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  Thanksgiving was a beautiful day here on the East Coast -- I watched ... about interdisciplinary research in the life sciences. Now, I'm back in ... would you admit?" I never answer questions like that, because we don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my ... asked me if there was anything in particular I wanted him to take a photo ... Building 72. Although Cody and I left a little before sunset in order to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  's How I Take Care of Myself at one of the most stressful colleges in the ... of how far I've come. I remember the sleepless nights in high school ... out of fear that people would judge me for how weak I was and also just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  always wear these in Bavaria? Because they are kind of uncomfortable. I know this because one time, as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, I ... something that you see every day in Bavaria. Am I allowed to say transvestite

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  realized just how thoroughly this hack was done. I'm sure there's at least ... In honor of Wikipedia's 10th birthday (January 15th), MIT celebrated the only way it knows how: through imitation (as flattery), and a hint

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  , How I Came To Own and Love A 'Wagon For The Little Old Lady Who Lived In ... athletics at MIT in order to share with attendees what I believe to be the ... ,000 miles prior. The cost, even at the voc tech, would've been in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  everyone, I just wanted to come in with some quick updates about what's been ... was pretty emotional, although I didn't show it as much. In the weeks ... would probably be the only "free" summer I had since everything was remote

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... ? Thanks =] I would take 7.01x during the freshman year if you're planning to ... biology classes, I think 7.012 (offered in the fall) and 7.013 (spring) are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  It was as bad as I suspected it would be. Turns out I have 5 hasses ... interest in learning how to make forceful arguments in written form. Studies ... those has got to go. I will probably keep drumming if I make it in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  ... ------------------------------------- Jasmine wrote, "how do you register for CPW? I can't find any information ... in terms of balancing time b/w them and with my host at CPW? I know ... how CPW worked." bonbon wrote, "I'm with debbie are we staying mostly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  demanding I finish this post in which he addressed me as "kamber", and I knew ... before finals I went to see The Arcade Fire perform at the Orpheum in ... had to look up Laika on Wikipedia because I wasn't even a fetus in 1957

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  wonder, sprinkled lightly with East Campus dust. I had considered changing ... else in my boot. I was quite certain of that. But I still needed to check. The women’s bathroom in Simmons shone with a clean metallic glow. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  So…I'm not sure exactly where September went, but in plain English ... rushed to the art supply store to buy materials that I didn't end up using ... quicker and go to sleep? and I’m just like, yo, mom, that’s not how it

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  in addition to filling out the rest of the application. I would try to ... 't come out till mid-November. In the application, would I write in my old ... , "Aww, I live in Las Vegas. Too bad you didn't visit here. Would you know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  the lobster tank in the Chicago Meijer, wondering how on earth I had ... saying Orange County, California. I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but I ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... discovery. I spent my first few months on campus checking the UROP website and contacting professors who had research projects that I was interested in. After

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  ="attachment_83349" align="aligncenter" width="300"] in case i get a new avatar, i ... in the in-betweenness of young adulthood. As we drove away, I felt ... . This city was where I learned how to advocate for myself and form a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  in the superficial sense, bearing no deeper significance than that I ... *. Plus, “high-school dropout” had a nice ring to it (and I would get loads ... sentence out of a book report that I wrote about Death of a Salesman in 10th

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  your hand. Now combine it. See how much imaginary fun you're having? I ... badass. In fact, shortly before the concert I made this flyer advertising ... , for a Christmas special on how much it'd actually cost to buy all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010