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  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  is just too much of a deterrent, it's so nice and warm inside that I ... know, it doesn't seem fair, I'm sorry, but feel free to read and enjoy the banter if you haven't yet been accepted. This entry is due to my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  , the old series about the now rising juniors is worth a read. Back to ... is the Assistant to Dean Marilee Jones, with the comment "Great story for the blog." If you know Ellen, you know the best thing to do is to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it ... to make charcoal Read on, grasshopper....   What is charcoal ... Use sand to seal the edges and let it carbonize for a while. Fast

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a nutshell, we're not going to be able to admit anyone from the waitlist this ... all of this is that it would have been impossible to choose between you

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  IAP is almost over! I wasn't on campus for most of it, but I finally ... workshop, which is about to come to a close. I had a wonderful experience, and it was a lot more fun than I expected it to be! I might blog about

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  family. While it is only advertised to Next House, our goal is to give ... stuffing than I care to count. Personally, this is also my favorite night of ... think it shows that we’re all people. And at some point, being a friend to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  - Thanks to this class, I'm finally learning MATLAB. This class is ... , Thurs 7 - 9 pm), but class is so relaxed that it's not really a problem ... Women's Initiative is to send MIT women to middle schools and high schools

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I ... /she doesn't make it. In no way am I comparing my feelings to those of a ... celebrate!" Hmmmm. :-/ Well, it's like this... As readers, we connect with

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.

  

  . The closer you send in your application to the deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your ... submit your application. If your application is ready to go, click that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  month, 'tis true, but I can attest to the fact that it IS like drinking from a fire hose. Perhaps to some it may seem menacing--what is life ... you like to see next on this blog? :D It's true. MIT is like drinking

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  graduate student stipend is. How much can I afford to donate? Again, it's not ... . So according to my quick Google calculation, it's been 230 days since I ... was snark on "omg this sucks" or "it's 2 am and this problem set is

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  one of the smaller majors at MIT, and it is an absolutely awesome field ... ’s what makes it such an interesting city to study. As rebuilding ... its fiercely loyal residents to their former home, and grasping the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  good news is: the boy did not break (in fact it was not close to breaking ... everyone). however, it is easy to do this wrong. it is easy to hit the ground ... this is also why it is good to keep the feet dry, and wrap them in dry

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  think about it-—how does one attach a microphone to a stripper ... joking around with the case. It takes more than two months to put a show ... 't until the night the show opens). But it's truly rewarding to start with

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  , which is probably paternalistically a good thing, because it's better to ... for ten hours it’s 7 a.m. jesus christ, go to sleep," but I can’t cause ... when a student is unable to make a deadline here and there. These kinds

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  or inspiration to have anything to say. But ah well, so it goes sometimes. Thankfully, the semester is over and it's on to bigger and better ... for later. The way it typically works is I'll have a random thought or

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  important when it comes to social media. The second phase of the class is ... , is not always the way that it’s going to be. More and more things are ... is a really good way to do this. It’s something that makes you stand

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  . MIT is not the academic utopia I imagined it to be.']MIT classes take so ... moments to step back and ask myself: What am I doing? Why am I doing it? Is ... should be more grateful. … It's such a privilege to be here. I'm really

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  release how I managed to do this because it is so embarrassing to my core ... low points, but it takes a certain amount of humility and retrospect to ... emotionally over with, so I'm not as scared to fail again. I know it's good to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see ... 'd like it to. We're reading for content, and we're used to seeing the ... . We have not yet announced that date; please keep it tuned to the blogs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007