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  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush ... spoke to in April was ten times savvier than she'd been just a few months

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  equations in Latex. 20 pages of chicken scratch later and a solid 1.5 weeks ... is known for is hands-on experience. I think this project is a great ... As the semester begins to wind down, it comes time to turn in

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  transportation is amazing. In summary, CPW was a great experience that confirmed ... was great, students were tossing a frisbee, and music was blasting in ... sorority called Kappa Alpha Theta, temporarily housed in a graduate dorm

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  -type-thing in the middle of the dorm. (As you can see, BC is basically a string of ... , but my milk was in a fridge on Conner 4 (along with my eggs, apple juice ... story. A really long story. So since C3 is halfway between C2 and C4, so I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  having it today, lied back down in bed and slept until 3 PM. Had a bizarre ... to get ahead in my assignments because this upcoming week is so packed ... in the next few hours, neither is that something my head can handle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this ... on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon ... have a sense of what direction you want to go in, but don't let that wall

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  for the past four months. Winter in PA is grey trees against a warm ... I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where ... weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  colors of spray paint we found in the cabinet. Yes but what does a ... and ended up disappearing in each picture. However, I did get a nice ... /astro is nuclear engineering and even they don't have jet engines. If you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  .302 or 17.40 or whatever, Ruth '07, urban planneress extraordinaire, is joyfully reminding us that although she had only one final in 7 ... , at least it's not as bad as the freshmen on the floor who, thanks to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  "Braveheart" is "rated R for brutal medieval warfare." By the time you read this entry, Mitra and I'll probably be in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, preparing ... Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  entered and became a finalist in. "Gee," I thought, "A blogging scholarship. Well, I'm not a woman, a minority, I don't have a parent in a particular ... heard about it just a bit late last year and couldn't apply, which is

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  I see that there's been a bit of discussion in the comments about the ... to help clarify things a bit. Scores: We don't need to have your full ... selection committee. We will receive November scores in time, so don't worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  some reason the idea of spending five hours in lecture sent me into a ... jokes aside, I am actually sick, and I haven't been this sick in a while ... advised that 9.12 is a limited enrollment class and the class was full on 7

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  idea of having a cowbell soloist when you've only got 11 members in the band is pretty cool in itself. 7. The entire band shouting at a ... get the first half down. We practiced in a courtyard with two giant

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  : a few hours after lecture, look what appeared!]: In other lecture ... There are few things that will make me wake up early in the morning ... able to attend number 2 (and am also missing number 3), which is why I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  around? Is MIT really like this caricature? Well... yeah, sort of. It's a ... , but just expressed in a slightly different. I thought the latter ... four hours in the 6.002 laboratory trying to figure out how to use a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  interested in playing on a varsity sports team at MIT, please contact the ... decisions go out in a few weeks. This includes many really fantastic students ... your interview is fast approaching! You can find the contact information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  this year!). So, here it is, the official "I want to write a guest entry ... (personal peeve, I hate writing that is just a continuous block of text) > ... . This year is a bit different. Only three entries will be published, as

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  attend a reunion named after Pi (that is a class reunion 3.14-ish years ... , yet)--I'm just going to sit here a while and indulge in nostalgia ... in Brighton for $25 a person Scoring guest meal passes and eating

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  constituted, at some point, a hell week. But dead week is on a whole new level ... in New Hampshire, which is to say we went paintballing at OSG. Among ... trenches in it. That's OSG, a place where the barriers behind which you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011