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  Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926535...

  

  Just a little humor to keep us all smiling. HAPPY PI DAY (the favorite holiday of all mathematicians everywhere!) Sing this little tune if you want to impress your friends.…

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The MIT PE Lottery for the fourth quarter starts today. Don’t forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again soon. But I was thinking…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  So me and my 133t h4x0r roommate Yuan decided to take over Bryan’s blog for the day… Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don’t worry about it. Shaye:…

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  As part of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), a program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I attended an etiquette seminar taught by Jodi Smith last week.…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  Well, grad school interviews and visiting weekends are done! This weekend I visited Harvard Medical School’s Biological and Biomedical Sciences program, from which both my UROP professor and my postdoc…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  Okay, so it’s been inexcusably long since I last wrote here. This is probably a good indicator of how busy one can get at MIT if he or she tries.…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  Wow. Just got home – so many emotions. Feeling quite tired, but very proud of the class we’ve admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is sadness – because we were not…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Maybe later

  

  I was going to spend a couple of hours today formatting the many amazing pictures from last weekend and writing a super-awesome entry about the FIRST regional. But then Adelaide…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John Stamos, better known to millions as Uncle Jesse from Full House, was once the touring drummer for The Beach Boys? What is Parafilm? Parafilm M is…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  Yesterday, I attended my last 7.05 (Biochemistry) lecture taught by Prof. Michael Yaffe. Three professors co-teach the class and Yaffe taught for the first month of the semester. Indeed, it…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Newsflash! Guess what!

  

  Guess what! I passed my EMT practical exam! Yay! Now all I have to do is study real hard for the written test…yikes. And then maybe I’ll actually get to…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  Just a quick note – after this morning’s build, you should now see the financial aid tracking portlet in your MyMIT account. If you have any questions, please contact the…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  So as promised earlier, this week I’m highlighting another one of my classes, 7.05 Biochemistry. Class Details: Lecture: 3 times a week for 1.5 hours Recitation: Once a week for…

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  While you guys are waiting for decisions to be released, here’s a topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don’t enter this sort of territory with my…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  Well, I’m back in Boston, slowly recovering from jet lag, and am (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test tomorrow. I already had a…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  As you’ve no doubt heard on email or from Ben’s blog, we will, in addition to sending out admissions decisions via postal mail, also release admissions decisions via the web.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? …what the most awkward thing in the whole entire world is? Well, I will tell you. It is going to the Zesiger Center to go running and…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  What should I attend tonight? Option 1: 4th Annual LATKE-HAMENTASHEN DEBATE Today, 8:00 p.m. in Room 10-250 Don’t miss this exciting debate between the fruit-filled cookies known as Hamentashen and…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  We are pleased to announce that MIT admissions decisions will be made available online in addition to the standard postal mailing. We expect to release decisions on Saturday, March 18…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  [see also: Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory] Last night, after a long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the SafeRide shuttle to attend the Alpha…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006