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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  -minded view that most of the things in my life were "just normal" or universal. I had no idea how unique certain aspects of my everyday life in the US ... idealistic, I know. =) An idea about what I want to do with my life. I KNOW

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  is very interesting to see the American (and MIT) college social life ... putting a life-size fire engine on the main building’s famous dome. Too ... . But people in the US do seem to care more about life. Perhaps this is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  life. Additionally, I am the director of my community's vacation bible

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  1. As you apparently know already, Neil Gaiman came to speak at MIT today. Oh man – oh man – it was – just – wow. What a great speaker…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  -plated copper, and probably one of the clearest, life-like pictures I’ve

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  -yah) Twice as many syllables, twice as good. w00t. The latke's goal in life is

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  :48 PM: Jolts to a start and realizes that, in fact, life is full of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  of trepidation that I say that the next 9-10 years of my life are ... is that I made a decision about what I want my life to be like and how ... ’ve all been in your shoes, and we’re living proof that there is life after

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

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  I was looking at the calendar a few days ago and thought to myself, “Wow, I’ve been in America for three months.” To be honest, these three months seemed to…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  (title inspired by Derrick’s recent blog =D) So, the Early Action deadline came and went. For those that submitted EA applications, good job and best wishes! :) On November 7,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  It’s official: my blogging hiatus has ended. It has been a crazy couple of weeks, filled with editing medical school applications (first drafts, second drafts, third drafts, galore!), trying to…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  The campus — and, indeed, the world — is abuzz with excitement for the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter And The…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  Wow, that last post was short. I didn’t even tell you what I’m doing at Pixar, which would be formatting and finding information for the artwork of Pixar’s 20th Anniversary…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  When I went online to start typing up this post, I noticed an unpublished post of mine from nearly three weeks ago. Apparently I started writing an “apologies for being…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  crazy, aren't they? You convert entire moments of your life that have made ... . And if you can handle putting all of your life-changing moments down on ... electrophoresis for the rest of your life, you can absolutely handle accepting that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  may take a while to get used to ("Look! A real life MIT student! And it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  . But it can be done. It can even be done while having a life, while

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE ... : Everyone falls down; it's the winners in life who get up really fast and ... adventurous learner is the one who ultimately wins in life. Make sure that you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  more snark in my life, you think? Responses to Comments Nur asked: Just ... ’m saying is that there’s a lot more to life than getting all your homework

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Sufjan Stevens’ brother Marzuki finished 20th in the 2006 Boston Marathon. Also interesting–you say Sufjan Stevens’ instead of Sufjan Stevens’s because Sufjan Stevens is a proper noun…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006