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  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  West Side Story to swing to a celebration of the Roaring 20s. Other ... On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  the office computer and watched the replay of the crash. I started to ... iMac in the center of the room. We watched as a second plane flew into the second tower. The most personal part of the day for me was what we

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  students about MIT. The goal of these presentations is to demystify the ... direct to LAX. I spent most of the flight napping and reading back issues of the New Yorker. I landed in LAX around 11:30AM PT and picked up my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  I'm back at my parents' home now (watching reruns of Buffy the ... the wait was an hour and a half, so we headed down to Cafe of India ... imagined, though it isn't large by the standards of national parks in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  celebrate being two years into their undergraduate degree. The Class of 2022 ... my blog where I left off — the version of me typing up this blog post is so different from the version of me that last posted back in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  when other people offer them to you, like almost all of the guys I ... on the edge of a quiet, salty lake, watching my little brother feed ... studio. I miss this kind of food when I’m away from my family. Over the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the ... /sugar/salt solution (7.06). You won't absorb water without salt due to the structure of ... structure of the transporters in your intestine (7.06). 2. The reason you feel

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  I like? Can the size of the smaller school offer a more supportive ... For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... the comments thread. A lot of questions while I was gone, here we go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  mine and I decided to take advantage of free dance lessons offered at MIT ... , the Ballroom Dance Club offered lessons in Mambo. My friend Jackie and I ... the count, it's not that hard to follow. By the end of the 1 hour lesson

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  the middle of early apps) where I can find more information? My book is ... ?" I think you mean the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and ... have had MAJOR syllabi changes(going from ICSE to CBSE in the middle of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  making arcade games out of cardboard. He made claw games and soccer games and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the ... does a disservice to the small miracle of beauty that is this movie and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  of the first floor of Random Hall. One of three all-male floors in ... floor is dating Loop, the southern half of the second floor, flowers and ... major at the end of this year, when freshmen at MIT declare their majors

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  the very best MIT has to offer. I highly recommend reading the profile of transfer student Ian McKay featured on the MIT homepage today. It ... applicants. While the selection process has not completed, we anticipate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  originally wanted to take the undergrad version of this class, but last ... the graduate version would definitely be offered, I took the class on Jr ... My grades for the semester so far: This should keep me motivated

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... incomprehensible names, like “Intersectionality and the Ethics of Transnational Surrogacy.” There are readings on the history of education methods and

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

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  biology is a real science (I am the only course 20 in a group of 60ish so I ... of amazing minds that are truly changing the way that we see the mind ... few Universities that will offer a biological engineering degree. I have

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  particularly notable. On the other hand, knowing all of the South Dakotans who ... ="63598" image2="63599" image3="63600" /] Undeterred by the comments of the ... responses from all of them. Here is the cast of characters we have: Natalie

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  cannon blast and the faint smell of gunpowder. Because in Seattle, these ... unsuspecting passersby of his beer and chips, and smile for pictures. So if the ... and seaplanes. Of course. The nautical flavor of Seattle isn't too

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 5 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE ... Issued by The National Weather Service Boston, MA 7:49 am EST, Sun ... FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  headlong into the warm, humid embrace of the Fifth West kitchen. I simmered a ... top priorities of the moment keep getting supplanted as more and more pressing Ideas Of The Now pop into my head. Today, the pecking order ascended

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011