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  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  Not these guys, I hope. Hopefully, instead you’ll call these two: Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work…

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  Oh my God. I was peacefully watching Veronica Mars last week, when Wallace Fennel exposited that he wants to be a mechanical engineer. And that totally made my day. Engineers…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  I’ve been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday, ten of us went…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  1. So my sister bought me a bike. It’s a used bike, but it’s still red and shiny, and it works, and I need one because I live as far…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written on a spacecraft! The MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is selling the ads to fund their project…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  Now everyone raise your hands if you used to watch Saturday morning cartoons. This week, I had the opportunity to relive some of the good ol’ days of my childhood…

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  It’s been a long time since my last Q&A post – sorry for the delay! Some of these go back pretty far, but better late than never. :-) ————————————- If…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The combined weight of all the termites in the world is 10 times the combined weight of all the humans in the world. Confused thanks to Ariel…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  The postmark/submission deadline for Early Action is tonight! How is everyone doing? Not too stressed out, I hope? While you’re working on finishing the application, we’re working on filing the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Halloween Something to brighten your day

  

  MIT Campus Dining MIT Medical

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  [Editor’s note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact information. If you are having trouble contacting your assigned EC, please email [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]  …

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have a diverse group of ECs (just like the MIT student body) and they may have somewhat…

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  It’s time to answer more questions… You should know that writing up one of these entries takes up a good deal of time, so I’m sorry that my answers are…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  Well, you probably saw Mitra’s entry mentioning Senior Lecturer Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we’re both taking). The homework I’m doing right now is part of a…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  Today is one of my favorite days of the year: the end of daylight savings time. There’s nothing like enjoying the only 25 hour day of the year by catching…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  Last week was one of those weeks where I had either a test or something due every day of the week. Monday: 18.310 test corrections were due. 18.310 is Principles…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  Iranian graphic novelist presents her recent works Sarah H. Wright, News Office October 18, 2006 The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies will present an evening with Iranian graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Paula Abdul is not African-American. She is of Syrian and Brazilian descent. So every year the senior class sponsors a really, really cheap (like $2.50) Halloween-themed cruise…

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

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  When I grow up, I want to be Suzan-Lori Parks. Only, you know, not. Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright and novelist whose play Topdog/Underdog won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  The only course that comes remotely close to being as badass as aero/astro is nuclear engineering and even they don’t have jet engines. If you’re an aero/astro major at MIT…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006