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  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  conversational French improved more in those two weeks than in years of classes at ... at the University of Washington. We (well, some of us) played Settlers of Catan at 2am, and stayed up all night psetting (a good preview of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  remaining until we are seniors. This is scary as I look at the long list of ... past couple of weeks. As we head into the last couple weeks of the ... /lounges/libraries/other favorite study spot to ready themselves for the barrage of final projects and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  as well as check out a live tracker of smile intensity at all four ... Infinite and tracking the intensity of smiles passing by. Students walking ... face. This mood meter is part of the MIT150 Festival of Arts, Sciences

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  my class, the MIT Class of 2000, when we were admitted in 1996? [answer at the end of the entry] Probably the most popular questions asked at ... folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  issue of the MIT International Review at http ... , Paul and Karen, are among the authors. Here's a picture of the cover so that you can get a sneak preview: Next, a hearty round of

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  are at the beginning of Easter term so there’s panic over the last ... ;m sitting at home while writing this. Most of the other people on the ... differently over there. Namely, instead of 2 or 3 tests a term and then a final

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  After reading Chris' blog entry about Thanksgiving at MIT, I thought ... to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2.5 months already!" I've been more along the lines of "I can't believe it

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  several decades of history by a madcap, magpie voice that’s equally at home ... Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. And then laugh at people who think that MIT doesn ... (I've come out of blogger hibernation to post something too awesome

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  : It's Director of Financial Aid Daniel Barkowitz, holding up some fondue! As his associate advisor for a group of six freshmen, I got to tag along to the end-of-year dinner at the Wine Cellar Restaurant, just across

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  The 2007 Senior Ball was last Saturday night, and as a member of the ... other things, the first two consecutive days of nice weather since ... We held it at the Boston Sheraton In this picture, the Sheraton is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  at me. I didn't do it. Speaking of EC, this evening when I was walking home from studying at the student center, these had been strung from the ... ! Woo hoo! With that said, here are a few of the things I've seen while

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Upon hearing one of Bach's motets late in his life ... KIum said she would buy every piece in Uli's collection, and some of them ... those prints mightily in the warm weather of Saint-Tropez. Then again

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  staying and practicing. I had an enormous crush on one of their star players ... family went to watch them run drills at a nearby soccer field one afternoon, I bought posters of him in Little Italy, NY, and even went to an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  So as promised earlier, this week I'm highlighting another one of my ... recording of it. Tidbit #2: Professor Yaffe is also an MD. Thus, to prove it to us and also demonstrate the effects of EDTA

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  happen to know that girl (bus driver) and it is unbelievable the amount of ... confused anyone. I wasn't trying to give examples of things that got people accepted to MIT. Jenna's essay on the bus driver was one of many things that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  read the first chapter of Fun Home at the start of my junior year of high ... on personal enjoyment/emotional impact and not at all on literary merit ... probably be higher if I felt capable of Actually Understanding Poetry, but I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  of the Orange County ECs, having a nice picnic dinner. Directly ... the meeting, the ECs had the opportunity to address the audience. At left, two ECs help the attending crowd check in. At right, EC Joanna Tan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  long looking for the light at the end of the tunnel   water you ... sits right in front of me? i am bored i am chewing on a mat, staring at ... vanish from my todo-list i’m getting tired of fourier transforms these

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  Hidden Treasures At MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam Every Wednesday ... and a potential spot on the Boston Poetry Slam Team that will compete at ... campus during the week due to the general hustle and bussle of psets, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013