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  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It’s been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a few odds & ends… CPW update: for everyone who has registered, we are in the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  You’ve got questions. I’ve got answers. Anonymous asks: “Why is it necessary for girls wanting to stay in all-girls dorms to ask for orientation?” Well, you see, of the 11…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  CPW begins a week from today, and I’m really psyched. The weather is beautiful around here (let’s hope it lasts through next week!) and everyone is working hard to finalize…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  I haven’t really done much exciting this break — I haven’t taken a trip to Rome or Sweden, and I’m not going anywhere like Chocolate World. (I’m having a hard…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as much schoolwork done as possible. I knew I wouldn’t be getting much done that…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  DISCLAMER: Again I must inform students that this post is directed at the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about MIT or the…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  The MIT homepage has a great spotlight today about the Institute’s contributions to cancer research. I’ll reprint it below: Even without a medical school, for more than 30 years MIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Design and Manufacturing I (2.007 in nerd-speak) involves two lectures and one 4-hour lab a week. During the lectures, Professor Slocum teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  So HST — the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology — held its 2006 Forum last Thursday, and my friend Veena ’06 invited me to attend with her. Pictured…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Pennyslvania leads the country in mushroom production, supplying 45% of the nation’s mushrooms. California, in second place, provides only 18%. Sam’s Mom has informed me that I…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  We got here safely, and we’re having a blast. I’ll write a longer entry when I find free wireless, but right now it’s costing 3 euros an hour and I…

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010… The deadline for registering for Campus Preview Weekend is tomorrow (Tuesday). I really hope you can make it! CPW registration is…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  A few entries back, Lena asked “How did you get the job in the lab and are the experiments you do designed by yourself or postdocs, professors, and grad students?”…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Rome! Gelato, Saint Peter's Basilica, and Vespas for an entire week.

  

  In about 6 hours, I’ll be boarding a plane and going to… ROME! Seeing as I haven’t packed or exchanged money yet, this blog entry will have to stay short…

  • by Bryan
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The world’s most heavily-trafficked passenger airport is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for something about South Park, no luck–this is just…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson is the first artist to have five top ten singles from the same album (courtesy Mitra). You all left a lot of lovely comments, which…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  Beginning tomorrow (Saturday), MIT alumni from around the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2010. If there’s one in your area, you…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  *Sigh* So I went and wrote this whole entry about women in engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I’ve never experienced anyone directly saying that women…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006