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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  front of you. And, of course, as you leave the security checkpoint, your ... number of friends from home, MIT comrades, and MIT alums were heading down ... of unwise out-of-towners who didn’t have SmarTrip cards or otherwise

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of ... down time - and it's a lot simpler than trying to approach the speed of ... , then called the office and was driven the rest of the way by a kind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  , casually tossed a disc around, then lined up at our respective ends of the ... would inspire me to new heights of athleticism (although given his recent ... member of the other team, who had come running over to make the block. Foot

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  Last week, the blogging committee - comprised, as always, of the ... . With an acceptance rate of just under 9.7%, it's actually more difficult ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had come! You all have met Alina, one of our newest bloggers. Well, I first

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  . Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... Achilles heel. It’s not for want of trying. I bake a lot; last summer I kept

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  night of live music, dancing, and some pretty funky Haitian food, and ... didn't eat all that much, I feel so full of everything that's happened ... point to get back before dark, since some of our professors were concerned

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I recently bought a pair of rollerblades for $8 from the Garment ... of clothes in a pile being sold at a dollar fifty a pound - and I think I probably haven't looked this uncool since my fouth-grade days of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Tomorrow marks the return of classes, p-sets, papers, reading assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... I actually liked reading the textbook. We'd watch a whole bunch of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  me and Elizabeth (one of my teammates for toy design last year) about ... have a better understanding of how entrepreneurs may get started with their business. Here is a tentative schedule of the event: Tuesday

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  Amazing Discovery of the Day: After nearly three semesters at MIT, I ... ). Wow, it really shows what kind of MIT student I am over this last year ... 's already the Class of 2013! In honor of what I'm going to do during IAP

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays ... ?) Besides the plenitude of classrooms, some of Building 4's most enjoyable ... for 18.02 (multivariable calculus), which is one of the freshman GIRs

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It ... , a land of glue, x-acto knives, mounds of paper, pencil and pens ... (Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings) that morning. After the review I had but

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... other bits and pieces of buildings strewn throughout Boston and Cambridge ... , one of the speakers during my Orientation challenged my classmates and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the ... days ago a bunch of kids pulled down a big branch from the tree outside

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  sardonic words of the ever-quotable Winston Churchill, "This is the sort of ... now made it's way into my blog, like several other songs I can think of ... well capitalize on the opportunity. As it happens, I'm feeling sort of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  what I'd do once those nine hours of exams finally concluded. It felt so ... installation of ski lifts in hell, or the release of a successful Blink 182 side ... past midnight, convinced I'd never be prepared for three straight days of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  of my short life. -- Hokay. So. Nine days and 10,000 miles of flight ... with some pictures. So, to answer all of your questions, here is the ... fact that most of the events are on Saturday afternoons, which means like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP (Independent Activities Period)...It's one of my favorite times of the year ... . During January, a lot of people do externships, some go to Zambia, some

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them ... lot of this together. Okay, deep breath. Here we go. Remember the ... "shoot for the moon" in terms of faculty, and emailed Professor Eric Lander

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006