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  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  Lots of people thanked me for my application advice, for which you are all very welcome. I hope it helped you chill a little about the whole thing. There will…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  I’m not quite sure under what category to file this entry, since it’s partially Random, potentially Social, and relatively Academics. Fine, “Academics” it is. The MIT Outreach Initiative “seeks to…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  The MIT Marching Band, completely arbitrarily, decided to go out tonight and give a free midnight concert all over campus except for Building 10 and Killian Court. No, really. Our…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  If you’re applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you’re probably nearing the tail end of your paperwork. If you’re applying regular action, you probably aren’t. For well over a year,…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  On Saturday, it snowed!! On Sunday, the sun was shining. Go figure. And now, onto the non-meteorological information (say it, don’t spray it?). Early this morning, some friends and I…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  It’s time for another Questions Omnibus… Mike wrote (re: MIT flexibility), “Wow, that’s really cool that MIT shows some leniency toward victims of natural disasters. I myself am from Naples…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  [Productivity! This is my second entry of the day. Be sure to check out the first one for some Q&A.] Last Thursday night, Ruth emailed the floor, asking for people…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  It’s been a nightmare of a weekend. We are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference, with limited internet access, and the MyMIT server decided to make life…

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  For those of you wondering, I ended up working only until the first 2 AM last night, and spent the extra hour catching up on some much-needed sleep with no…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  Well my friends, yesterday I took a little bit of a nap on the bus on the way home from my field hockey game, and when I awoke, what to…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn’t even know it was coming. Two of my best friends from high school were visiting me and another…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The sky is falling! Either a huge cottonball just exploded or it's snowing.

  

  And so it begins. The first snow of the term has arrived. Kresge in the snow! Later that cold October evening, the snow turned into rain.

  • by Bryan
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  I like working the night shifts at the Burton-Conner front desk because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing to do except homework. This is…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  Edward wrote: “Are the differences in education systems around the world taken into account when considering international applicants?” No. We evaluate everything based on the US system. For example, students…

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  Sam already told you about AppleBake, but I figured I could throw in some pictures too. As Sam mentioned, our floor, Conner 2, goes kind of insane about AppleBake. We’re…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education. You can read it: Some…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  Name the song I stole the lyrics from and win a cookie. So this week was pretty intense: 6.021J – Quantitative Physiology I – Cells and Tissues – One 12…

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  When most people say they have a UROP, you can immediately imagine them sitting at a lab bench while wearing a white lab coat, safety glasses, and gloves. If Anna…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original, and best overall. Can anyone guess which category…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  Tonight I won the MIT Marching Band’s coveted SPAM scholarship. As those of you who know me can guess, the other six entrants were really no competition for me in…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005