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  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  Masters in Course 16: Aero/Astro) held an engagement party last Saturday at MIT, and at first I was going to spend the weekend in NYC, but then I ... teach us how to dance. After we learned some (not so) basic steps in lines

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  're probably nervous, which is normal. No one is certain they'll get in. That's a fact. I hope you can find the best environment to await and process the ... the admissions decision. That's a fact also. In the publishing industry

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  . As such, I've started developing a plan for how to keep myself occupied ... how to do a bunch of 2.005 so I don't fail it next semester 3) Work on ... who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  own. I managed to sputter in reply, "Of course," before realizing that I ... called to do so as brothers and sisters of this world and I hope that in ... , especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words and I am always

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  rain and a strong breeze while waiting in line -- luckily I was under a small covering near the door. As you can see, I am completely drenched in ... was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but unfortunately it was all Spam's idea. Thanks, Spam. Unfortunately, in the mean time, I've forgotten how to blog. So in true "first post" style.. there

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  application, which I barely remember anymore - occurred via a link in the blog comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so ... key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  , they're mailing regular decisions out tomorrow! I can feel you shivering ... like, two-thirds of the way up the block, and I was pretty dumb in high ... . Anyway, she didn't really say anything, when I walked in, but merely thrust

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even ... snowflake of winter, how exciting)! Gradually, it began snowing harder; the ... looks like it has transitioned to rain =( Last week, I finally busted out

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... something truly serendipitous. Back in July, when I created the 2010 Blogger ... stuck in Beijing. "I've gotta beat them somehow," I said, in an impromptu

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I ... was in the comments of these very blogs that I remember a poster saying, "I can't wait until I get to MIT and brush shoulders with Nobel Prize

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  Happy holidays from the admissions office! I'll be leaving in a bit for a week of vacation (YES!) - back on January 2. I hope you all have wonderful holiday vacations, and here's to a great 2007! I'll leave you with

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  nature. I stashed the water in my assigned kitchen cabinet back at Random ... above transpired in the span of 72 hours! I've been here for roughly 580 ... withdraw in fright. The one from the window was somewhat better, as I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  , or anything in between happens. Before I walked out of Burton Conner, I had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer ... weather works when you’re not in California? Every morning I've resorted to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  retrospect, this description makes the decisions I make in the body of this ... lime-colored. I couldn’t decide if I loved or hated them."](550, in 5East ... room in 3East.[/annotation] This time, though, my triple-mates and I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does ... .  They weren't just any birds: they were Angry Birds. In 2.009, the ... impressive industry judges.  I should note that 2.009 is possibly the awesomest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm ... Cormick at about 11:45 pm, naively thinking that I would be in bed by 1 am at ... arrived, my joy at having gotten in was weighted down by uncertainty. Did I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  -registration sometime soon. For probably the first time ever in blog history, I can give ... in so many ways that I can’t even begin to put into more complex words ... ’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  exchange later, I realized we actually would be back in time. I’ll fill out ... , October 14th at our Heads of House’s cabin in Concord, MA. As we drove, I ... in the dark and tried to map out all the stars I couldn’t see from

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of ... : About me: I am a senior who is majoring in 21E: Humanities and Engineering (History and Computer Science).  For this major, I have to take 7 classes in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009