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  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  It's that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with reading season. The "love" part is that I love reading apps. I love reading your stories (because they are all so different and awesome). I love

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners ... awesome. But I digress.) Tim was pretty fascinating, so I checked out his ... answers questions for kids. I particularly like his answer to the last

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  , but I've been quiet and left you in suspense. This means that you all must be dying to hear what I've been up to. I expect the barrage of ... . However, lucky you, I'm going to tell you what I've been doing anyway. I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  week or so (before I bought a fan, finally), the room would get up to 95 ... I win. So I apologize for having disappeared (somewhat) off the ... thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  socially at your own pace. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I called ... On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes ... set off on a cross-country road-trip. I was leaving that early because I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  Bonjour de la France! Photo credit: Rebecca Grekin. I’ve spent the ... I did last year, it’s not a class (no homework—yay!!!). Instead of ... within Paris, and most meals. I’m really not exaggerating when I say that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  do about it, or how to deal with it. I know that it's things like these ... Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble ... that the freedoms and privileges that I enjoy today were fought for and

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  what symptoms. This is a story about how I survived Family Weekend ... this time, I had already been here for two months. I knew how to navigate ... “This isn’t goodbye, this is see you later!” I told my family as they

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  A few weeks ago, I sent this email to a bunch of my friends: Hey everyone, As you may know, I am not-so-secretly a blogger for MIT Admissions. I want to put up an entry highlighting the various awesome things that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  a special added bonus, I have also included the diary of my ... , January 21, 2011 was definitely a GREAT day to start a weekend adventure. I ... about 9 days after the first one) and I was thus assured that taking a

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  Amazing Discovery of the Day: After nearly three semesters at MIT, I ... ). Wow, it really shows what kind of MIT student I am over this last year. *blushes* Last year, I posted Taiwanese pop songs to "encourage" the EA and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways that was my [annotation note="Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had ... give some advice on how prospective students —  and their parents

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  recommended for this class, and since I was very used to Solidworks and Rhinoceros, learning how to use AutoCAD took a bit of time. Eventually I ... cons of the symbol, and improve on it throughout 3 iterations. I chose

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  [by Nathan Kipniss '14] This semester I am currently taking STS ... how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me ... assignment. I was trying to capture the sunset on film. We also explore

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  this segment of Commonwealth. And I’m reminded again how nice Kenmore and ... Boston tradition – 115 years running (no pun intended). Of course, I ... celebratory atmosphere. I made my way from North Station to Kenmore Square

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mr. E. Hunt In which I return to blogging only to learn that I forgot how to blog,…

  

  Truth be told, I have no idea how to use the MIT admissions web ... be told honestly this time, I've actually forgotten how to write ... Physics major and. But on the bright side of the other hand, I spent 42

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  minutes later. So, that is how I became a '12. I'm still absolutely ... entry. MIT is intimidating. This was the first thing that I saw from the bus: Yep, THE Stata Center. Designed by The Frank Gehry that I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  go here to see how I defined the station, what I liked ... first two seasons are on there, so I have to figure out how I'm going to ... Now that things have calmed down a bit at work, I finally have some

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  The Forbes blogs broke an interesting story early last week that I went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to ... blogs that aren't MIT Admissions blogs, I'll sum it up for you: The US

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011