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  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... is one of my favorite television shows. During one recent episode

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 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 ... something new to my list, albeit I don't get it until May: the MIT Brass Rat

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  something my mom would say to me, but she never actually called me Margaret Mary, and my status as the youngest child meant she knew my location at ... myself I would never become. What happened to make me neglect my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  It's 2am, I'm up reading about plane crashes (more on my classes later), and a cool thing is happening on campus. Technique, MIT ... now, back to my regularly scheduled tooling*   * except I

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  Hello beautiful folks of the interwebz, It's been a while! Much has happened since my last post - I stopped being a teenager, I went to San Diego ... surprise care-package from my mom (contents: Best of Mr. Bean DVD), to name a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  impossible!” and back again. But true to my procrastinatorial roots, I can ... my darn itchy hands for escaping necessary work+studying way too often. -- 1 AM on a Friday night, I decided to break out my art supplies and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  blog. Some of my most prolific blogging streaks are when I'm actually the ... fun, aren't usually malicious. I have this nagging feeling that my 2 ... kept me up until 3:30 AM, so that's a plus as well. 3) My room I've been

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external hard drive today (which has saved my life more than once, invest in one

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  looked like from MY point of view: This picture really doesn't even do ... was giving me crap about my ex-boyfriend. (Seriously, every time I see Ben he has a new story to tell me about my ex. I wonder what he tells

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  pipes hanging from the ceiling, when my son looked over with a smile and said “this feels right.” My aesthetic sensibilities were honed amid the mellow brick and expansive green lawns of my and William

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  while I was hosed it really doesn't look like I'd put up my next entry to ... six chapters for my first exam on Tuesday. So, there'll be an entry ... last summer, and because my blog bio is essentially the same one I wrote

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  [by Danbee Kim '09] My mother, like any other parent, likes to keep ... Star Wars Trilogy: The Musical Edition fall of my freshman year - the ... my freshman year, I got the incredible learning opportunity of

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  ! Yesterday, a student came in my office and said, "Pink! I've never ... you have been checking the Application Tracking System on MyMIT, and may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  in the Air Force." Both men instantly had my respect. One of the many ... completely different story. Instead, I'll discuss my fascination with color ... has a lot to do with my appreciation for the tradition and dignity of

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  Hi folks! Wow - just noticed that my last entry was published over a ... ... my bad. Meanwhile Mr. Prolific has logged 43 entries so far in 2007 - I ... my travels over the last month, I just want to take a minute to thank

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Before you get all "zomg" on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT students are much more clever than that. So this semester with my overwhelming courseload of two classes, one of my classes 2.008: Design and

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  my high school was pretty sweet too, except in a different way, because ... threat to America?" I mean, once you hear my question it's kind of a judge ... at least since I wrote my biography for this blog, it's been my dream

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  When I woke up this morning, I made myself my typical bowl of Kashi GOLEAN cereal (don't knock it till you've tried it) and poured over it the last bit of my milk, which may have been a problem tomorrow

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club ... your eyes are open. In Sensosketch, your eyes are closed.) Apparently my

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007