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  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  with MIT. She received the Gold Medallion 2006 Hispanic Heritage Youth ... engineer because it combined math with science, which she also liked. At ... systems and served as her research practicum mentor. With Flores' grades

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  classes with MIT's American Jiu-Jitsu Club, including a "knife defense" one ... cat shelters and fixing bikes for poor kids with Alpha Phi Omega. Took a ... for Dorm Rush. Helped out with parties on my hall. Helped choose new

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  these programs also have special connections with many companies, so some ... are a great way to really get involved with a research project, since ... publications! Andddd, it's known to be more relaxed than a job in industry, with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  good general rule. Step three: Start with the Infinite. The Infinite ... buildings with helpful signs. Step four: Know the natives, and don't be a ... 'm heading to the lab, know the numbering system, start with the Infinite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  "real" students that you can chat with and from whom you can find out the ... web. I think you'll really appreciate choosing a hotel with a good ... ! How else can I help with your summer visit? For those of you who plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  internet can hurt them with college admissions? (Not necessarily at MIT but ... help applicants with the process, with the match - not if they're out to

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  gorgeous today -- 82F with a light sea breeze and very little humidity -- so ... things with which I felt like dealing today.) We only walked the Boston ... . (Note: Only tourists take pictures with the cows. Boston residents are WAY

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  -based test out of 45 points with the following schedule: 1) Physical Sciences ... little too late, but hopefully it can help you all with forming your ... with the prerequisites, since the test covers a lot of details that are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  don't tell me). Morgan loved it (yes yes yes yes yes), and agreed with ... with UROPs. 4. Britt also asked, and what do you think about resident ... games are hokey and that talking about your feelings with a group of near

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  MIT tradition, complete with: - a performance by a top-notch band (it ... cash and nothing to do with it! So, we treated ourselves to dinner and ... ? Except, here we call it Senior Ball. Last night, I went with one of my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  across a deserted green valley with wild aromatic grasses scenting the air ... them with livestock, training and advice. We work with some of the most

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  Continuing on the thread began yesterday... With 10 days to go until ... help with is to show us more of MIT's culture, and make sure we know it ... nerd...." The Brass Rat Even more hacks So, the question is open: With

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  make as many company contacts as possible, hold seminars (with free food ... write an entry with just this in it: Dear Student, When you have a chance, can you please update me with your internhip plan this summer, and if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  themselves with extraordinary grace, intelligence, maturity and savvy. Even ... are being asked to make the biggest decision of their lives with 4 ... with the process that you and your children will acquire the tools

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  Newbury Streets; both are streets with a high concentration of shops ... to both MIT and Harvard today. Both came with stipend information (MIT ... /survive. But you should have a solid math background, definitely with math

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  watched the team continue on their 9-game-long undefeated streak with a ... decorate with myriad Union Jacks. Continuing in this tradition, our suite is ... more concerned with doing things involving grades and research and what

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  laboratory that I think it might be time to familiarize myself with some of it ... with more males than females--since the gender ratio in Course 10 is ... recitation, after taking off his jacket, he surprised us with: "Ha ha ha, were

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  (This was originally going to be one entry with the grad school ... share a bathroom with five other people, ensuring that you can find a ... I don't get enough sleep, and nobody wants to hang out with a Mollie

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  Carter '07, we were able to get into the theatre with enough time to find ... Christmas caroling with Moria '06 and company outside of the Prudential Center ... people to sing with us. Anyway, we were standing half a block from the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  detector.) The composite sheet is then patterned with an array of 600 ... joint project with the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - A two ... playing intramural sports like ice hockey and is very involved with her

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005