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  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  From May 9th to May 13th (a Friday, naturally), MIT students endured ... short span of two semesters, the term starts to lose its meaning. It's like calling everything and everyone a flurg - you start to wonder what

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  feeling stressed out right now. You can use the comments below to blow off ... application of course, or what you want to do with your life, and so forth - but ... to: 2) keep it civil - in tone, in subject matter, etc. we're all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How, uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  Time to state the obvious: the world knows MIT pretty dang well for its contributions to science. That includes the obvious disciplines falling under the term: every branch of engineering - from aeronautics, to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends ... it. This morning I got to go to class as it rained ice (yes, ICE ... paper upon which I doodled this. Seriously, I'll mail it to you. But you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation ... and IAP, I did my best to take it easy. That’s the wonderful thing about IAP-you operate at your own level. Want to go abroad or do an externship

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  account - feel free to follow me @MikeyMIT. So far it's been mostly text updates, but I'll try to include more pictures for those that want to try ... to Boston. A whirlwind trip, no doubt! Hopefully I'll see some of you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  things that don't belong to me, I've spent the past 100+ hours staying up ... that should rightfully go to the extremely awesome '14s (seriously, I ... trying to do everything possible to distract myself from the fact that Camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  remember Rachel. I was the one who made you promise not to let her fall down the stairs (since it actually is possible to be a complete klutz and a ... in my life, because out of everything I do, it means the most to my

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  ,” it sounded pretty vague to me. Despite the massive listings of events ... ’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact, although I was tempted to plan out exactly how I would spend every moment of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  rolling backpacks and headgear. It's not that my throwback to the early 90s ... haven't rollerbladed since I was much closer to the ground. Speaking of ... - but it was also not long after I'd moved to Burton Conner. Let's just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza ... prototyped during the Vietnam War to sharpen the reflexes of future army enlistees, and that Bill Gates had cleverly developed a way to hook up my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... cause me to be instantly rejected from MIT, I calmed down slightly, went ... , impatient for decisions, reluctant to do my other apps, doubtful of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  . We're now ready to play a short psychological game. A private ... imaginary answer. Ex: “7 times 7 is 49, drop the 9, carry the 4 to the next ... . Rationale: when evaluating the most direct route to your goal, be it the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  cooking dinner with my boyfriend and he was telling me about his visit to UCSC. He had gone to see a friend from high school who was either a ... , introducing them to her favorite trees and caves and perches from which to view

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... pestered to dance. Every year I fight back. "No! I don't dance! Let me be the ... of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all ... heating up as we race towards finals, I'll do my best to blog about all ... where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a huge decision, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to experience what a little bit of MIT is like. Can't sleep? Curious about what to ... freshmen class about CPW last year to give you an idea of how things will go

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My ... planning to post a quick blog entry; I recently saw this amazing TED

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  be occupying many of your minds, and so I'd like to offer some brief ... wants to come here. I know, I know, right? It's true though. I know if I were you and someone said that to me, I'd probably have ignored them and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009