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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  northeast! Through a collaboration with Boston University's dance team, Dheem, MIT Natya put on a show called Laasya, which means 'dance' in Sanskrit ... chose to be a part of it because Indian classical dance has been a part of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must say, it's very nice, but when my girlfriend came into my room she ... , it still works!" A week later, after I had totally forgotten about

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back ... 's his door in action: A couple notes from someone who has opened and ... door button was right next to a lot of other important buttons on my i

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  this year!). So, here it is, the official "I want to write a guest entry ... (personal peeve, I hate writing that is just a continuous block of text) > ... using the blogging software of your choice and just send a text file

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity: "Today, 3/3/09, is square root day, which only occurs nine times each

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  improved application deadline quickly approaching. Here's a picture. Enjoy, good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  the material. I've just woken up from a nap, ran to the store, and am now hidden away to study all night. It's a straight push through till

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I ... ; CONFUSED IF FOUND, PLEASE RETURN TO SKULLHOUSE A REWARD MAY BE NEGOTIATED

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will ... ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student ... ). The DVD comes in a nifty little graphic-intensive booklet with all the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In ... are a few that caught my eye... Late night classes called Firehose

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And It’s Over! The end of the madness

  

  Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight. They found the Mystery Hunt Coin at 8:28 PM tonight. They're a great team ... be a good year.

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn ... the workload. This is evidenced by our test subject, Jon, in Exhibit A: Exhibit A Jon is the one closest to you, sitting at his computer after

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants ... international students at ISEF, I will be presenting a shoptalk: Admission to US ... (rescheduled from 1pm) Ruidoso Room In a session designed specifically for ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  After a ridiculously awesome weekend in New York, I’m home for Spring ... professors have created a software tool to model interplanetary supply chains ... their Blackberry devices “Melissa Mazmanian, a fourth-year MIT Sloan

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  This year, we received 12,443 applications for freshman admission, a record number for us and a 9% increase over last year. We admitted 1533 ... 499 students a place on the waiting list. Decisions (and, for admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  Hunt is quasi-over. At 5:30 PM today, there will be a wrap up session ... seeing what the puzzles were like, either email me or leave me a comment

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in ... traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks ... School of Government at Harvard) educated my freshman advising seminar a ... thesis advisor? Professor James Poterba. Now that he's a best

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  D-Lab Food Fest A week on $2 a day, followed by a meal from around the world

  

  Sorry, I am a bit swamped for the next couple of days with some 14.05: Macroeconomics work. As soon as I can, I will write an entry on the delicious D-Lab Food Fest, and my week of living on $2 a day that preceeded it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  thanks to Ariel '09 for sending me a text message at 2 AM with only that ... goes like this: "An astronomer, a physicist, and a mathematician were on vacation in Scotland. From a train window, they saw a black sheep in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006