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  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  ’ve made it this far – congratulations! We’re excited to have you applying to ... your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from ... th, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over into

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  difficult, you can still learn an entirely new way to think, to communicate, to ponder. It's quite incredible really. Coming from the US, I ... , here I am, experiencing what it's like to live some place else, some

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  -Things-That-Distract-Me. But on this day, Chris not only had to give me hard time for not knowing ... don't know about the giant rocks on campus...), but he even had to go as far to suggest that I might try going there sometime (the horror

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  As the blogs are quick to harp upon, MIT thrives over the month of ... , all of which are numbered very inconsistently with respect to the usual scheme and to each other: Maslab - Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  sweatpants. So many students are headed home :) I've decided to use this extra bit of free time to write an entry I wanted to write/post this past ... called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  assignments into the two to three weeks before finals) means that I also need to ... we can assume is a constant, akin to death and taxes. Naturally, almost ... taste of what to expect from me over the coming weeks: Famous

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  of tests, homework, and projects that inevitably follows CPW. To ... offered to temper my usual Course VI nerditude by writing about her ... semester, it's easy to forget that there exists an entire world outside of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  . Thanks to those of you who read and commented! I then realized I shouldn ... last November. According to this survey, 85 percent of freshmen said ... confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those ... -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  cumin and pepper, and place chicken legs, skin down, on the oil to pan-fry. 5. Once chicken skin begins to change color/aroma begins to develop, add garlic and onion to the skillet to fry along with the chicken. 6

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody ... 'm not just saying this to say it, I'm saying it because I just had a ... 's distracting me from 2.004 studying). Here's how it started, with an e-mail to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  as Congress prepares to take up the president's budget, which calls for ... obligation, is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of ... interested in energy research or energy education, be sure to check out their

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  people go on to write their ideas out. The minority that does go to the ... writing takes time and time is something which you give to MIT for safekeeping upon arrival. (In theory, MIT returns your time to you upon

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to ... people who may also like to point out that I haven't blogged in like two ... .) (Also, to those who note that it's taken me a while to post again - WE

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... holiday. Apparently (according to Wikipedia, anyway) the parade began back

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  's impossible to rank the events by awesome, I've ranked them chronologically: 11 ... only wants you to be able to use maths to solve all sorts of problems, but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  fruitful one for me. To recap: Late May -> Early July: Back in Taiwan, relaxing after a year of MIT. Took a short family vacation to Nagoya, Japan ... . Took weekend trips to NYC, Montreal. Saw my first Fourth of July

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer. And to Europe, it's been the focus of everyone ... excited even to make it to the quarter finals. I watched all but one of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  ’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student ... part activist. We called our first meeting "Bring it to the Table." We ... well as space in CAVS to meet, and we arrived early in order to prepare

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  high school counselors signed up to listen to Matt's and Ben's presentation. They asked me to tag along as an example of somebody who's not only ... for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008