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The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…
1. So my sister bought me a bike. It’s a used bike, but it’s still red and shiny, and it works, and I need one because I live as far… -
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Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.
to learn. In your life so far, you have of course also found things -
Blog / Academics & Research
Taking Shape
It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite well. First… -
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Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.
. MIT students are complex. This is a fact of life. So, yes, there is an -
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Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.
, or business, or life. Nobody's successful all of the time. So what you -
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Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!
DID YOU KNOW? Madonna is 48 years old. Seriously. Guys, I need a favor, okay? You have to remind me to enter the PE Lottery, which starts tomorrow. I’ve forgotten… -
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Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.
So you’re flying to college. Or you’re flying anywhere alone, and you’re me. You charge your iPod and your computer and pack extra underwear and think about all the new… -
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Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.
DID YOU KNOW? This weekend is a tax holiday in Massachusetts. I sure hope my floor uses the opportunity to buy a $1000 wide-screen television set online using our floor… -
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“Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.
a level from real-life Q-Bert, but actually a completely abstract -
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Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?
. See, reading is a huge part of my life. My mom used to beg me to put the -
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Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.
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Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.
DID YOU KNOW? Almost all household plumbing originally contained lead, which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste sweet, but also promote brain damage.… -
Blog / Admissions
CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…
DID YOU KNOW? MIT means “WITH” in German. CPW! CPW! Hey prefrosh, I hope that all your hosts have had the forethought to contact you, and that all your travel… -
Blog / Admissions
CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!
Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow! Anonymous asked, “Hi, Mollie! How did you and Adam get matched up with your “starter child” (pre-frosh) for… -
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Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)
DID YOU KNOW? The chocolate chip cookie was invented in Massachusetts by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1937. She was working at the Toll House Inn when she ran out of… -
Blog / About Decisions
Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.
of my life. Now I didn't know about the Pi-Day mailing date tradition -
Blog / Academics & Research
Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.
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These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.
Unseasonably gorgeous February days Last Thursday, for whatever reason (*cough* global warming *cough*), it was 54F (12C) and sunny. I got out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped… -
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Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.
First, some updates: A few people have asked about information on applying to engineering graduate programs at MIT. I am trying to find that information; first I emailed one of…