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  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  So it's hard to imagine I just participated in my FIFTH CPW but yea ... . My genes didn't really favor that department. *Gulps protein shake* So ... of my life at this place. I LOVE IT. So why would anyone want to come

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  My approximate CPW schedule 6:36am: Alarm clock goes off. SNOOZE. 6 ... . 8:25am: CPW Registration opens; I take my post at the Help Desk. 8 ... . Now, my shift is over. Nearly half of the students have arrived. I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  sitting in my room listening to Ween, meanwhile Joe '08 won $25,000 to save MIT. So I got this e-mail this morning from my 10.491: Integrated ... swanky hotel rooms instead of the floor in my dorm room. Thanks to my visit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  , all of my friends and relatives would constantly ask, "Where are you ... decision season. Looking back, I realize that my parents were my rock. They ... visit my college choices, asking good questions while staying neutral. My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  when I happen to be walking to the Haus from MIT Medical with my camera ... , is this wall directly outside of my room. According to my hallmate Sari ... space between the drawers and my lamp. No commenting on the unfinished

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  Tube and MySpace and Facebook and even Wikipedia. And straying a little ... reading this, because open-source is quite possibly my favorite thing. Ever ... there for anyone to listen to. I know I have Ben's band on my iPod. =P

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  days. Me? I'm a slacker. Well, here's my excuse: it was a four ... statement of purpose for grad school, or a practice GRE essay, or one of my ... EAT MY OWN HAND!" So that wasn't a good mindset for writing a blog entry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? If I had been born a girl, my father would have wanted to name my Marya (MAR-ee-uh). Marya Maurer. As it was, Sam's Mom wanted ... tantalize you with tales of my free food, but also tell you about the fine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  school (which is a phrase that makes me sound like I'm 64 and recounting my ... scheduled around that test. About half of my classes also had finals before ... matter. And while my sense of humor has certainly gained from being one of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  with my family, even when they're hundreds of miles away. 2. Bicycle ... I won in a competition. I don't take it out of my room that often, but ... connect to my laptop, which is much easier on my eyes. However, running

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  for Dorm Rush. Helped out with parties on my hall. Helped choose new housemasters for my dorm. Painted my room. Helped repaint the black section of ... rush chair, or a member of my dorm's exec. Never designed and painted a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  insights into patterns in raw data. The idea excited me so much I took my savings from my paper route and went down to the local hardware store to get ... entering my junior year at M.I.T., I saw a notice on the student bulletin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  freshman year, I moved into my fraternity, ZBT (entry about ZBT tomorrow ... atmosphere, and my favorite....our rockstar picture! Bryan: i think i heard ... floor (These are actually pictures of my quad from way back when

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  he saw my blog entry last August, regardless of what his bio says. Ha ... features my favorite Diana creation--this mutilated prom dress for the ... dork watching Fox Reality's Ex-Treme Dating and running in my Math

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  Well, I've reached my first "last" of the year... I just put the finishing touches on my last HASS (read: Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences ... presumably the last non-science paper I will ever have to write. In my life

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  they want or coming back on campus and taking advantage of what is, in my ... get hectic. Last year, I started my UROP in the Chen Lab in the Center ... students. I have always been passionate about food (I think it comes from my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  Asia, but I thought I'd share with you some photos from my trip. The ... do any work on my trip (though I do hope to do a work-related visit to ... . It was the one locale on my trip that my grandfather said I must not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  's no better way to do that than to look at my webmail inbox--to see what major issues are really pressing down on me and requiring my immediate attention. Yes, there was a point in my life where 75% of the e

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  Program, commonly referred to as UROP, which gives me and my fellow ... discovery. I spent my first few months on campus checking the UROP website and ... good an opportunity as any to figure out if biology is "my thing" and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  the Indian subcontinent in the film. Peace has been on my mind a lot ... . There's a pretty big stack of folders on my dining room table. Just how ... interviewer have told us, it is my job to summarize your application on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004