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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  popularity of “how to get into medical school with a low gpa” makes me want to ... over. A year of experience has taught me that MIT inspires questions ... me paranoid and self-conscious after about 10 minutes. Although I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  any test No words can tell the stories psets tell Watch me when I work ... When I take a test, you'll give me a A Yes, with one test I am so ... have seen me holding a "Carmen Sandiego" sign and pubbing for AIRMUN. One

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  about Jean from an email she sent me, explicitly for blogging purposes: About me: I am a senior who is majoring in 21E: Humanities and Engineering ... a 21-Humanities field (History also requires a thesis, which for me is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  !) - directing the program for so long had made me start to use the program as a ... same song. Haha okay before you bash me on this...there's a story to ... actually lived here (my parents took me to Taiwan when I was still a toddler

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  lot of nothing whisked me into the Boston theater district yesterday at ... me. Observe the following exchange at 2:45 PM on Saturday afternoon: Roommate: Hey, I'm moving out. See you later. Me: Ok, bring a jacket. (4

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  . This is what got me going: Taking "advantage" of pass/no-record. "No ... that statement, it made me cringe, and I decided I don't want that ... upperclassmen who say that to freshmen. But to me, there's really nothing more

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  would cost me around $500, and I was on a student budget. But what if I ... stuck and have no clue how to begin (like me). I’m constantly ... solid cylinder of brass, and it makes me happy. Here you can see the rack

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  really no hope for me. instead, i will blog randomly yet again to tell you ... me to have such a great network of cultural groups available ... gave me a lot to think about. Now, last things last – I should finish up

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab ... from anybody who knows me, but whatever, it's still a good time. I tried ... interior dome. Danny asks me "Is this the spot you were complaining about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  because one sentence in it made me chuckle: "It's the start of yet another ... -taking interrupted by a snore from the kid beside me that had begun napping. 2:53 PM: Kid beside me wakes up. ("good timing!") 3:00 PM: Famished, heads off to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  -backpack-wielding sophomore. (That WAS a long time ago, wasn't it? You're free to imagine me ... miles to school and back, uphill, BOTH WAYS. And drop and give me 20 every ... habits was probably the hardest part of transitioning, for me, into a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  into a friend, George Zaidan, and he told me about his “big idea ... received an email from George. He was writing from Thailand and asked me if I ... who was willing to work with me on the module. I wanted to find someone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  haircut actually looked great to me. Ironically in my senior year I played ... wearing. But the wig made me look totally bad-ass, so I'm not complaining ... how far this philosophy got me. So now it's July in Germany, it's hot

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

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  you actually get your meals everyday? Someone told me that they never go ... calzones!") Me '06: cooked 5 nights, went out 2 nights 3. Nehalita asked, Do ... anywhere (to my knowledge), which makes me sad. Yes, you get 9 units of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  told me about it and warned me about the long wait time. That's right- an upperclassman gave me good advice. It can happen.) I left the shop after only an ... seriously awesome writing tutor. She basically just started talking to me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  undergrad and grad school), and she offered to drive me back to the dorm, an ... , expecting him to be glad to see me. He swatted me away and went back to sleep ... office. One even told me that I must be Superwoman. Sort of interesting, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  you email cheer-captains, you will probably get an email from me -- even ... , which has gotten me infinitely more physically educated than my four four-week phys ed classes. But I suppose the PE classes are good for me, and at any

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  will be a billionare [sic], but not me. I will also not use drugs. I may ... marry around thirty. My wife will probably the same age as me [sic]. I ... will be very humble, but I don't care. To me, money isn't needed. I just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  a doctorate, but work with me here) and the kid has to not only carry ... 's software build hopefully gave me the power to add new portlets by myself ... about the application for entry year 2006. Which brings me to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  -S requirement and luckily for me 9.00 is offered in the spring time! I'm really ... know that this class is supposed to prepare me well for technical ... , but there's a part of me that wishes I threw my app into more places

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021