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  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  excited, in fact, that I came home after class last Friday to this lovely ... perfectly: I was booked to be in my Science, Technology, and Society (STS ... the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Disappearing (or life goes on) .

  

  I feel like I owe it to those (few?) who've followed me closely these last few years to come back and say a quick and proper good bye. I ... finish them up in a timely fashion, and now it's just way too late to go

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  Last week, I used DC's subway/underground train system, called the Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  -on in the MIT community - so much so that I generally find out about ... my fellow freshmen and I when we arrived on campus in August, only to ... Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  being deferred or rejected in the Early Action pool. I watched as many of ... . In particular, I was very proud of the way the vast majority of you ... ones in which I get to dispense laughs or in which I get a chance to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our rooms are filled with piles of psets. AND, here’s what I think is

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  I, along with 25,000 other people, found myself in Golden Gate Park ... "thank you" statemets I have written in this entry, but I mean each and ... generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  whole thing got started. Laird, Tim, and I found ourselves in a room full ... gingerbread houses for their children to decorate in school the following day. My wife and two of her close friends whose children are in my son

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  figure out what classes I wanted to take. I was registered in 10 different ... Georgetown Law, and I'm in a group with 2 law and 1 other MIT student. We ... wanted to take classes in Course 4, and the two I ended up with are morning

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you ... number two! We'll dig for more names. 11:14 pm Alright, I'm back in my ... YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  (Lunar New Year themed, in the McCormick Green Room!), but I felt like this ... -up[/caption]When I walked in, instead of the flowers and greenery I was expecting, I ... pictures of each dish before digging in. [annotation note="I kept thinking to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Hello everyone! So should I introduce myself or talk about the 2009 Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... apply. That being said, I have to bear the bad news that we're primarily

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  influential in society," she said. "I want to do something for the world. I want ... prompted her to study hard and earn good grades. That hard work paid off in ... junior. Pounds will graduate from Crystal Lake South High School in June

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  intense craving for home/family/my mom's food - none of which I'd had in ... into queen-size beds at night. I'm back in Boston now and missing Texas ... career. It didn't seem that way at first. I was scheduled to fly out last

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  One week ago, everyone's parents were here on campus, and I mean everyone's... but mine. In mathspeak, for all MIT students not equal to Kate ... that! Brothers, sisters, grandparents! Okay, I exaggerate. I wasn't the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  is the first time in my life that I've participated in Lent. For the ... of chocolate. I bite in. Me: Oh crap. I'm not supposed to be eating ... happening lately. I get an invitation to interview at a school. I confirm. In

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  this blog in forever, I know you only took that picture on your second ... , it's such a cool class!" I was enrolled in 8.02, and I was very ... tested out of physics but not calc, I wasn't eligible to take the class in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application portal. Materials submitted through sources other than the application ... MIT, and we'll check to see if it's been included in your application.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  campaign. I was called up on a random night in October by my friend Sathya ... in between all of my other commitments. Since I was travelling a lot ... . I wrote the first two posts in Costa Rica where my Internet was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  're not used in all exams, and actually, I think I use them more as an ... Today I am hijacking Laura's entry on tests, because a) it's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005