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  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  English language... and I'm so dedicated to you, gentle reader, that I would indeed write a posthumous entry if I had to. This is the number one song in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  ) and I went to Harvard Square for some errands and dinner. Weywey dug ... for 18 cents each! Needless to say, I was thrilled. (I bought 12 ... Harvard Square. Weywey and I ate at Penang, on the second floor of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on ... do not do justice to how Clay-obsessed some Claymates are. I don ... like Elvis, but.... Here I am with my very own personal Clay. Sort of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  leading up to Rush/Orientation. So I decided to bring you a few pictures of ... , Deirdre '08, that I took a while back for an entry that never happened. One stereotype that has always bothered me is that MIT girls are unattractive. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some ... couple months; I think you'll like them. Today, you can meet the first of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I ... . While trivia can sometimes be useful and interesting, I wish this ... Apprentice." Last week's challenge, I suppose, was from "Survivor." While this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  to win some. When I was in my last year of high school, I was pretty clueless about scholarships. Ultimately, I did win some awards from local community organizations, but I didn't put in the effort that I should have for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  the only remaining wookie. I must go now and weep gently. May my beard ... . Salvador, I thought you were the one... (P.S. Questions from last entry have

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science ... parentheses). I brought a nice mug I bought at the cool Korean market just north ... , so will I. My wonderful parents are coming up to visit this weekend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  The site is back online and peace has been restored to my world. :-) The last two days have been somewhat insane, but I'm glad everything has returned to normal. Maybe I'll actually have some time to blog next week

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  I'm back in Boston now with five Central Meetings under my belt: Long ... up: the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area, starting Sunday. I forced Ben ... knee-deep in orbital theory and photoelectron spectroscopy, and I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  research through UROPs (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program). I did ... Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in ... ="aligncenter" width="1400"] The Final ROV design I was building towards this summer 🤩

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  living in MacGregor House, I used to live relatively far from the laundry ... , but it did make it extra inconvenient if I lugged my hamper all the way to the laundry room and then there were no machines available, or I had

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  Manchester United, whatever you like] Today I got back to reading domestic ... , as I write this entry, I'm also half-watching one of my ten favorite films of all time: Sneakers. I've got a week's worth of questions to catch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  various locations around the world"]GTL[/annotation] in Kazakhstan, I ... year. [annotation note="a correct assumption, as I went around the city ... 't socially acceptable to wear there, so I can only imagine how hard it would be

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  make?” I was, for better or worse, all too familiar with this “ultra hand”. You see, I’d spent way too much of my free time last summer holed ... [annotation note="I highly recommend it! Definitely my favourite game from this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble ... that the freedoms and privileges that I enjoy today were fought for and ... where I am directly affected by the racism in this country but I have very

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  was there, helping me make whatever I dreamed up.” The only condition was that Jony had to draw by hand what they planned to make. “I always understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  , but more on that later.  Before and After! At home, I was ... bedrooms with my brother at one point so I could paint a mural on a larger ... your living space. I was hesitant in taking pictures of my current room

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011