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  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  of the original Thanksgiving to protest the "myth" of the First ... to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  part activist. We called our first meeting "Bring it to the Table." We ... the scene. The table, first of all, had to be made. We used a roll of ... ’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  first 3 up there refers to two 1.5-hour "lectures" held every week, except ... determined by three major essays (the first, which required us to rewrite the ... general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... was cool in the first place, to sit and listen to Professor Sheng talk ... don't have to take a HASS-D your first term. The HASS people want you to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  Are any of you high school seniors who are Massachusetts residents? Want to be an engineer? Then consider applying for the 2008 Future ... ://ashraeboston.org/scholarship-info.html You can also apply for this scholarship if you're a first or second year

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some ... couple months; I think you'll like them. Today, you can meet the first of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter ... "]released.[/annotation] The fall quarter [annotation note="The first half of MIT's Intro to Python"]6.0001[/annotation]class recently ended, and it's time to unpack

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  opportunity to make similar memories for yourselves. The first word of the MIT ... accepted to MIT, I still clearly remember the day I received my decision. The ... room with my parents standing on either side of me, ready to either

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  first steps on a 63-mile walk from Maine to Next House, an Odyssey which ... ="Residential EXploration, where first-year students get to explore all the dorms with a lot ... 's alright now, fortunately."]we lost Jonathan at mile 32 to some hip flexor

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  and problem solving in my first project, which was to start building a ... This summer is the first summer I am participating in an internship. It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  about to begin. I'm taking the following classes: 7.013 - Introductory ... to Psychology 21W.755 - Writing and Reading Short Stories 9.URG ... found biology slightly more relevant to my existence than, say, gyroscopes

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  I just checked off #34 on the list of "101 Things To Do Before You ... . Another perk is that MIT students have free admission! The first exhibit I saw, "Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters" just opened on January 18

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  Welcome to my seventh and final(!) tourist-y post. Previously, I have ... two towns are great if you want to relax, and Somerville especially can ... arranged by subway stop, from nearest to farthest (with respect to MIT's main

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  's first piano concerto, which I also really love but don't listen to on a weekly basis or anything. Our first assignment is to present a piece by ... Burana, which I was first introduced to in a Xena commercial and second

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  that I had to finish it. It's like when your mom calls you by your first ... had intended to give mine to another relative but forgot to, and so they ... like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love

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

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  'm supposed to meet up and get some coffee with my mentee before her first class. I think about what I'm supposed to do today and open up my laptop to ... underclassmen are matched up with upperclassmen and you are given $5 to go out and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist ... possible to exactly predict how many students will attend this year. To help ... students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  first of the following month. This would normally total to a tuition ... myself. When I first came to college, my arrogance got the best of me. I ... me the first time. At the same time, MIT also taught me to be more

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  , and then went back to my dorm for my floor's first CPW event, "Deep ... of work. from virtual first-year placement in 2020, to REX [annotation ... events in, to three iterations of [annotation note="first-year floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  to say some things. As a prefrosh, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted when it came to housing. I didn’t go to CPW, I didn’t look around at ... that were going here. My first look into the dorms was the i3 videos

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017