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  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  Upper East Side (NY 14th). This made me finally realize what ... '11 shares almost the exact same life story as me (born in the US, grew ... , because she always links me when talking about SSP - although it was a pity

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  this: Class 1: Beat Me at Kirby's Avalanche! In high school, I used the ... Splash program gave me the money to buy a SNES console with two controllers ... . For an hour, I battled any challengers who wanted to take me on for a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  - but somehow, I've left out the classes I've taken as a freshman. Let me ... -100 students into manageable tables of 9. For me, it was a mixed bag.While I had ... MIT weighed in, my TA and several essay assignments encouraged me to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  being hyperbole. So let me clear up a few misconceptions. And a totally ... some cutoff, right?! Okay. Inhale. Exhale. Let me lay down some true ... everything. Which brings me back to, you know, that human element. It

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  with music, and it just amazed me. Another big milestone for me was after ... that playing music at MIT has allowed me to forge some of my strongest ... long as I have a piano to practice on, and people willing to listen to me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  connected in a moment. But first, let me explain...FIRST. FIRST (which stands ... excited. Trust me, you haven't seen excited until you've seen 6,000 students ... date on this song makes me more than a little nostalgic. I did a lot in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  week and didn't even have to wait in line. If you asked me about how I ... the other hand, if you'd asked me how I felt about feeling like negative ... my answers if you paid me 20 bucks for taking your survey*. *Fantastic

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• 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