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  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  . In the middle of March, I set aside the novel I’m working on, promising ... I just sort of bowed my head into the storm.  A few more weeks passed ... choose to find the time, even if it’s at midnight. Some of them are long

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  the fact that I do listen to a lot of jazz, classical and instrumental ... judging from the radio play of "The Lazy Song," "Last Friday Night" and ... them perform live three times in three different cities in the span of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host ... saving time didn't help me leave the office before dark. Most of you should ... while I was sleeping. One night, I dreamed that one of the performances at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help ... after the info session is over: The reason I know all of this is Dean ... MIT Admissions officers travel across the country during this season

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... , as it turns out, was on campus with most (all?) of the MIT 2009 Early ... them the best classmates we could. All said, a great day of selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  . Unless you are talking about the definition of inappropriate as described ... the essence of being a student here, and that's something we can all ... managing your time since the beginning of the semester. (Note to future self

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  from a shallow area of water in the Cape Cod area. (public reminder to ... , and the glasses cause one of the images to enter one eye and the other ... screen, each with a different polarization. The glasses allow only one of

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... more than two-thirds of the programming on PBS. In other words, I ... , read all of the Arthur books, and played Arthur’s Reading Games on the PC

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  Last week, the blogging committee - comprised, as always, of the ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must ... her research at last summer's RSI was voted one of the top-five papers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had ... everything the tour guide says, but of course, you'd want to do that anyway

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the ... days ago a bunch of kids pulled down a big branch from the tree outside

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  things about the GRE (in this order): you can take it any day of the week ... test, and all the math is high school math (actually, that's sort of bad, since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  THE CASHIER: That'll be $12.59. at the door of Economy Hardware ME ... .. them. Both of them. WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: Right. That was you. on the ... last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  abundance of free food and the suspicious absence of work, but I felt I owed ... disappearing again. But the first week was still of note due, in part to Rosh ... Jewish New Year and Eid ul-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan. Pictures

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the ... The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) was ... ’s efforts are aimed at a future in which the world’s water and food needs are
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  remember the exhilaration of dancing at the audition and the subsequent ... !! by the Vengaboys — one of the floor lounge BANGERS that will always, regardless of circumstances, get everyone on the floor hype. it was [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  . Now with that out of the way…Hi, I’m Omar! I come from a small Midwestern town located on the lower left side of the palm that is Michigan (I ... version of the cha cha slide and by the time I turned on my trusty, dandy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  drop silence of the reading room is honestly better suited for taking ... -600). There’s nothing like the anonymity of a large lecture hall Banana Lounge ... My Life 11.011 - The Art and Science of Negotiation 5.12 - Organic

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  ' through the Stata Center, when out the corner of my eye, I saw this pretty little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... fresh quinoa. There were at least five tables full of food and drinks. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  begin, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure, by telling you the ... life. It wasn't any of the fancy (really cool) summer programs I blogged ... (especially when you consider the opportunity costs of my not working while I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004