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• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was ... meet every one of you who couldn't be admitted in person and tell you ... important things in life is to be at peace with where you are and what you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds ... otherwise, and my fraternity has played a huge role in my life ever since I ... , actually, yes. At least for me, becoming a brother is not simply a change in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it ... snowstorm tomorrow? You know what this means….Battle #3!". Dan and I are in ... grape throwing, running around the basements, playing in the secret ninja

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  go for a hot cup of cocoa, but I realize we don't have any in the house ... .k.a. "Slugfest") hall in the East Campus dorm. According to the Slugfest wiki ... the problems that exist in American and global education, reading your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  . For 35 ambitious Juniors in an average high school, this was our first ... of only 6 of our classmates, who now marched proudly in the ranks of ... expected a wall, now wondered what they were capable of. It was in this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  as males tend to do in an affectionate manner. (I tried to reciprocate ... full name does occasionally work in my favor, though. Aside from assisting me in weeding out who's a friend and who's foe, it also helps me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  obscure occasions of note. Created by a leading young visionary in the ... day jobs. This summer, as in January, I've perched myself atop the flat ... freight railroading. I'm not out working in a rail yard -- I've actually got

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... schools jointly occupied the position of "dream school." I included both in ... . In the meantime, my mother made plans for a future carpool arrangement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... jumped in to the kid's defense and started roundhouse kicking those bikers ... him when he sliced me in the face! Then I beat him up and kicked him

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  time to prepare a list of questions either. So just in case you'd like to ... this evening, but just in case you didn't get a call from me specifically ... over IAP a couple times, so just in case you missed it, here's an update

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... figure out the component of mg in the direction of the inclined plane ... shortcut truly is. (There were actually lines in my notes that reference how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  Tivo, bless you) means I can watch these four shows in about three hours ... 's where you come in. The contenders: LOST I've been an addict for ... episode. I finally got sucked in this year - it's really good.  

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70 ... meetings in New England: Jenny Rifken will be traveling to Portland, Maine ... Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of ... saw in the Princeton Review book that she bought that MIT has one of the ... inside is vibrant, if not necessarily practical. I take pride in biking

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  wonderful, hole-in-the-wall Tunisian restaurant. Tell Chef Alia I said hello ... in all of Boston. 225 Hampshire St Cambridge, MA T: Red Line to Central ... /Southern food in Boston, with a lot of culture and attitude. 55 Chester St

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in ... firm, Worldwide Aeros Corporation, is in the early stages of developing a ... cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  "Last Night" -- get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in ... of sophomore year studying abroad in Spain Veena '06 is former captain ... waited in line and saved me a good seat. (How dare they call me inefficient

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  throughout the reading of the application), I'll dive right in. How do you ... competitions? etc. What do you write about in your short answer essays? in your ... well in a challenging curriculum. Next, it's time for your teacher

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT ... ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in ... on Friday, January 13, 2006. Team registration is now open. Like in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  are even more limited now that my bike is locked up in the bike room ... completely transform it in one week, while they send the original owners on ... family went to my parents' friend's restaurant in Rhode Island. If you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005