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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  President, or more colloquially, the Mommy. As Mommy, I was in charge of recruiting new pledges and helping them go through the process of becoming Brothers in the fraternity. Xavier was one of my pledges, and he was really

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one of the trading company folks – “They chose an intern!?!? Which crazy ... with some of the coolest people in the world. And it did happen for a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  C/4C Claire Nieman '13 On Sunday, 25 October, the cadets of MIT's Air ... 365 have 1-2 hours of class every week, where we learn about the Air ... make use of the ones we had been taught in order to complete our missions

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  of you who are out of the loop, fire fighters cook enough food for an ... . That'd be me, I'm the boy, and I'm used to eating massive amounts of food ... , and all sorts of other fame and admiration. The current record is only

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  say that (1) the Post Office is dealing with insane amounts of mail due ... reason to the ways of the post office. Again, I know this is very ... your decisions today. EDIT Marty O'Brien, the manager of MIT's Mail

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  -set. After staring at the problems for a couple of minutes, my mind folded into ... . Let the games begin!! *** Er…I was expecting a fancy cloud of smoke ... however is roughly the size of Seven New Yorks, so extrapolating over the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  , cofounder of Lingt and inventor of the iDoor, which I lived behind one summer ... freshman year), none of the good shops are available after midnight. My ... slowly that I had to really simplify the rig, which ended up consisting of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  information the next time the question comes up, instead of "🤔 I don't remember ... , we've discussed the history of transportation in the United States ... , the so-called man behind the Big Dig. The Big Dig is one of the largest

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  of the challenges. There were about 100 teams, and 10 different ... . Still, enticed by the promise of free food, I roused myself and went to ... process of re-branding its pre-existing process to sound more green.  The

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool feet first so I ... trips down and back. I only made it down half of the lane when I grabbed onto a lane divider, gasping for breath as chlorine stung the back of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New ... 'll be leaving in a few weeks, along with most of the other students on ... Happy November! Two days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  , filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques as they struggled with the intensive, high stakes world of ChemLab Boot Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... As the MIT EA deadline approached last year, I remember reading over

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  (more specifically, Matt McGann and Ben Jones) were two of the speakers ... recently been through the application process but is now on the other side of it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  them. Thanks guys, for sharing so much of yourselves over the years and ... soon. I'm also happy to announce the arrival of a new blogger, Evan ... and the fallout kept me pretty busy for the following couple of weeks

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  of drunk, but drunk enough. Belinda started the day with a bottle of vodka, Joey a bottle of something else. On some days the cops would ask ... with a case of the shakes. At 50, Belinda, who wears her black hair tied

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  . Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out ... Students admitted regular action have a whole bunch of new stuff on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  attend HMMT), I want to be able to take some time to see the MIT Class of ... Modern Pastry in Boston's North End. Some of the student bloggers may join ... 'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  's true for biology is pretty true for all of the natural sciences). First ... I'm interviewing at five of the top seven programs in biology -- and ... 're like in the lab. This is a pretty important part of the package, since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  the fugacity of carbon monoxide at 345 K, I'm more often than not ... ,000 of the floor's money as apple bake chair. Just playin'. Also to be ... I like working the night shifts at the Burton-Conner front desk

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005