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  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  students about MIT. The goal of these presentations is to demystify the ... and founder is the former head of Cambridge Rindge and Latin near MIT ... MIT spiel in my sleep. The benefit of knowing a speech cold is that it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It's a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are: pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  Day is a very popular weekend for retreats, brief trips back home, or ... busting out the chessboard; apparently Keith is very good at chess, having ... ’t help that Google’s location of the house is farther down the road than it

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  black macbook to write my entry. I, of course, have to add MIT content to ... current roommate is also temporary, although you will get a chance to keep

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  . * The image of a benzene ring. * "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  entry, might I add, of like eight billion. Snively is totally making me look bad. The only thing that makes it worse is that I have two entries ... last summer, and because my blog bio is essentially the same one I wrote

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  like a little wind and rain is going to stop them from running it ... love the MIT energy initiative or whatever just as much as President ... out the weather report in mid-April and this is what I get... I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  is on its way. It involves my Thanksgiving in Senior Haus. And the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  (P.E.) “points,” then you won’t receive an MIT diploma. Harsh, eh? That’s right, MIT requires you to graduate with a strong mind and body, while ... varsity sport. The range of gym classes is really outstanding, some of them

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  homework I'm doing right now is part of a unit called Cultura, where we ... completions, where we at MIT enter (in English) what first comes to mind when we

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gotta Catch ‘Em All! A DUCT TAPE COW!!!

  

  I used to play Pokemon. I won't lie. One could possibly say that Boston is a living GameBoy game this summer with the Cow Parade. All across Boston, the Jimmy Fund has been sponsoring The Cow Parade which basically

  • by Bryan
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  "The mother of all adventures, the Mongol Rally is an 8000 mile dash ... , there is no carefully marked course, there are no professional drivers ... Mongol rally is a charity event raising money for some fantastic

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you admitted folks are excited! I just got back from an amazing week in Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  eerie, as I've never seen that before. But it's good to know that MIT people DO sleep! One of the best parts of selection is the massive amount

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  The Tech published an article today that contains some significant factual errors. In particular this statement: "Although MIT limits the ... students who submit regular applications." This is completely wrong. First of

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  resolved. MIT is observing the New Year's Day holiday today (1/2) since the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... computing than MIT? And so it went. I got in and my dream of being some eminent CS guy was on its way. Strengthening my plan was the fact that MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  share with you today's email. It is very reminiscient of the letters I

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  One year ago tomorrow -- August 6, 2004 -- I started the first of six blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen ... comments, one entry: 162 ("Admitted!", March 14, 2005) As this entry is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005