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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  So while I like to pretend that I don’t procrastinate sometimes, up until today, I’ve procrastinated about selecting a HASS class for next semester. Unfortunately this semester, I left the…

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  Zaira, an 11th grade student from Brownsville, Texas (the tip of Texas, by the border), designed this banner. She is considering studying Course 16: Aerospace Engineering in college. Her hobbies…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Breakfast in Paris, Lunch in Geneva, Dinner in Milan Hop on the train and check out some sights leaving France, traversing Switzerland, and entering…

  

  I set out from Paris’ Gare de Lyon to continue my journey using France’s famous TGV (train

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  So this weekend I managed to visit two time zones and five airports. In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying Pig…no joke :^) So…

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  This is a tale of two college kids from two completely different worlds. Actually, it’s a story about going to a water park. But the reason my boyfriend and I…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  Name: Mari McQuaid Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions Hometown: Verona, NJ High school: Verona High School College: Tufts University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  This was supposed to be a deeply philosophical entry on the wonders and perils of vegetarianism, but I got a little involved this evening with Ruth painting our new fall…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  It’s been a while since my last entry. Right now I’m visiting my mom, stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for two weeks. You know,…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  Can you guess where I am right now? Points to the most creative answer. Expect an entry either later tonight or tomorrow about how I experienced my first flight cancellation…

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  Manned space exploration has been limited to fairly short missions to nearby sites such as the moon and low Earth orbit. For NASA to carry out lengthy manned flights to…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  So, in my dorm, there seems to be this really close, almost familial relationship between three floors–Conner 2, Conner 3, and Conner 5. I think of Conner 5 as a…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I’m going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until I get used to this “eating healthy food” BS. So I’m going to write about…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  One year ago tomorrow — August 6, 2004 — I started the first of six blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen blogs up…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend. MIT’s Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in charge of the physical education (PE) requirement that MIT…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  You know, I’m not a real admissions worker, but I bet they often get the question, “What’s the typical MIT student like?” and then they have to say something like,…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind

  

  My friend Brian, Course VI ’07, came up with this puzzle. I’ll give you one hint for now, use this website for help. I’ll be travelling this weekend, so I…

  • by Bryan
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  According to my favorite website ever, StatCounter, somebody from Australia found this site by Googling the phrase “what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal?”. Well, that’s what I’ve been…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  So one of the perks involved with being an MIT student is the ability to get into the Museum Of Science for free. A few weeks back, Diana, Evelyn, and…

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Name:Jenny Rifken Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois High school: Larkin High School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and Literature Favorite…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  My first personal entry, how exciting! For some background info about me: I’m a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering and Premed (we have a really cool major…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005