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  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  someone and meet people. I don’t think I met a single stuck-up person ... !!" Oh, where would we be if it weren't for Facebook... *sigh* Some people ... . Although I didn't make the most of the free food (I was having so much fun I

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  my current situation, but I can't remember it because I didn't end up ... paradise of Stanford. But it's hard--grad school is different because you don't ... and that the place won't be too crowded for me to pick up an application

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  cardiac arrest by more than 50% - and many who need CPR don't get it. MIT ... volunteers running around teaching people how to save a life. The Fray couldn't ... , aren't I?) So I said that I really enjoy this question - and I do, to an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though ... such as "where did that negative charge come from"; "I don't understand ... submit entirely to ESG, you don't have to. It's a good way to get to know a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  the way, but that isn’t so important. :) 11.002 (Making Public Policy ... an op-ed about what the government should (or shouldn’t) do about ... , but thankfully, she didn’t elaborate. ;) Today is our first

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  . They haven't actually started classes yet - they have something called a ... 've probably heard in every other commercial on television if you don't know it ... lobster almost every night (which I didn't partake in, but I heard was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  Journalism This class meets Tuesday nights, so I haven't had it yet. Once I do ... and I can't complain about its proximity to campus. I will miss Next ... when you go to the doctor and magically feel better, and consequently can't

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  empty rooms. I haven't gotten to know too many of them yet, but I think we ... particularly trying situation, but all things considered, I don't think I could ... hand, I didn't want huge gaps in time between classes during the day. I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  boys do suck at dancing. In this case, however, I don't see the ... doesn't really change through the upper years. Adam is an aero ... 's the place where premeds congregate, right? Well, I still didn't see any

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  , right?) You don't think you'll miss your mom, but you think she ... the takeoff time? You just turned 18, so you don't get any of the fun privileges of unaccompanied minors, and regardless of your age they won't wait

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  most people don't know is that at home Belinda Chinea has an 18-year ... wasn't like the other moms," Cristen said on a recent afternoon at Union ... did well in school. She says that she doesn't know why. She shares a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  organization in Philadelphia, and I ended up getting a scholarship to M.I.T. I was always interested in science and technology, and M.I.T. was the best ... 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.

  

  Disclaimer: I don't actually live in Baker, but way back in 2003, I ... street location, they said we couldn't do that Diana: last year a couple ... done with pianos falling off the roof? i mean isn't that noisy? Diana

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall ... those who couldn't make it (like Kelli), we really missed you. Words ... fire. It didn't hurt that we had an open bar for the parents! (Hey, $40

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  the cannon, leaving a cute toy one in its place. We weren't supposed to ... -made paper banner, and a grill with burgers and hot dogs. They didn't want to ... , anything but Transparent Horizons! Don't take Transparent Horizons! *cough

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  did absolutely nothing productive, and I wouldn't have it any other way ... Products. Come on. You can't get any cooler than that.) Anyway, the ... . I'm so excited. I have been assigned to a prefrosh, but I won't be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  at M.I.T., the U.S.'s premier engineering school, the traditional ... Pearce, a chemical-engineering major from Chicago: "It's marketed as--I don't ... consulting. "If you're an M.I.T. grad and you're going to get paid $50,000 to

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  to which you don't know the answer, please feel free to ask me or the ... ? Questions that I'm actually answering: 1. To reiterate, I don't know where I ... conference this fall. I didn't do any extracurriculars except cheerleading and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  internet. However, you can't go around making embarrassing entries like this ... so, we sent Dr. Tabacco an e-mail. Now, I don't have the original text ... , we got a response. Now, again, I don't have the exact e-mail to quote

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Even if you want to boil water really quickly, don't start with hot tap water. If you haven't read this article on admissions ... the universe at a quantum level. I don't know. I'm an engineer, not a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006