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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  sisterhood and the chanting and singing and oh god, the chanting and singing, I ... of sororities on everything I'd seen and heard of those in other ... and time constraints. I did, however, realize that MIT's sororities are

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  the Year of the Dog. The celebration featured my favorite dog and ... . Not only does she love the riveting storylines and character development ... , and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  Harbor, and who knows what else. Heck, I didn't even have time to call Sam ... ) and provide evidence of the completion of my music concentration (3 classes, and a GIR). You'd assume that at MIT I could register for classes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  seemed to find the session helpful and informative. I did get one question ... row asked me what else you could do in labs besides classes and UROP. At ... the box, and basically responded, what else is there? Only after the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  appeared on the 2005 Advanced Placement English Language and Composition test ... satire." Ling '07 had two of her MIT friends over this weekend and we went ... liked this sign, and think that we should adopt the funky building thing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  , and decided on this one for brevity's sake. Still, you must know, the Charles is a very dirty and very old river. As Wikipedia tells us: Despite ... , swimming and fishing are progressively re-emerging as about 90% of the length

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  conductance. Conductance is measured in Mhos and is represented by an upside ... Wilczek. The event ran late, however, and some people had to leave early to go to review sessions for 2.006 exams or Dance Troupe rehearsals and

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

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Paris or Nicky though) and grabbed the MIT boxes that were waiting for me ... . I mean, how can you not be cool when your last name is Thiery and you ... guys! Sam Lord (the new regional chair for Hartford EC's) and I had an

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  who was known for his crazy sayings and no nonsense demeanor. He had ... 'd simply raise his left arm high over his head and point to his watch with ... Report (USNWR) released its rankings and MIT fell to the number 7 slot

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  evaluations. I'll also be taking 5.60 (Thermodynamics and Kinetics), because it's a requirement for biology majors to graduate, and I'm a senior this year, and we can all connect the dots on what that means. (I'm not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  -retentiveness, c) dislike of hard labor, and d) all of the above. If I could wave my magic wand and have all my stuff moved for me, I would.) My boyfriend, Adam '07, and I moved to D-Entry of MacGregor today. We had been living

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... , and therefore don't feel compelled to comment). I certainly use some ... country says "pop"). Myself and the other Southerner in the group said "coke

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  students do. But that's not the case; admissions is a year-round job, and ... for our twice-daily information sessions and tours should start getting ... 'll move the information sessions out of the admissions reception area and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  of my meeting I popped open my PowerBook, accessed the score, and ... driving back to my hotel, listening to the game on the radio, and they kept talking about Mike Mussina (the Yankee pitcher) and his perfect game through

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  I'm taking a glass sculpting class this semester! And not to brag or ... don't translate well into hot glass – long faces, spindly limbs, and fluffy manes/tails. But because I am so cool and talented, I can easily

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  HEAR YE HEAR YE ALL LADS, GINGERS, AND HONORARY BOSTONIANS, LORD ... , baby, now and then Don't you just wanna wake up, dark as a lake ... black and my bed at threeYou're too sweet for meYou're too sweet for me I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  the dungeon and fight the final boss in his airship. Then, the credits would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... ’ve written a blog for MIT, and I really don’t have much to contribute.  But I

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  satisfies the thesis requirement for astronomy minors and some unknown requirement for course 12 (earth and planetary science) majors. as part of the class, we work on various research projects, taking and reducing our own

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  around since then, and despite many non-swimmers’ grievances, the test will ... exclusively facedown and the last one optionally faceup. You also get a t-shirt for showing up! In 2020, when the world shut down and MIT went virtual

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  . In the past three years, I’ve visited over 10 cities and lived in three ... , Tucson drives, and Boston, among other things, rides the metro. I grew up ... from roads and sidewalks, and are about 5 feet wide, so there’s space for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022