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  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday ... over at the MIT Media Lab in the Personal Robots research group. I often

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  There are no undergraduate classes here at MIT over the summer. Hopefully you already knew that, or at the very least figured it out from all ... ’s a great opportunity for you, it does make things much quieter on the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  costs less than $100, and will help monitor the oil spill's impact at a ... the coast with balloon cameras for months -- or as long as it takes for ... out and begin mapping, we'll have that data at a later date -- when we

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  taking a crash course in conversational German in preparation for a trip I'm taking in two weeks to give a presentation at Mainz Universitat (that's a ... 't studied for? Femto-cool. You could even apply it to those tricky end

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  know that, she, in fact, also just climbed a mountain (at 2000 meters ... with MIT (year, or year of application for potentials) anything ... your picture sizes reasonable! (so it doesn't take forever for me to load

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  experience. Remember ESP that I've talked about at some length here? (for those ... Sometimes, when life at MIT gets too tough, this is what I think of ... blogged for AN ENTIRE MONTH. tsk tsk. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. Truth is, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot ... efficiently. Power Electronics is, for better or for worse, about as time consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  Trivia: This year's admit rate was 11.9%. What was the admit rate for ... at the end of the entry] Probably the most popular questions asked at ... folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  think that it's the most beautiful thing on earth. The reason for this is ... colleges, like Harvard and CalTech, strive for uniform and regal architecture ... , MIT has its fair share of boring buildings as well. Take, for example

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did ... admission is tough; with a 6% admit rate, it's especially true for transfer ... there are many students who will get into graduate school at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  at MIT realize that a zombie invasion is a serious threat, one that ... threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... chance at survival. If we are forced to take action, grab the nearest

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  is at an absolute standstill. We had an event tonight for the American Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive ... exam study days. From my desk at Hayden Library, I watched the snow fall

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an ... offerings at MIT. Among her many experiences, Ana worked in the Sinkey Lab, one of the few MIT microbiology labs, for one and a half years. She says

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  the information session for visiting high school juniors & ... , Friday CPW Registration Help Desk, 1-3pm, Friday "Voting" for Daniel in the Big Screw, 3pm, Friday A quick look in at the Ted Kennedy lecture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  Creasy at the Johns Hopkins University (a fantastic school, btw) for the ... are pretty cool, and have been discussed at least since the time of ... application numbers for the past five years, starting with last year and working

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  for some reason there is no Project Runway category on MITblogs. So then in German III today Frau Bittner was like, "Oh, look at this study ... sounds so awesome!" But Frau Bittner just laughed at us in her stern German

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  opening-round game at Giants Stadium (I think) to cheer for the Azzurri ... family went to watch them run drills at a nearby soccer field one afternoon ... eventually tell how each team was doing based on where I was. For instance, if

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  , check out a previous entry). It was held at the Boston Public Library ... to before. So, we arrived at 7 pm and immediately got into line to ... is used for more special occassions like interviews or weddings (just

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  this over at Sam's blog). Of MIT's 300+ groups, approximately 250 of them were on hand for the event. You can click here to view the entire list ... here [PDF]. I saw some other bloggers at the Midway... Mitra was there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  deal of my downtime at the lab today studying for the GRE, and it sucks ... Just thought I'd reiterate, for anyone who's applying to MIT this ... programs in cell biology and/or neuroscience for admission in fall 2006

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005