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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  rest of us (me!) it’s like … I don’t know, catching up with the rest of ... ...because chances are, it will help me. (Last semester I spent 6 hours drawing line ... Majors...Let’s just say this class makes me put on my artsyfartsy hat and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  lounge, one of the upperclassmen in my dorm stopped by to comfort me. “Don ... , but luckily some of the core skills of the GEL program taught me how to ... ELLs taught me effective communication skills so I could effectively

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  interviewed by my Educational Counselor, he asked me if I liked to do things ... for the life of me I couldn’t remember a time when that had been my ... those count?” I asked, a little sheepishly. He laughed and assured me that

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  reading your applications so much and it came to me about the time I walked ... surprise to me that my brother and I both still honor this tradition over the ... your applications remind me of jigsaw puzzles...think about it

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  day by singing to me, "Good morning to you, good morning to you." I ... like it best when the "girls" wave at me in the "infinite corridor" or in ... ). Everyone in the house has truly made me feel like a part of the family this

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  for why in the time it has taken me to write this new blog entry I have ... with a free sticker that said "HUG ME, I DONATED BLOOD TODAY" stuck to my ... , I've been traveling on horseback with a group of mounties. They let me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  Vinayak '09 told me that Sunday night, genuinely pleased. "'Oh I was just ... for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J ... knowing me better than I knew myself, he convinced me that we should take a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  me some credit, people - I'm not that big of a nerd, although I do ... 't have been that bad, though - rather than immediately turn me down (which ... looking too late in the year), she asked me if I was okay with starting in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  was all fine with me. If for any reason you didn't get a call, you ... the blog comments; or just drop me (or any of the other bloggers) an ... I imagine the parents would probably tend to disagree with me on that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  available to me that I wouldn't have anywhere else. The world's best ... the military, and for me, color guards symbolize each of those qualities ... the shoulder of the cadet next to me and said, "There's a general in

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... 's what led me to see life the way I do: The world isn't just something you ... people said to me, but having fun anyway. I'll talk about this more in

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  I might as well go” attitude. Well . . . MIT proved me wrong big ... loved how every time I met a new person it went sort of like this: Me ... you are, I've seen you on Facebook." Me: "Oh. Well... nice to meet you

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  to meet two parents (hello!) who follow the blogs. They tell me that ... often made me dread talking to people during entire application and ... consoled me when I didn't get in, celebrated with me when I did, drove me to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  Ina Garten's recipe for apple butternut squash soup. Let me tell you ... (trust me, I made it work). Then I added vegetable broth instead of water ... top. It brought me closer to God. Thanks, Ina. In an interesting bit of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  for worse. Tonight I am highlighting the differences between me as a 17-year-old undergrad applicant and me as a 21-year-old grad school ... those knock-your-socks-off genius whiz kids. My education at MIT turned me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  chemical change, so what gives? This has now been bothering me for over a ... rapids white?" is really driving me nuts. If there's anything I've learned ... are smarter than me. So I'm sure some of you know the answer to this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  physically capable of walking in, and c) would cause me to be approximately 3 ... . Mike asked the kind of question that makes me squirm. Mollie, is there ... a hard question for me to answer, because I tend to have an internal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  Yesterday one lucky prefrosh got to be hosted by me through the MIT ... your chances of getting to meet me and Mitra! You could see such amazing ... consent) arrived at 9:00 and made pleasant conversation with me about MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... . Wednesday morning found me driving to Hackensack for the Northern NJ school ... . Next time I am taking Laura, Akash, or Erin with me - it's as simple as

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to Budget where my rental car was supposed to be waiting for me. I ... 's me," I said to the car. "This just isn't going to work out." I think ... Budget. I can hear all of you collectively booing me. It's okay, I deserve

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005