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  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  So we all know what tomorrow is, and we’re all excited about it. Honestly pi day is pretty awesome, but that other thing that’s going on will be occupying many…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? About 25% of my blog posts are partially written while doing laundry. (The “Did You Know?” opener is a throwback to the olden days of MITblogs, circa…

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

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  My grandfather used to tell a “story” about how when kids came home on their first vacation they thought their parents were so much smarter than they had been before…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D-Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor importance (biking for fun, blogging, sleep)…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  just kidding about the rap. More like a 118-line poem. (below) — So when I signed on to be a blogger, I made a small promise to myself that I…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  Hi folks, I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted anything; I’ve been insanely busy reading thousands of applications – probably many of yours, in fact! But I did want…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  I have some pretty fond memories of second semester senior year, largely consisting of doing nothing, making random trips to Steak ‘N Shake on weekday nights, and sleeping more than…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Saturday 3/14 We will post RA decisions online on Saturday at 2pm... or probably a minute before.

  

  We are pleased to announce that MIT Regular Action admissions decisions will be made available online on Saturday, March 14 at 2:00 PM EDT… actually, we’ll probably have decisions posted…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  Have you seen this adorable video? Patrick Bennett, a Berkeley grad student, submitted this video for the Nanonation Video Contest. Relatedly, I’ve been getting quite a few questions about nanotechnology…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not here! This actually made me LOL

  

  I’m hosed. I don’t have time to write a real entry. Suffice it to say, I found this video funny. What happens in this video will not happen in a…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  Seriously, I am really, really bad at not tripping and falling over things. My failings at life from the last couple of weeks include tripping on one (1) set of…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  So you know how cars sit at stoplights with their all their blinkers flashing at different times and then for one moment they’re all flashing at the same time? That’s…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  Oh, you all thought you were getting a blog post from me? Not today, kids. I had an exam yesterday, just got out of another exam, and have yet another…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  Recap: I survived the last week of February with hit points to spare, despite running out of energy cards sometime around Thursday afternoon. During my confrontation with Level 10 Opponent…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn’t, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity: “Today, 3/3/09, is square…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow Day? No Way! I'm totally counting down the days until the spring equinox.

  

  As you may have seen from Shannon’s blog, everyone at MIT woke up to a rather snowy view outside. Here’s what my fraternity looked like: Fortunately for me, my first…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date: Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:10 AM subject: Snow snow snow. So I’m from West Michigan,…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  Every so often I am begged to write a blog entry about a specific subject. Begged. We’re talking knees, clasped hands, tears, and offers of first borns. The topic in…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  Issued by The National Weather Service Boston, MA 7:49 am EST, Sun., Mar. 1, 2009 … WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  I’m not sure anybody has mentioned her, so allow me. Everybody, meet Winnie. Hi Winnie! Ever since Ben Jones left we’ve been looking for somebody to take over his job…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009