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  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  comes into play -- if you don't adjust for inflation, these amounts sum to ... Tonight was the kickoff event for the Class of 2007 Senior Gift ... as the theme for the Class of 2000 through the Class of 2005: The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  Muhammad Yunus speak. Dr. Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize last year for ... – for example, “SP.721: D-Lab” and “21A.338J ... get involved as one of the Directors for the Academic Relations Team

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in ... can have a regional competition here in the UK for the first time. In ... have to say "hey! you have to raise the money to send all your team

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  Ensemble concerts, MIT Symphony Orchestra concerts, the Video Game Orchestra ... , [annotation note="to be honest the story seems a little too convenient for me ... project was quickly scrapped, for hopefully obvious reasons. This project

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first ... Wikipedia blacked out, my friends and I celebrated by playing several rounds of Wikipedia golf. I don't know what rules people normally play by

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  watching The Office and playing Minesweeper. (I can finish the Expert level ... Thursday night paying attention to #7 on Ben's list of 50 things and playing ... into a sprinkler while making an impossible dive for a Frisbee.) (I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  I'm in Washington, D.C. today for a work trip, so I write this blog ... is for sleeping and one is for jumping.) Being an intern and feeling bad about asking my company to spend a lot of money on me, I decided to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  weeks before spreak due to the pandemic, and i've had no opportunities for ... incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my ... /Portugal, and San Diego. my passport had expired, so Europe was off the table for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... undergraduates and alumni for miniature, month-long internships. Externships are

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  money I think they did a pretty decent job but if they renew for more ... imagine that they must have had my info from when I was a finalist for the ... food restrictions that people had (for instance, Hendrik was a vegetarian

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  phone and carrier intended for incoming '09s and even for prospective students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this ... to start charging $17 per month for any non-MIT calls (I believe this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  season at Emerson College on Wednesday night. Preparation for the game was ... It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to ... to wrap up.  At least when you take an exam you know that, for better

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  kiddie kid stuff for little kids. He went to the informative events, but ... kiddie things for fun but he didn't share those interests. Even though I ... fun time was playing Super Smash Bros until 5 am while stuffing my face

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  downtime (besides playing with Legos) is watching the Colbert Report, which ... complex concepts may be difficult for him to grasp (after all, truthiness

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  , funny? YesIThink). Have a great week playing Brawl (I know I will be) and waiting for decisions (I won't be, but I anxiously await hearing about who

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.

  

  Center for International Studies. What makes the talk particularly intriguing is the roles previously played by the two speakers. Prince Turki

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  Center to play some Dance Dance Revolution (DDR 4th Mix Plus, in this case ... Office followed, making for a fun Admissions Dance Party of sorts (which is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  yesterday that I took a train from Berlin to Frankfurt - for what is ... , we all received certificates and gifts (frisbees! and bags!) for our ... seriously considering schools in the U.S. for college; I have my fingers

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  covered is fair game for tests. Also, keep in mind that your TAs will grade ... 't cut it for me and that certain materials didn't sink in until after ... here are a few things that I've learned. 1. Shop around for the TA that

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  've been trying to give up certain things and routines I take for granted so I'm not so reliant on them. I gave up shaving for IAP and now I can go about two weeks before I start to feel shaggy. I stopped showering for 8

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005