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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  : school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... -nighter. Since I knew it was going to happen, I brought along my camera to document ... ...oops. And it was raining...and the boards were almost my size...and I took the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  Ann Curry is my idol. This NBC reporter is somehow able to balance an ... my department had recommended I join the GEL program, and that was all ... point of this isn't to suggest that men are poorer leaders than women. My

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  my bed upgraded from twin size to full size (!!); makes me scared about ... challenge for myself on my birthday. (It actually extends beyond summer, into ... . Like I wrote in my bio, even though I'm probably going to be "Jenny" for

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  that had been available for my browsing pleasure since December, I didn ... . Really that could sum up my experience – in fact, all of that food was ... me and my new friends caffeinated. It seemed like West Campus smelled

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  you aren't sure what to do yet with your CPW, here are some tips from my experience last year / my observations of other peoples' experiences. In no ... especially often feel too pressured to spend time with their hosts; "sorry, my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  . MONDAY 7:10 PM If food were traditional art, this would be my ... . Despite my honest efforts, this is still a very pathetic attempt at making a ... ; Bane of my existence, and I know I’m not alone. For 8.01 – the intro

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  My high school didn’t have the broadest range of athletic options, so ... . One of my suitemates is on the Varsity Field Hockey team and attends to ... beginners. My impression is, there are plenty of chances to play if you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  than last year. So good that I fiercely defended my plate against food ... awkward white kid who doesn't dance. Too bad my floor disagrees and decided ... Internet) Next came my moment to shine. The DJ yelled "Hey, what song next

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  exaggerate only because I don't know any other way to live. Ask my friends ... elaborated anecdote about my 10th grade PreCalc class. The class was taught by ... it was a portmanteau of my first and last names and could therefore

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  I had traveled to Maryland (where my mom now lives due to work) to ... other words, all my relatives that are currently in this country). And ... travel. Wednesday was 13 hours including traffic by bus, just me and my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  . Last year I thought it was hilarious because each of my classes had a ... , wait, reviewing my notes, there was also something called a "Similarity transformation," an "Error Function," and an "Error Function Complement." My

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  Today was moving day. My role in life on May 25th, was to move all of my crap (believe me, a lot of it is crap) up a floor (onto Conner 3 ... bedding (should I just sleep in my old room tonight or move all the bedding

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  while, and I would look down at their page over my absurdly high nose and ... would post every day, about classes and my terrible eating habits and the way the trees look from my dorm room and exactly how long it takes me to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  English up with which I will not put!"), but I'm currently listening to my ... now made it's way into my blog, like several other songs I can think of ... I wouldn't have it any other way. Really, my only complaint is that I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  So even though my own CPW was now FIVE years ago, old age has not settled in enough that I don't remember what my own experience was like :-P For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  morning when I first wake up, I reached blindly for my iPod so I could check my e-mail. There was the typical stuff, comments from blogs, e ... -mailing myself. The e-mail looked perfectly legit, it was sent from my MIT account

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  ?" etc etc) I've gotten more exposure to politics than I ever had in my ... like everyone under 40 is crazy about it. I'm not going to get into my ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  . (For more about IAP, see my former entries on IAP 2007 and 2006. So what do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my ... things in the Hobby Shop, and checking things off of my “101 Things to Do

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  the way around the world from my home in the States, the Observatory was ... Study of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics (LERMA). My job was to try ... , and along the way, I got to make lots and lots of plots. I spent my

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  I was going to save this post for whenever my summer job had given me ... that this happened quite a while ago. My days have been filled with RA ... of being emotionally and even physically delayed..." And to think, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007