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  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4-5 reading days each week, we ... After struggling to figure out what to blog about today, I decided to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  hope to see some of you there! More details as the date draws nearer. In ... Happy Pi Day! I'm in Washington DC. Seeing as yesterday (Pi Day, 3/14) was also Einstein's birthday, and seeing as I was right next to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  media projects in close collaboration with faculty * Works with faculty to ... Today after the admissions info session in Kresge (where it also took place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the ... achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is ... role and responsibilities in the office. This is a problem, but unlike

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  me, that I can hold my own. I'm beginning to really take pride in my ... . Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet snowstorm outside my window. So I sat in bed for an hour watching it. The

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  University). The term “punting’ in MIT lingo means to relax, chill ... amazing to see him in person. He is a fellow at Gonville and Caius College ... Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  can’t write about what it’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for ... summer in Cambridge, it is still true that: my neighbor's adorable and extremely stir-crazy kids have learned to scale the fence between our yards so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  their behalf). One of my favorite places to run in Boston with the cross ... everyone! My name is Alina. According to MIT, I’m a senior in Course 20 ... ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  family went to my parents' friend's restaurant in Rhode Island. If you ... It feels good to be back at the 'Tute!!! My family drove me up to Boston on Friday night. We expected to hit a lot of traffic, considering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  anyone who has any connection with MIT and want to stay in touch with other ... that come with being in a foreign country, like not knowing which way to ... The MIT Club of Great Britain invited us to cream tea recently. Here

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  then drove to Lighthouse Beach, an eastward-facing beach located in ... boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to ... that I could never be a good Jew in the case I decided to spontaneously ... MIT we take safety first and everyone made it to dinner in one piece

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  This message goes out especially to the juniors... seniors, spread the word to your favorite underclassmen. The three high school summer ... deadlines coming up quickly. All three are open exclusively to high school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The O.C. My first Central Meeting of the year.

  

  .C., but my meeting was actually in Orange County (well, Orlando/Winter Park, Orange County, Florida... though I will be holding a meeting in the "real" O.C. on September 28th). My visit to Orlando, by the numbers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  , Juergen, about nice places to go in Europe. Juergen said that his absolute ... DID YOU KNOW? On keyboards in German internet cafes, the y and z keys ... in less than 10 minutes. Kneel before me, Rachael Ray. Last entry ended

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  figured it'd be a good time to get back into this regular vlogging routine ... IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs ... hopefully IAP means I have more time to actually execute some of the blog post

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on art in my dorm, East Campus. According to the MIT Mind and Hand Book ... to focus on the door murals in particular for this post. When you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  'd check in again--I keep meaning to blog, but each time I think about it I ... to has involved me working on abstract problems with my head in a book ... to spend my time on, I think my mood and motivation are in a bit of a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT. From my FPOP (Freshman Pre-Orientation Program) to Orientation to the ... 're willing to invest. Building numbers weave in and out like needle and thread

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  week, Ben came back to MIT to say one final goodbye to everyone in the ... obsession with turtles, up to the point of having a collection of them in his ... dinner. But in my heart, I still hadn't said goodbye to Ben Jones - until

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008