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  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  another city." "We're leaving at 8. 9. 9:40. 10. 10:30. 10:50. 11:30. We

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  It’s over. Dear god, that was rough. Seriously. Freshman year I thought MIT was tough, and it was. But that’s all it was, it was tough. It required some extra…

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  I didn’t mean to write this entry. I sat down to write about some recent events I’ve been meaning to blog about for a while – and well, I started…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  The MIT Admissions blogs started for several reasons. One of the reasons was the extremely dull, lackluster nature of the old admissions website. Another reason was this magical thing called…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  unfortunately I'll only be here for one day. 11:30am. I've been using a GPS unit

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  Alright, my first serious, thought-out blog entry in quite some time. I’m discovering something about sophomore year, well, a lot of things, but a few key ones. 1) Classes are…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  In case you haven’t noticed, I’m blogging less frequently now. There are at least two reasons behind this, one that’s my choosing and the other that’s just happenstance. The first…

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  allows cats in four of its 11 undergraduate dorms, a rare amenity that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  thing a little too far when we started playing bridge, and Gloria '11 came

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  Yesterday, a prefrosh friend of mine sent me this Facebook message: I hate to bug you with a blog-related question, but you seem to be the best person to ask.…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  You may think you have a pretty good grip on what type of person you are. Let’s face it, you just spent the last four years of your life jockeying…

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  1. As you apparently know already, Neil Gaiman came to speak at MIT today. Oh man – oh man – it was – just – wow. What a great speaker…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he’s giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you know something is…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible. Following the advice of…

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  It is 5:16am. At about 4:45, I walked into Senior House. I had been at East Campus working on a 5.111 (chemistry) pset with a friend. I actually enjoyed doing…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  I’ve never been one for actually truly believing in karma (what goes around comes around) but this last Monday pushed me a step or so towards accepting it. Here’s how…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  (title inspired by Derrick’s recent blog =D) So, the Early Action deadline came and went. For those that submitted EA applications, good job and best wishes! :) On November 7,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  disappeared for 11 years, long enough for most readers to assume that, like most

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  was about 11:59 PM on 07/06/07, because I am a baaad baad procrastinator

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  TO GO TO HERSHEYPARK! Riding in the front seat of Storm Runner at 11 AM

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007