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  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  , should I just sign up for one for the lottery, or do all three? The usual ... Questions 1. Sevi asked, here is a question for you about Mac ... for many dorms was just put in last summer. There is a website with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  philanthropist behind such ventures as the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at ... organization in Philadelphia, and I ended up getting a scholarship to M.I.T. I ... board for a job opening as technical editor for the first computer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  drove downtown to JR Masterman, then back up to Central. Those of you who ... day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My parents moved to Baltimore when I was two, which is where I grew up. But now

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... was really supportive and helpful to me back when I was running for UAVP ... , abbreviation or acronym), giving campaign advice and showing up to watch my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  dye their hair. It sounded up my alley; I love writing, and this would ... off. During fall the producer and I met up intermittently in different classrooms around campus. She asked for my ideas. Something deep? I suggested

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  the delicious dishes that people have cooked up. For Conner 2, my floor ... bake us goodies and check up on us to make sure that we're being ... -picking outings that MIT dorms help subsidise. For most people, it’s a great reason

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  . 3. Spending the last moments up to the AP Statistics exam whipping and ... driving up the whole eastern United States and realizing, standing in my ... launch day, the thing went flying up in the air, and we all stood in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Jeremy R. '16 with a link to a new McDonald's commercial for their new Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal, or STRAW. It's a clear send-up of ... McDonald's hacking MIT? This is like the Zapruder film for reflexive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  than good. So here are some things I've been up to over the last few ... name for a general inscriptive strategy, one that uncovers the ... to prepare for reading and selection, which has already begun for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how ... falling down. And then picking myself up and moving forward one silly ... those steps was moving off campus. And that is why I moved off campus for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  hour and do nothing but read. Usually we end up staying for much longer ... friend who's at the gym waiting for me--well, I can't just not show up, can ... Socrates. So much for philosophy. books/making time to read/coping with life

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  side 2015 calendar today at wotes.mit.edu!!! And pick up/pay for ... dates back about eight years created for the purpose of showing off some ... and also raising money for the Big Jimmy Scholarship Fund.  The Fund

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a ... , delighting a contingent of residents who'd spent the past year campaigning for ... pieces of vegan chocolate cake, to be had. The birthday girl lapped up

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  !). It's crazy. I moved up here on the 19th of August, for my pre ... group came up with this (exceptionally impractical) bed whose mattress flips over to fold into a desk that would be way too big for any actual

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  . What have you been up to the past year? Ladies and gentlegoobers, I had my First Year. My First Year Out Of School. I worked part-time for Admissions and have been doing my full-time gig for the Office of Digital

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern ... Times was not at all what I expected, but everything I could've hoped for ... brief stint in Canada for my older sister's wedding. Bonnie (my parents

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  Iwasjustcallingtocongratulateyouonyourearlyadmissionanddoyouhaveanyquestions?" The first few calls were just as surprising for me as they were for the ... follow up with the students I got a chance to chat with and hear from the ... Chorallaries, in the middle of practice in Lobby 10 for their upcoming

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  ...for a little trip down memory lane. What inspired this sudden ... speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia ... advice to give. But I really think Ms. Frizzle summed it up best when she

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  ’s a great opportunity for you, it does make things much quieter on the ... Later” for those sadly uneducated in the ways of cheesy ‘80s movies ... ’t believe me if I told you’ serendipitous moments that make up a normal day on

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  taking a crash course in conversational German in preparation for a trip I ... 't studied for? Femto-cool. You could even apply it to those tricky end ... to indicate your level of understanding. For example, I'd say I have a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010