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  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  awesome time to be in, at, and around MIT. There's all kinds of art ... MIT150 art around campus seems to be in white. Could we have had some ... in the blogs... stay tuned! *edit: while I was writing this post, a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  weekend via bus. We spent a lot of time singing off-key in Korean karaoke ... hall in the middle of the night... ...and frolicked in the snow, a phenomenon unheard of in the Bay Area during my lifetime excepting that one

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  , which would be 800 more than last year's 5,684. The increase in ... seen an increase in applications despite the fact that the number of high school graduates in this country has leveled off." [read more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  connection is made between your page and the user. Your page will appear in the ... my druthers I would just use the Share button. But we seem to be in a ... institutions towards preferred practices. Let me know what you think in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  ’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact ... . Really that could sum up my experience – in fact, all of that food was ... guide and decided to (try to) build a human pyramid in the middle of Lobby

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  's gonna be happy to be here or not. Their job is in some ways to look out ... for everyone. So in short, if you don't get in, don't worry. It doesn ... contrary, if you don't get in it's a good indication that this probably wasn

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem ... Cormick Hall :) To begin with, here's the front - in all its December snow ... 'date rooms,' in which people generally lock themselves up during exam

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  so that the chicken legs are 3/4 submerged in the water. 7. Place ... evaporate until you begin to see crater-like indentations in your rice about ... without sauce). It may help to place the carrots in boiling water for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  the interviewer will evaluate you in the process and what role the interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  It's pretty hard to live in Boston and not get swept away by Red Sox ... in their underwear. Who isn't a fan of that? Seeing as I fall into ... , especially for my friends living in the fraternities (most MIT fraternities and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  trekking to an Athena cluster in the middle of the snowy night (uphill both ... Nobel Prize Winners' theses, and hold meetings in group study space. If ... sophomore year due to some inherent advantage in scheduling. Courseload varies

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  hasn't yet arrived. Hmm. 7:35am: Nance picks me up; we head in to campus ... about all of the airport delays and closings, including O'Hare in Chicago ... getting stopped in the halls. It's awesome, but I'm starting to lose my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  from way back in February, which are back with a vengeance (although ... pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically ... 's Department Open House was great - freshmen interested in the field got to talk

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  time because I’ve become involved in a lot of activities that are a huge ... extracurricular activities in an effort to fill this section. NOTE: the application ... …and these expectations can drive you insane!) The same principle applies in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  have classes in the morning and afternoons, often with breaks over 2 hours in between. It makes for a nice lunch/blog update time.) Today is ... love New Jersey, for those of you just tuning in.) After....a lot of my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in ... back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I ... , the water sprayed across the small pool and remained in its foamy white

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  The blogfathers in the admissions office requested a while back that ... is similar in architecture, layout, and structure. I haven't counted ... few times, but still is no match in cleanliness or plushness to shiny

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  turkeys into oil and blogging, I actually don't have time to participate in ... caught up in some of my other musical projects, and it turns out that the ... . Also, I wasn't too interested in the prize of a VIP card to any of Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  sea in Antarctic winter after living without food for 120 days. I set my ... television in front of my treadmill. Sure, I lost a little by not hearing Alan ... triumphant and spectacular finale, complete with the smashing things in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  Hudson's wedding in Aspen, Colorado.) Last weekend, I went up to Seattle ... during Class of 2005 Orientation in August 2001, and they've been ... .") Their wedding took place in Bellevue last Saturday, and was a bittersweet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005