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  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  My hometown is a real-world manifestation of the phrase "the wrong side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In Middletown, NJ, the residents on the south side of Highway 35 look down on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  hundreds of companies come and court hundreds of students. It's a time when ... people say is important. All of these skills are crucial when wooing the ... went to the career fair for all of the free swag, and free swag was what

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  Development Training (PDT) program designed to give cadets a better view of Air ... Bomb Wing with a fleet of B-1B bombers as well as the 317th Airlift group comprised of C-130s. Thirteen other cadets on the visit and I were split up

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We ... Wednesdays are pretty awesome. My Friday is pretty the opposite of awesome. Oh, and a quick translation for those of you who don't speak numbers. 2

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  This is it, finals are in two days. One of the things that scared me most about MIT were MIT Finals. I've already been through one round of ... average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  up of 27 fraternities and 5 sororities (with one more coming to campus next year.) One of the few times when every affiliated student comes ... May 4. It was organized by the governing bodies of the fraternities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  Despite how many mailing lists I'm on, I'm not an active member of ... meetings for most of these groups. Not because I don't want to, but because ... commit a...healthy...amount of time to extra-curriculars, but outside of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may ... represent and protect the goals and interests of all undergrads in an ... happening across campus. Dressed as V, the enigmatic anti-hero of V for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  First off a few notes of clarification. CME stands for Cambridge ... really amazing MIT students. Not all of us knew each other before we came. But lately we've been having lots of get-togethers, study breaks, and

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  have been destroyed. From myself and all of my colleagues in Admissions ... and prayers are with you. We know that for some of you, it may be weeks ... helicopters carry their relatively miniscule payloads of water (relative to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  college. I think all of the colleges has a matriculation ceremony on the first day of the term where all the first year students to the university sign a book or piece of paper. Each college also hosts their own

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  Three summers ago, I visited MIT with one of my fellow schoolmates ... ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... tossing around a Frisbee in front of Killian Court at dusk. I still remember

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  A few updates for the Class of 2011... Tonight MIT students will be ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students ... student tonight, there are plenty of other opportunities to do so. (We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  Most of my weeks at MIT have been crazy and cool and full of interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... second floor, near the M-Z section of "Current Periodicals" so I can treat

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  much of this static electricity buildup nonsense that's been driving me ... may be hard to tell from the picture, but that's a minimum of two inches of ice water (much deeper in places), just sitting there waiting for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery ... lots of puzzles (which lead to more puzzles), with the ultimate goal of ... team is the honor of writing the next year's Hunt. For some history

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about ... admissions process. Presumably, there are tens of thousands of students out ... alone. Some examples of things you could write about: Your experiences

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  Worth, Texas area, where I'll be spending all of IAP (and the summer) interning at the headquarters of North America's second-largest railroad, BNSF ... the home of my boss-to-be while he and his family are vacationing. I had

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  just cooked large amounts of angel hair pasta with ground beef in black ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... " to the end of it. "But it's black beans and rice flambé, Mom!" didn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my ... at the University of Michigan, visiting Illinois and Ann Arbor were ... able to see some family and good friends in both places (if any of you

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006