ouch). I wanted something nice, something

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  Hey folks. I've been busy, which still isn't a good excuse for not ... was a fair benchmark for which course to declare, so Brain and Cog it is ... application to Cataldo EMS, a private ambulance service for which many MIT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  power tools in their garage at home, and even for those that have worked ... introduce students to the tools they'll be using for 2.007. Today was my ... , so some of the processes have been streamlined for time efficiency

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  -PhD.) For those of you who are "new" to the blogs, I graduated in June 2008 ... University in England. I am reading for a Masters degree in Integrated ... ’s all relative! At MIT, I lived in Next House for my first two years and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  as "the oldest and best known award for international study," includes ... has for three years worked in a lab analyzing the effects of recombinant ... active volunteer emergency medical technician, and a tutor for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  , MIT is really really good at helping you adjust and prepare for such ... you yearn for a simpler time, a quieter time. A time when the internet ... -billion dollar company came up with for the web in 1996: McDonalds-1996

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  , my CPW was pretty tame. Keep in mind this is saying tame for CPW - this is a lot like saying west campus people are normal (they are, for MIT). In any case, for a trip to my new favorite place, the beginning was

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... been talking for 40 minutes when it's only been 4- yeah, there was really no hope for me. instead, i will blog randomly yet again to tell you

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More Updates from Cambridge It's CPW 24/7 here. We can't wait to see you.

  

  here as we prepare for nearly two-thirds of the admitted class of 2011 to ... year off between high school and MIT, come to this discussion. For those who can't make it... Don't worry too much if you can't be here for CPW

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  possible. You can imagine how disconcerting this can be for a social ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort ... quantity. For the purposes of this entry we will apply the concept of LΔ to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  slides -- when you shake up a water/protein solution (for example, by ... white water phenomenon all the time- when no one's used the slide for 15 ... stuff; or are most dorms already furnished? (Sorry for the weird question

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  spelling. Luckily for the sake of our collective sanity, however the ... , & chemistry exam used for admission to India’s technological ... followed, then two more, and the challenge was on. Or at least, it was on for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  !!), is also my most recent sketchbook because I've hardly drawn for myself since starting college. I've made a ton of art for my clubs at MIT and for ... for a circle of artists to sketch. Life drawing is essential to a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023