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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  with current students; I chose to tour of the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory, which gives free samples. I eat dinner with several grad students ... . Tonight I'll go out to dinner with current grad students in the cell biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  design process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process ... bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a three-piece construction, with MIT and the class year each appearing on a separate shank. Thus the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  you are omg in love with MIT right now, it's very possible that you ... Center right after I had gotten off the phone with one of the admissions ... is very lucky for Bryan that I was on the phone with my mom, because I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... pass with an end mill, use a drill press, deburr, tap, use a lathe, etc ... technicians. The technicians are super-cool guys who work magic with the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  blog seems to really resonate with many in cyberspace. It is hard to ... commune with family and friends. It's the safe and supportive place from ... saw you joke with each other about your favorite movies and music, and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  to Jamaica for a week sophomore year with my friends Rose '05 and ... (GIRs). Done with humanities classes! No more communication ... . The summer after my freshman year, I lived in Washington DC with Rose

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  what to say). Have a lovely day. I really am sorry about the delay with ... summer training program and schedule. (We had to communicate with her so ... conversation with the coach and not the other way around. Also, I had a pretty

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  holiday weekend in New York with some friends. I acquired a real curio of a ... thinking about admissions and somehow I was fulfilled. With acceptance in ... way. But then I started chatting with future classmates in an online

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  ... with Pine I can go through spam in like a third of the time of webmail ... have to answer these with either 'Y' or 'N.' And you have to be careful ... student center and jokingly informed me that he, along with the rest of 10

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  . Why? Because it comes with a side of mashed potatoes. You just can't argue with that. Despite being my favorite eating establishment ever ... , obviously. See above.) We chatted with Laura Stuart a little before her sex

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  . Whoever the new housemaster is, I'm only going to have to live with him or ... with whatever is put into place because they've never known anything else ... , including a half-hour conversation with Jeff '06, President of Random Hall, at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  with: "on the same note, should we have October scores rushed to MIT ... . ;-) ------------------------ Shikhar wrote: "Should I carry any special thing or portfolio with me when I ... here. Anyone with a 720 has the potential to do just as well at MIT as

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before ... 4-7, some students will have conflict with classes, and since the NCAA ... highschooler?" I actually only spent one year involved with FIRST. I started

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  cheerleading practice with me -- she was a cheerleader in high school, so coming to practice with me makes her happy. (Aside: My mom was a cheerleader ... thermodynamics) with me. Adam offered to take her to 16.07 (dynamics; basically

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your ... that you bring to this process and your talents can be considered with ... 's 41 varsity sports teams, please be directly in touch with the coach of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  So I know you're all sitting at home, wondering, "Hey, what's up with ... tests like at MIT?" How did I know, right? I'm just so in tune with what ... bore you all to death with an insider's look on some more specific

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  : "Strangers With Candy", Season 1 Shana: A Mighty Wind Allison's Dad: The Sound ... . In the end, it came down to A Mighty Wind and Hebrew Hammer, with ... ! Shana gave me a ride over to Allison's, so I thanked her with a piece

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  're allowed to choose where they live, they'll only associate with their living ... other places too, but I'd say most so at Random. You fight with swords or ... , with airholes poked in the end to keep it soft. These guys were moving

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

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  was fairly packed, with much of the MIT community representing, as well ... . Things kicked off with the Honor Guard - representatives of the MIT Campus ... . Next came the big procession with a LOT of people in academic robes. This

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  productions with. However, I know now that next year I will be just as 'homesick' for the friends I've made here and the team that I've rowed with for our ... , being at an academic institution with over 800 years of tradition gives

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005