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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  all the time, snow means fun! The only issue with having fun in the snow ... and we flooded in. Some nice Conner 4-ian had opened the door for us ... we were attacked maliciously by our initial foe in the brown jacket

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Machine Shops, Part 2 In case you haven't read it: Machine Shops, Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive ... lounge and lab. Yes, that's a hammock in the background. Plus, there

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  were holding five hostages in an abandoned prison, and they were to ... paintballs. I hadn't played paintball since I was in high school almost a ... in style - on a Chinook helicopter. As we boarded the bird at Endicott

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first place, and why am I no longer majoring in chemistry? I have quite a few ... it to last a second in a department where everyone seems to be premed

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  tell you a bit about me... I'm a senior in Management and Political ... thinking.   It was in the process of doing so that I discovered my true ... with which I'm involved center on politics in one way or another. I

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  be in New York with high school friends for the weekend; more on this later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I ... with the same vague questions, such as, "where do you see yourself in ten

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is ... place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing ... Fenway in the massive crowds of people: And managed to snag some Red Sox

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I ... dry. Suffice it to say I was not expected to participate in sorority ... in the vein of bashing sororities indiscriminately, I wanted a valid

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I ... , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed ... have any old professor teach freshmen -- in fact, many of MIT's best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  December 3, 2007. France. I'm in France. But I just got done with Italy. And ... into a never-ending search for free wireless access. Today that came in the form of a McDonald's in Marseille, France. Seriously. As Samuel L

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the ... in front of MIT, approximately in front of the Sailing Pavilion and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should ... link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. This will ... if you're an upperclassman). Let us know which dorm you get temped in

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  Test ("SAT 1") or the ACT Plus Writing. In addition, we require two SAT Subject Tests ("SAT 2s"): one in math (Level 1 or Level 2) and one in ... 're best prepared and best suited. If you have taken more than one test in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm ... ,000 in the GE / mtvU Ecocollege Challenge (www ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  Mission Log 3042007 It's 6 o clock in the morning, and I ask myself ... onto the floor below without awaking my roommate. I put my contacts in ... is leaving" hustle. "STOP!" yells the TSA officer. Everyone stops in

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  a whooping $6 in 26-100 were: Fantastic Planet Courtest of Wikipedia: The film depicts a future in which human beings, known as "Oms" (a ... in shape but ten times larger than humans, with blue skin, fanlike

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In ... found out online this year, which in my opinion is far less exciting than ... it since we had turned in our apps. (When I was YOUR age, we didn

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  interested in playing on a varsity sports team at MIT, please contact the appropriate coach or fill out the recruiting form. If you are interested in our music community or our arts community, consider sending in some of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  we're both seniors, rather than get down to business, we goofed off in ... cup of coffee from Au Bon Pain in Kendall Square and drank it during the ... have never before been this prolific in a 9:00 AM lecture. Maybe I should

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  ' days of my childhood all in ways related to MIT. Exhibit A: TOMB ... 's birthday, and I honestly had not had that much fun in a very long time. 5 ... interactive puzzle adventure that you do in teams where you go from room to room

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006