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  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  Whew. It’s been awhile. Um…so what I’ve come to realize is that IAP is supposed to be this easy, carefree “ooh I’m going to take one three-credit class that meets…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  (This was originally going to be one entry with the grad school admissions stuff, but I got tired of typing and went to eat a piece of chocolate cake.) Burning…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  Well, I’m packing tonight for my interview at UCLA’s ACCESS biology program! I’m leaving from Boston tomorrow at 7:50 AM and coming back Tuesday morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  I have been incredibly busy so far this month. I’m taking hours away from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it’s time. Class has…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  Today was the last day of 2.670. I had wanted to make a really cool modification to my engine by making it a generator, but I didn’t have enough time…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taste of the Middle Ages

  

  My 21H.927: Economic History of Work and Family teacher, Professor Anne McCants, ran an IAP event entitled “Old Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking.” You can read more about it here…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Stirling Engine Spinoff The 2.670 competition is tomorrow!

  

  Join Us For The Eleventh Annual 2.670 Spinoff!! Friday, January 20 in the Pappalardo Lab (Basement of Bldg. 3) 3:30-4:00 pm- Craftsmanship Contest 4:00-4:30 pm- Stock Engine Race 4:30-4:45 pm-…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  One of my favorite things to do that I don’t really have time for is watching TV; however, when I do have time (*cough* IAP *cough*) I manage to catch…

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Even if you want to boil water really quickly, don’t start with hot tap water. If you haven’t read this article on admissions statistics from the Tech…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Technology Happens My computer is hiccoughing.

  

  So sometimes in a computer’s life, it decides that it wants to enter eternal hibernation and refuse to function. As in like…today. Thank goodness there’s Athena. Return I shall, and…

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  Today’s issue of MIT’s student newspaper, The Tech, accurately reported that we have received a record high 11,231 applications this year (this number will probably change slightly by the time…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  The Tech published an article today that contains some significant factual errors. In particular this statement: “Although MIT limits the number of international applicants admitted to 10 percent of the…

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  Our fabulous Records Office team has processed all of the mail we have received. Now we’re really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  It is currently 10:53 AM. I have been at work for three hours and fifty-three minutes, and I want to take a nap. Since that is not really an option……

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday the 13th, fate decided to rain upon Sam and me loads of good luck last Saturday. Saturday (sans Sam):…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Music Man is my least favorite musical ever. The only reason I even like Meredith Willson is because he wrote “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot about physical principles and how other people have applied them. A formula is written on the…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Highlights Highlights from the Hunt complete with the first puzzle we solved!

  

  Soon I’ll be posting some photos and such from the hunt, but for now I’ll leave you with some of the funny quotes from the weekend. Also, this week, I’ll…

  • by Bryan
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  Sunday, 12:31 AM: The coin was found by The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  Mystery Hunt has begun! Prof. Moriarty from the Evil Institute of Technology has plans for world domination through weather control. It is our job to stop him! At 12:17pm today,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006