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  See You Later

  

  This Friday, August 10th, will mark three years to the day since I began working in MIT Admissions. It will also mark my last. At least, for a little while.…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  This summer, I'm working part-time at the Division of Student Life (in addition to still blogging for MIT Admissions - sorry eager blogging frosh-to-be, my spot's still taken, but we're looking for more bloggers

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  Another CPW has come and gone, and with it the throes of prefrosh staring wide-eyed with smiles plastered on their face being carted from free food and festivity time and…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  CPW has come and gone, and now you're deciding where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you ... 'll meet the love of your life. Who knows?  If you're

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  [by Xenia Antipova ’13] The very first time I heard of Richard Wagner was many years ago, in a summer novel: an elegant, cultured but boorish man took the heroine…

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  people that you meet that make the wealth of life. It's this group of ... wonderful chapter of my life. Gymnasium Untergriesbach, I have one last thing

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  ’m trying to figure out if I can be a grownup and still like comic books. Life ... up doing with my life. 18.03: Differential Equations I no

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  Both my father (MCP, ’87) and I spent some time here at the Institute. My dad, as you might deduce from the letters and the year next to his name,…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  Happy Valentine’s Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I promise I haven’t been trying to avoid blogging… but the last week of IAP was spent taking…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable technologies. This January, teams comprising a total of 35 students…

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  slice of my life on a lazy IAP Saturday. 12:40 PM Nature precipitates

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  what you've accomplished so far in your life. If everything you did was ... life. In just a few minutes, I have to board my flight - but I hope this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  of your life. This is not a reason to be sad. It is a reason to be glad ... for the rest of your life. Most of you will have spent most of your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us ... life so far? This could be your creativity, effective leadership, sense

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  ‘Sup, blogosphere? Nothing personal against this year’s prospective students, but I’ve had quite a few things unfold throughout this month, most of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  Hey all! It’s been a while. I’ve had a busy last month: 0. I said this post had nothing to do with Portal, but that’s sort of like stating, “I…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  (This post’s tagline is ironic because I’m actually kind of hosed.) I emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night before and slid…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  sometimes in life, we have to do things that we may not want to do, but they ... SCIENCE DOCUMENTARIES. Is my life complete? UM YES I THINK IT IS! I cannot

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  the rest of your life collapses in on you and you find yourself

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  (which you can enlarge by clicking on them): For much of my life, the ... way of life, and a novel way to relax. But then again, nothing like

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011