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  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  It’s a stressful time. Finals are starting, decisions are coming out in less than twenty four hours… Doesn’t it just make you wish you could take your mind off of…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  9 AM: Departure from Mattress, Top Bunk, 212 Random Hall, Cambridge, MA 02139. Please mail excess pillows to address above. 9:20 AM: Conduct first-hand research on the process by which…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  Amazing Discovery of the Day: After nearly three semesters at MIT, I just realized that you can take the Tech Shuttle straight from Kendall Square to New House (well, more…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  Yesterday was a big day for the news media, what with the automotive bailout drama, Obama appointments, riots in Greece, and hackers installing Linux on a potato. But last night…

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions Details for retrieving your EA admissions decision on Monday evening.

  

  We have just sent out this email to early action applicants: Subject: MIT Admissions Decisions Online Monday Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 We are pleased to announce that MIT Early…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  Today was Winter Break 2008 in Lobby 7, a really pleasant way to spend your evening drinking cider, hot chocolate, and eating cookies. There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere,…

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across the board, people have been a little hosed here the last week and a half. Last…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  I took four HASS classes this semester. What, stop looking at me like that. .______. I realized that I’m very capable of taking four HASS classes, but not capable of…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  Several things happened last week of note. Monday was the first day back after Thanksgiving break. And somehow with three problem sets and a presentation in the same week, I’d…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  We plan to post Early Action admissions decisions online at 9pm EST on Monday, December 15th. In the next few days, we will send EA applicants an email on how…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  You know, I have about a million awesome entries planned, and NO TIME TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me totally and completed hosed.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  While cruising down Facebook Blvd. the other night, The Virtual Representation of Yan ran into The Virtual Representation of Katelyn ’12, who, incidentally, also happens to exist outside of cyberspace…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  I’m generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start out looking messed up, like this: And eventually looking much more reasonable, like this: I stress eventually .…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  If you are applying to MIT this year, here’s an update on what you might want to be thinking about: If you haven’t yet done so, set up a MyMIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  World AIDS Day 2008 Spread the word.

  

  Today, December 1st, is World AIDS day, the day when individuals and organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. 2008 marks the…

  • by Snively '11
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  Wow. You guys asked some hard questions! And a lot of them. No worries though, I’ve transcribed here every question someone asked me, (unless they specifically asked I not post…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  Thanksgiving morning was a groggy smear of coffee, subway, and airport, a rhapsody in grey shattered once by an outburst of sunrise over the Charles river as the Red Line…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to live on Burton 2, known primarily for being right below the Burton Third Bombers and for…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  Each year of elementary school, in late November, one could walk into any of the classrooms and see hordes of hyperactive chillin’s running around. Half of them would be wearing…

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are typically the biggest travel days in the U.S. Why? Because that day (today!) is Thanksgiving day, which…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008