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  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  experience last year / my observations of other peoples' experiences. In no ... at least one more year (unless they're old, in which case, why are you ... ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once-in

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  usually booked by month and scheduled well in advance through the Student ... might remember I spent two months in Uganda that summer under a Public Service Center Fellowship. In June 2009, I traveled to Uganda again with

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  how to work in schools across America to change how children learn. I applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift ... apartment-hunting is contingent upon my being in the Boston area after June. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  My last rendezvous with an ambulance occurred in the suffocating heat ... . But anyway - Now that I'm in the IAP EMT class, I get to experience the ... in black, belted cargo pants (which took forever to find, by the way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  I've worked in corporate America for about 5 "semesters" now (they don ... . During my CPW in April 2003 (wow), I took some photos of all the madness ... this so I sent him another email in November 2003 asking if I could

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  so far in 2009. Fact 2: in the four short semesters after enrolling at MIT, my frequent flier account has already broken six figures in terms of lifetime miles. Fact 3: I’ve been in an awful lot of airports

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  installing solar panels on the dome in order to conserve energy while the T wastes in one day what MIT works an entire year to save." "Somebody derailed the T and smashed it into the dome in order to destroy its newly

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  're interested in film-making, you might take a class in it. Later you might hear ... hanging out at LSC, you might hear about an upcoming play… In short ... hear about and have the chance to particupate in. And that's how I

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  write. That is, there are many people who are interested in writing. A lot of people periodically have brilliant ideas which they then go over in ... safekeeping upon arrival. (In theory, MIT returns your time to you upon

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  's associated with it's mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. But instead of sitting in front of a television watching an 8-bit blue hedgehog in snazzy red sneakers run into gold rings, I'm sitting in a dark concert hall watching a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving ... spend the holiday with the family (Mom, Dad, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin -- in other words, all my relatives that are currently in this country). And

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  On the Coming of Winter in Boston November peels away like buttery ... humanities at MIT is non-trivial. In fact, I have just proved this fact in such a way as to cause e.e. cummings to weep in his grave. As an MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  date for documents to show up in the tracking system -- this means there may still be documents mailed in late October that have not yet been ... 't yet know on what date we will release early action decisions. We have in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my last post, I mentioned that I was in the process of building an 8x10 ... camera from scratch, in between classes and a summer job, I finished it in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  , musicians and everything in between. Some are teachers, teaching in schools not far from yours while others are in school as students themselves ... experts in what being a student at MIT is really like because they

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  the powers of Course 16 in the form of Raul '10 to back me up. Arun ... represent galaxies floating in that universe, and also that this had nothing ... between 5.111 and 8.01, I headed to the Student Center for some food. In

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my ... when speaking in casual conversation :D). Ternus had recently gotten ... of the Green Building - which is, incidentally, the tallest building in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  sounds like a house elf from Harry Potter and 2) my parents, who were in ... cons of Burton Conner vs. Senior Haus, and in retrospect, very little ... taught in a field I was interested in. Seminars, he said, were ideal, since

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  to grad students, post-doctorates, and even professors - and in my ... Jeremy. Jeremy is my 18.03 TA, which in English means he's one of the ... taught in lecture, presents us with example problems, and helps answer our

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  cross-cast in the IAP musical. To be honest, the only reason why I started ... , an empirial technician, and an ewok in a grueling three-hour, two-intermission-long show. Kenneth Kamrin, a graduate student in mathematics, works with the

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008