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  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even ... , 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants. And that was just on ... slept sitting on a chair by a coffee table. It was so uncomfortable and I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  RIGHT NOW: - Go back on vacation - Write a book - Record a new record with ... PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION: - (Back to) St. John - Ibiza - Hawaii ... : - Have one of my songs used in a major motion picture, or at least on The

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  dorms because unless you've lived there, you can't describe it. Sure, I ... on the admissions website. What I will do, however, is let the dorms speak for themselves, and our friends over at CalTech have helped us out a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  hall on campus, 26-100, with a capacity of 566. But it isn’t even the largest Course 6 class: some fill 26-100 and have to be live-streamed in ... computer game on the 3rd week of class was quite empowering! 17.803 POLITICAL

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  go out and explore the city and beyond. Some places we have visited on ... one of those rare UROPs in the humanities. I am helping design a new ... for the dorm, I'm on call in case of emergency, and I get free housing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  the fall, I plan to use Notion to help me keep on track for my health ... assignments on a calendar? I'd have to copy them all into a calendar, then ... have language-specific syntax highlighting!) and LaTeX support. For

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  !  Presently, I’m sitting here on Saturday night (well I guess it’s Sunday morning now, daylight savings time is weird) on the 6th floor of the ... computer managing the news department of The Tech like I normally do as well

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  designed to help the next generation of engineers (like me!) build leadership ... school as part of a club you were in? Or one of those hands-on engineering ... put together, on steroids, enhanced with access to a network of former

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  Hsin, a restaurant on Mass. Ave which has some cheap eats and really good ... up on this week's episode of Beauty and the Geek. SATURDAY Saturday ... was right. In other news, one of my favorite flavors from Coldstone

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  me! (true story, as I try to help froshies with their psets) i don ... gene in C. elegans (which I have been doing since last year, on ... a Revolution, which had been cited in some news articles as an example

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  Today was my last day at work, which was very sad. Well, let's go ... insanity at that place on a daily basis. (I'm a lifeguard at a waterpark, for ... Old Navy? Psh. I have to argue with parents to put lifejackets on their

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  starting my 5.60 pset (due Friday), and c) brightening your lives, many of ... useful to you.) I just have some mishmash to write about today, so ... rejoice about an incident that happened yesterday. So I had a test today in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the residence halls/housing like?

  More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first-year students. Housing differs across campus and we want each student to live ... halls are available on the Housing site.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  ," depending on whether a person is eating (essen) or an animal is eating ... ." Look out, world. It was a really, oustandingly lovely day today. Just so ... 's Mom tonight. Good thing she reads my blog, huh? Today I also completed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  So, today is the day! CPW has finally arrived! As many of you make your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at ... looking for. I was hoping someone would have an MIT shirt on or something

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  small town in Kansas, living on a farm with a humble beginning. He had a ... crazy! Oh, they have no weakness, except for a rock that you can’t find on ... ’t help but feel like he became a propaganda tool. Used to support the U

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  living group, going on road trips, having spontaneous parties, watching TV ... to Africa to help vision-impaired children... worked on the Human ... I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  wrist watch." This week that Juggernaut known as US News & World ... questions that I'd ask: How diverse is a campus? What is the climate on campus? What support systems exist on campus for minority students

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post ... found out that 2 MIT alums created this set of video games based on different books. They're actually part of an exhibit  on campus called Games

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012