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  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! So so sorry that I haven’t blogged in a while. Life, we’ll say has been a little exciting lately, and by a little I mean a ton. I was…

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early action telethon! 54 MIT students total came to chill out and check up on how…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  Like you might have read on some of the other blogs, the EA Telethon was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  As part of the 2011 Early Action Telethon, today I had the opportunity to talk to some of the prospective members of the Class of 2011. That’s right, if you…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  Hello! Here’s the latest: We have begun reading regular action applications. It looks like application numbers will be up once again this year. Lots of reading to be done! If…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone here loves to use formulas as much as possible, and in every scenario possible. You can imagine…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  (Yeah, okay, that was a really bad title. I GET IT. Not everyone can have their neighbors be eaten by countries, have entries dedicated to them in conjunction with Ben’s…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  This was the title of an email I sent to Neha ’10 a couple of weeks ago containing, well, pictures of an Amtrak station in the middle o’ nowhere. “Middle…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  I’m finally recovered from the Mystery Hunt… here’s the “official synopsis” of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in Lobby 7. The Evil Midnight Bombers…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles A dizzying amount of puzzles

  

  For everyone interested in checking out the puzzles from this year’s mystery hunt and previous hunts: 2007 2006 Even More

  • by Bryan
  • January 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  Hi there, blog readers! Now that we’re a week into IAP, I have a chance to talk about some of the things I’ve been up to. Mystery Hunt: I hunt…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  “At 2:14am on Sunday January 14th Dr. Awkward managed to defeat the devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form).” This means Mystery Hunt is quasi-over. At 5:30 PM…

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The highest ever cricket batting average of all time was 99.94, logged by Donald Bradman of Australia over an illustrious 20-year career. Well, I sure enjoyed my…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MYSTERY HUNT! Live from Mystery Hunt!

  

  It’s going great!!! More pictures and quotes and all the good stuff coming soon. I’ll let you know that part of today’s challenge involved me eating an entire box of…

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  9:30am: I’m not blogging about admissions today, because at noon the 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I’m going to try today’s entry as a liveblog, updating this entry throughout the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  Yesterday was my team’s first full day in Zambia, and what a day it was! We took a minibus from where we’re staying to downtown Lusaka, where we walked through…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a free and open on-demand video streaming web site that features public lectures at MIT. MIT World…

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Amazon.com sold out of their entire stock of the Wii on the morning of November 19, 2006, in less than one minute. So Mitra asked me to…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  First let me say that I am touched that Sam dedicated his BAREFOOT CONTESSA blog entry to me. I know how much that entry must mean to him, judging by…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  Now that most application deadlines have passed, you may be interested in catching up on some TV. This month, you can see (at least) three former MIT students on the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007