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  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  kids grow up into real people. Many of my former students who are now ... waist - was right in front of me, looking up and talking earnestly. As I ... your skull like a paper bag now!!" And he looked up at me, grinned, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  some video up in this blog. Joe ‘12, Kevin ‘11, and I met up to talk ... personally brought up this opportunity made it seem like it was a good thing ... everyone’s energy. People came right up to me and introduced themselves, and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  continued schooling at a high school or university other than MIT). Come up ... intensive music study, others to read the great books. What you do is up to ... right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly suggest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  elusive nature, up above the world so high, appearing like diamonds in the ... up in McDonald's and thought that potatoes excreted salt and canola oil when you planted them the right way and ended up as dehydrated mashed

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  took lots and lots of pictures for your enjoyment. I woke up super early ... "beaver down."   Kelly '09 is giving an excited thumbs up. She ... pretty smart. Then Susan Hockfield got up and made another speech. I don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  presentation, walking up and down stairs, more presentations, milk and cookies ... , I dozed into soundless oblivion. I was standing up. The presenter was ... problem: I'm programmed to wake up at 7:30 AM naturally, and I haven't yet

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  't really thought about writing another blog on it until an email popped up ... holding diplomas begin filling up your school's hallways and the sites that ... programs spring up faster than ever. These services convince you that with

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you ... of the week. On Wednesday, all BoC hosts showed up to help Ben. The ... entice more callers, Ben kept upping the ante. First, for $50, Ben would

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  thought I would be giving all this up by coming to Cambridge. Seriously ... fascists!" Not surprisingly, he urged everyone to pick up fliers for an anti ... intermission between the two ensembles' concerts, I met up with Ananth '12 in

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  things I might want to be when I grow up? Well, I think "interior decorator ... special to it, I painted, bought a floor lamp, and threw up a good number of ... it was time to start on that palm tree that I swore up and down to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  up. Take them for what you will. On Homesickness Everyone is lonely ... of college. I found that the more I was up and about, forcing myself to ... upperclassmen are up and about on campus, trying to meet all of you and hear your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  included city-wide pillow fights, web-comic meet-ups, no-pants subway rides ... summer is heating up, thus, it is with pride that Banditos Misteriosos ... bet our countrymen never gave up due to a little bit of precipitation

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  you plan to do. We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up ... music study. What you do is up to you. I should also note that if your ... time right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  !" More and more lab coats showed up as we got closer to class starting and ... , I used it to rob a bank [holds up NERF gun he designed] then it ... all of the tables? The following slide popped up on the projector

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  to keep yourself up to date. No big deal, right? Friday, 16:19 Anyway ... 'm sitting at my kitchen table, eating leftover baked ziti I just heated up. I ... 't give up information easily, so the only way to convince them is to solve

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  'm blogging right now. (Also, My Friend Matt Cohen and I are looking up funny ... to come up with what I should write about rather than me; otherwise you'll just end up having to read about what I did this weekend. (In case you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  all grown up- she and her fiance moved into their own real ... up. It's true. Then, if you're me, you'll stick glow-in-the-dark stars ... worked and no numbers at all to back up my assertion, but it's good enough

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  haven't caught up to him yet. * Dr. Popular is the cutest cat you've ever seen. Black with white paws. Problem is, when you pick him up, your shirt ... great candidate for picking up. He won't shed anything on you! It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  -oriented research job. Otherwise you might end up as a lab tech or something like that ... and ending up looking like some caffeine-addled toddler. It's not quite ... don't really want to know what I want to be when I grow up. If anything

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  -brother-in-law could make using dry wood and diesel, and landed up in the hospital with ... game Friday night. Better yet, Waites (UGA) '08 offered to pick me up at ... ) '08, Brandon (Georgia State) '08 and Aundre picked me up at Hartsfield

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005