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  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an ... , was a meeting held in the home of an alumni volunteer named George Keller '48. He lived in the Bay Area, was chairman of Chevron Oil at the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  , towards the end of this student's senior year, a small skirmish took place on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in ... study schedule to make sure that the portion of summer residents who watch

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  Three-day weekends seem like the perfect opportunity to catch-up on work and get ahead for the next week. Umm... right... it never really ... my friend, Maria '08, to visit one of my best friends from high school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  ’ve corresponded back and forth with a number of the student leaders in these groups ... funding from the Edgerton Center, they do quite a bit of fundraising on ... friends, and a conference for Camp Kesem. More updates on the flip side of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging, but hey, we're MIT students, right? :D So you've probably heard of the comic strip Doonesbury. Basically, back in 2006, the author of the strip

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  into the hundreds of activities and announcements that line our hallways ... add research, books, art, etc to our archive of inventions. Down the ... manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal ... of admissions decision letters. Joanne writes: Having worked in the admissions office for a million years, currently serving as the director of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of east campus and the death of this room in particular 62h306 today i remember the people who lived in this room before me of the several dozen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  more times before the end of the program. By the fourth time, I could ... a second. We've gotta take care of something." Without putting the ... at full volume into the middle of the soundproof control room

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  year full of blades. If you are interested in supporting the victims ... to stay safe, but the request felt empty. How could any of us ensure ... muted grief, the kind of grief that has learned to avoid demanding

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information on this PDF is awesome! If you even have a slight bit of geekiness

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D ... to make a strong brick using pressure instead of heat. Also, the bricks ... mortar to hold together. And of course the machine should be fast and

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Wrapup Final thoughts on Campus Preview Weekend 2006.

  

  ? It was great to meet so many of you! See you again in the fall =) ... For those of you who attended: How was it? What was your favorite part? What was the biggest surprise? What would you tell those who couldn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  face to the interwebs. I have replaced it with that of the guitarist ... , or multiple of 90-120 minute nap -- whatever leaves you feeling the ... A couple of days before a physics test, my friend Chacha'14 posted on

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT ... until, at the end, one of the founders asked me how much compensation I ... . There were a few giant red flags on the first day. I won't go into all of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  , because of one simple choice. Living an examined life starts with the ... the overall environmental health of our planet. Take the #Refuse ... into the mountains, across desert islands, into Stata Cafe, and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  Boston. P.F. Chang's was packed, but we zipped to the front of the line ... the first row of the mezzanine. Afterward, it was time for some fine ... I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  was having a lengthy relationship with Todd Rundgren around the time of ... with history, and I want to get back and see the 99% of the sights that I ... the US tied with Italy 1-1 in the first round of the tournament, I think

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  ! What a day. I took some pictures of the kickoff, which I'll post next week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can ... all of sudden is crystal clear. We solved the puzzle and the next thing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006