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  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  MIT a lot, which is natural; I talk about it in my biography after all ... ordinary. Sometimes it's small, a chainsaw in a wooden case, sitting in a ... that have happened at MIT. In a nut shell, a hack is an addition to the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  , a sweatshirt, a hat—heck, even my non-existent MIT shoes—inspires in ... the local U that I take classes at in the morning). These clothes are ... disappointed—but as the hackers in lobby 7 eloquently expressed, “IWHTFP” in each

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  tube in December, a huge envelope in March, and a bigger envelope in May ... . We’re all jealous. In addition to getting into dorms, your ID card is ... could have a contest, how much cultural enrichment can you get for free in

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting ... . In fact, last year the MIT pistol team won the National Championships ... straight from the bus into the range, which is, unlike ours, housed in a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick ... one. In four years, you will be in a completely different situation. As ... non-profit organization (Teach for America, Peace Corps), work in a lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  Bon Pain in the NIH Clinical Center (which I justify by the total ... mug), hanging out in New York City, and more. I’m really only getting ... , sinking in. Could it really be true that I only have one year left at the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  internship at the BNSF Railway in Texas, I'll also be missing some of the great ... system. (I introduced this to you sometime in February.) Our effort is ... in these things. RATP headquarters (Maison de la RATP/House of RATP

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  MIT Admissions webpage in hope of a new entry every hour. Anyways, since ... malfunction in our darn WINDSHIELD WIPERS. I was stuck in an auto-repair shop in ... , TechCash is awesome, and we had $20.11 in honor of our 2011 class! (Later

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the world ... friends and family, perhaps visiting your favorite childhood haunts in a ... or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way... what would

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  though we haven't meaningfully updated our web page in two and a half years ... modest reduction in room size, every 6 people in the dorm get a full ... Target refrigerator from Omaha, NE in the back of your parents' minivan

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  living in Switzerland, I didn't really have a social life outside of work ... getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if ... who get in vs. the ones who don

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  at pool edge and contemplate reflection in water. Wondered why awake again, since no class until 12. 10:01 AM: Dive in. Am definitely awake ... class so big that people sit in the aisles.. of 10-250 (note: chairs in 10

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  reason. First semester is on pass/no record (P/NR) in order to give ... LSC (MIT's student-run 'movie theater' in one of the big lecture halls ... both classes in my senior year of high school and let's just say that my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Laverde's Market, nestled in the MIT student center ... sullen students recognize each other in line at La Verde's. Tiredly, the ... weird transition out of high school, actually. In my high school, among

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  mood has done a total 180 since then, so I feel I'm justified in talking ... school interviewing in biology gives some insight into the admissions ... ?) So if you come to MIT next year or in the next few years, your TA might

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  After two weeks of pure torture (that's what MIT is in the end, don ... course, I did nothing of the sort. (That's in the true MIT spirit as well ... semester. On the flip side, most of the Conner 2 freshmen are in that class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  So it's snowed something like 15 inches in Cambridge in the past 14 ... snowed at all. And now all these southern California kids are in Boston ... have been playing out in the snow all day on Briggs Field, which is the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  ! How cool is that? However, not every single UROP in the history of MIT ... had one in the summer of 2004 I had a UROP with a professor in the ... ." To summarize: one day in June 2004 I was knocked off my bike by a car

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  : Last weekend I walked out to an apartment in Cambridgeport for the party ... alums, and that's from a hall that has a lot of them. I hear, in the ... -cut Pete '01, who lived in New House. According to him, they were nice people

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  applying to MIT this year. In this vein, I thought I'd post some of my old ... adequately. They filed all of them in one big blue folder, with no indication ... rediscovered all of them in my closet. So, here goes. I wrote this first one in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005