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  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  friends and I spent the next few hours (well, days, sort of) trying to ... year, I ate with two friends and an economist, so I think I should branch ... , I've a world-renowned-but-totally-awesome life scientist, a world

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... the shore of the bay, not the Charles River. I wouldn't do the experience justice by enumerating the acts who performed, but I'll hint at them

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  This Sunday, I am participating in the 2006 AIDS Walk San Francisco ... fundraising: This is a very important issue to me so I have set an ambitious fundraising goal. I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  pointed this out last night, and unless I'm missing something, I agree with ... it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I ... I'm wrong so I don't lose sleep over this.

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of ... weekend, I went to Alpha Chi Omega (AXO)'s Lip Sync -- their annual ... event from Melis's entry. Sorry the pictures are so dark. I stole them

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  '07, asked me if I wouldn't mind going up for auction, and I obliged kindly. However, soon after, I began to worry about what my auction price ... stylish if I say so myself. I promised not to reveal the identity of this

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  , which I had never been to before. Here are some pictures: As you can see from the pictures, it was a beautiful venue which I had never been ... , I put on my rings, along with those of my friends, Anna, Shaye, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  One of the economics electives I have signed up for is 14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I ... semester it's being offered. I think the website is enrollee-only, so here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  powerpoint presentation thousands of miles away. I remember hearing talk around ... deceive you. Kresge is 1/8 of a sphere. I once walked by it and remarked to ... after the info session is over: The reason I know all of this is Dean

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  Midway, I'll just try and cover the aspects of Orientation that have not ... of manual labor, but I don't get enough of that anyways. Taking ... welcomed the Class of '09 to MIT at Convocation, so I guess you can say she

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... hour (and non-waking hour for that matter - I've been dreaming about it too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate ... Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves infinite corridors, acronyms, and research as much as MIT, but alas, I did

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 ... ). For an inspiring and entertaining read, I highly recommend the in ... into a boat p.s. I've just been informed that Ben scooped me on this

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

  FAQ

  

  I got this question over email, which echoes questions I've been hearing all over:   I've just read your post saying that the ... anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  I absolutely love the design process. Everything from coming up with an idea to bringing it to life are things I don't think I can ever get ... we could do to change up the Chocolate City lounge space, I absolutely

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  … special surprise… for us that day. I will say nothing more.” I was very ... the middle of the rainforest! But I was also a little suspicious. The ... that you should read.) A week later, I received an email from the Music

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  Read another post by Sharon here.   That’s right, I’m talking about the H-word, Harvard University. I’ve found myself going to Harvard ... -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  interesting problems I tackled and the imposter-syndrome-inducing people I met ... . I was on a Site Reliability Engineering team, which managed the data center lifecycle. More specifically, I was helping automate the launch

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  . This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I'm learning ... . In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in ... and very special. But I want to start by introducing a class that isn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011