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• 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
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  This entry is ostensibly a guide to purchasing an appropriate cell phone and carrier intended for incoming ’09s and even for prospective students. In reality, however, it’s just an excuse…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  Annie asked “I was wondering if you could tell me which floors have cats and which floors are smoking floors in EC (EC’s webpage doesn’t seem to be working).” One…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  …eat a Beaver. Speaking of beavers killing trees…let’s talk about how many pages of paperwork the MIT Athletics Department (DAPER) is forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  When I got my first guitar at age 3, I immediately began dreaming of playing with (and for) other people. This dream took many forms when I got to college…

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer microspheres that can potentially be used to…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Melis’s UROP Blog Melis enters the blogging community.

  

  Melis ’08 has started writing a blog, through which she explores “a different MIT student

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  If you continue reading this entry, you’ll get the puzzle solution. Let me know what you think of the puzzle. Too hard, too easy, too short, too long? And later…

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  No, not another Erika Ebbel entry. She’s way too classy. Instead, this. Ruth ’07, field reporter for http://sam.mitblogs.com, discovered this curious flyer outside of the Athena cluster in building 24…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want right now is to eat something. A huge something. (Actually, that’s not strictly true. Today should be…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  Name: Ben Jones Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions Hometown: Baltimore, MD High school: Gilman College: Oberlin, 1996, English & Environmental Studies double major, minor in film Favorite…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan ’08, nine people I don’t really know and I went down to Carson Beach today and then…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  Actually, I didn’t start this joke. It was started by my 8th grade math teacher, Mr. Bob Cohen, who had a strange fondness for referring to mathematical concepts as “puppies.”…

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

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I’m spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I’ve been on the east coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as well,…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  Wednesday + Intern Open House at Googleplex Thursday + Freakonomics book-signing at Yahoo! Friday + Non-surprise party at Half Moon Bay Saturday + Gilroy Garlic Festival + Santa Rosa shindig…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005