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  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from March to May and in the southern hemisphere ... Chris Peterson's powerful and beautiful Marathon post*, I question

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  , but I’ll be too busy celebrating and reveling in the streets, regardless ... , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my ... and try a new, adventurous wander-around-Boston-while-studying method. I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  , and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to ... difficult subject for me to write about, so I am going to stop and let you ... , Head of the Department of Architecture at MIT and lead architect of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  , and the occasional surprises of the semester seem alien and odd. For the ... school), the Frosh can say, “I’m not going to finish this homework,” and ... /No Record basis, and she is allowed to slip. But the lengthy vacation will

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On ... explains the “bawling, puking and hair-pulling” antic I mentioned in my profile. My parents and siblings know all too well that when waiting for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  into a vending machine and received 6 (apparently expensive) slips of ... , and somehow found it. Welcome to Japan! I work at a pharmaceutical lab ... ’t heard of them? Neither did I until I applied to MISTI-Japan and got an

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  , and I figured I might as well try too. Since I knew I'd love to work in ... that I wanted to try and do a minor in course 20. I figured I'd start ... the material, and I couldn't see myself ever using it again. It was a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  Mary, and my status as the youngest child meant she knew my location at ... bloggership? Well, senior year happened. And that’s certainly not a good enough ... have ICE, and we’ve been hearing about it since we joined the department

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  . space. Just kidding, I was procrastinating and liked Lifehouse enough ... Shell And then there was You and Me.  It doesn't even really matter ... this past week, classes went over fine and we're on to the next one

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  (and on top of homework enough) that I can blog, yayy. First ... awesome) and the Rice-Baylor med program (which would prevent me from taking ... of you admits (and soon-to-be admits!) might be wondering if MIT is a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  7.013, 8.02, and 5.12. (My brain is still recovering from the trauma ... , uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody ... me and Elizabeth (one of my teammates for toy design last year) about presenting ElectroPlushies at an upcoming MIT Science and Engineering Business

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and ... . As a Nextie, I had a choice between traditional and seminar advising ... , discuss classes, etc. Seminar advising is all this, and more! You meet with

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  ahead of me" days. A quick break from 2.001 will be good though, and I ... I'll spare you and just add it to this entry. I was exploring the Internet the other day and stumbled upon a website that touted a video of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  ? How about the letter from Ms. Chu? And my transcript? Weren't they all sent before the deadline? And am I in trouble? Let's take the last ... up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots and lots of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  was really kind of terrible form, I know. But Ben and my mom are ... was taught in 1980 by Hal Abelson and Gerry Sussman, the authors of its companion book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, which also

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  the rest of us with a few games and toys to play with over the next few ... Building. Intrigued, I wandered over and began to notice a few strange shapes ... MIT. In my humble opinion, and the opinion of millions of fans, it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  and care with the application process. You also know that this process is to be respected and taken seriously. There is no doubt in my mind ... answer this most deep and profound question? It's all about the Guidance

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  train station. It lets me take the trains and buses around the city where ... around for my French friends to give me rides, and I go to Köln as much as ... travel to Bonn, so I went down there with my roommate Kunal and every

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  planning and public transportation. Ling '07, Bao '07 and I visited two such cities this weekend--Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. Each city, although smaller than Boston, is serviced by a vast network of streetcars and subways

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006