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-Elizabeth (currently in Washington D.C. with Maita '13's family!)
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Blog / Academics & Research
How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…
schedule out there. Tests introduce a whole new variable in time management ... in class to real case studies, such as the merger between US Airways and America West. Now that we’ve gotten past our only test in the class -
Blog / Academics & Research
Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.
. In fact, right now I should probably be studying for my math test tomorrow, rather than writing this blog post. The thing is, in high school, having four tests in the space of about a week was pretty common, and -
Blog / Hacks
Just a little hack… You never know what you'll see on your way to class
Just a quick little footage of a hack I found this morning in Lobby 7. Sorry for the bad quality, I just took out my Blackberry and shot it! -
Blog / IAP
Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless
My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... too much involvement in the Philippines before, so it was our job to ... deeply impoverished Filipinos. While living in and traveling between GK -
Blog / Events
Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!
the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... seats in Congress, lead only 15 Fortune 500 companies, and hold a mere 3 percent of top positions in mainstream media. In a Brown University study of -
Blog / Academics & Research
LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT IT.
I logged into WebSIS to check my term grades and saw the following at the bottom of the page: SUCCESS AT LAST. (Well, I still have one grade that isn't in. Whatever. I'M DONE, Y'ALL.) -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday
is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... : the best seat in the house the weather started getting rough -
Blog / MIT Life
Something is coming, part 2… Snively and I are still working on something awesome.
Snively and I are still working on something awesome. This week: (In reference to this.) (Photo credit: Liz Kimball '11.) (See part one.) (Yes, we ate it afterwards.) -
Blog / MIT Life
A short entry about dorm awesomeness
You know what's awesome about dorms? There's a lot of people in them. A lot of people who use iTunes. What happens when you have a lot of people using iTunes on the same WiFi network? Shared libraries! So many -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.
to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the ... 've neither seen nor participated in said activities. Instead, I've mainly used ... endeavor (video-editing credit goes to Carin '13). Note that in real life, we -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...
’t complete one cycle without getting distracted in between. Well, there was ... stage in Kresge, thanking Pres. O for a great opening act - he was one ... change from day-to-day, hour-to-hour in fact – one moment, all you see is a -
Blog / MIT Life
Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.
of Boston's air pollution. Soaked in a brew of life ... the retina-searing tears of rain that had glommed in the gutters of my ... morale-raising sight of Professor McGreevy in an orange T-shirt, sprinting -
Blog / MIT Life
Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…
that I might pop back in every now and then if the occasion's right ... Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen high-profile NGOs. In short, the ... to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left -
Blog / Academics & Research
2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.
fruitful one for me. To recap: Late May -> Early July: Back in Taiwan ... Without Borders - the Taiwanese version) into the Aborigines villages in Taiwan. Early July -> Early August: Back in MIT, working on a UROP -
Blog / Events
Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?
Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever -
Blog / MIT Life
P.S.—Check out the Booklet!
I forgot to mention that America in the World: MIT Speaks has been published! You can check it out at http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/FAP%20Booklet.pdf. -
Blog / Admissions
Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.
below in the comments, all the way through midnight tomorrow... If you ... information: Students can request an extension of the May 1 deadline in order to complete and contemplate financial aid. Please contact Joanne Cummings in the -
Blog / Life after MIT
What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.
engineers do that they won't have to ask! I graduated from MIT in aeronautics ... ways in the snow to get to the Institute back then. After a stint in ... Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. JPL is the place that sends out -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.
With an 8% increase in applications, this year was again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 12% of applicants means that we had to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you