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  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  A few weeks ago I sent out the call for new bloggers. We had quite a few responses (28) from incoming freshmen (25) and upperclassmen (3). I wish I could say that most were awful and we had an easy time deciding

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  Back during IAP of last year I wrote an entry about a brand new "toy" I bought at the MIT bookstore. This "toy" was Livescribe's Pulse Pen, and looking back at it I realize that that entry sounded a lot like a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  're smart. I'm not, so I spent most of the vacation on Reddit or Facebook ... sum entry has been done before (and better than I ever could have) so I ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  When I was a freshman, an upperclassman friend of mine described MIT ... about most." As the freshmen arrive on campus, I find myself thinking more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  In today's 5.12 lecture (in English, that's organic chemistry), I couldn't help but chuckle when I picked up the notes outlining the topics ... Radicals to Alkenes Yes, you read that right. Ozonolysis. And I didn't even

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The ... , the weeks are dragging on. But it's okay because I'm here with 24 other ... of us visited Girton College, which (I think) is the farthest college

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  of the day)EVERYONE I KNOW: There are elephants being marched down Mass ... else I know just emailed me to tell me that. EVERYONE I KNOW: That's not ... behind Simmons is to walk them through Cambridge - an event that everyone I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so funny! I crack me up!) I am stressed! Reviewing admissions applications is a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  entire entry. But I got your attention, right? So, as I reported in my ... number of kids). Anyway, since there were no other "big kids" I pretended to be an actual adult for the night (I turn twenty next week. Yikes

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  I've been remiss in posting about Dorm Rush or Hall Rush, both of which happened about a month ago now. But I finally organized my pictures. In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  over an hour." "Okay." said I, shut the door, rectified the problem, and snuggled back into bed for another hour or so. Turns out that I was having a ... huge championship boxing match, and I was in the control room where they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  time and read it, you won't regret it: The Prodigy Puzzle I'm glad the ... . I'm also glad that some terrific organizations, like the Davidson ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  , but I am confused about your title "Tecker." My son is on a trip with school right now, otherwise I would ask him--is this computer terminology for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  Can you guess where I am right now? Points to the most creative answer. Expect an entry either later tonight or tomorrow about how I ... going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  You know, I'm not a real admissions worker, but I bet they often get ... office--you really do an excellent job--but I think I just came up with the absolute perfect answer to this question. My freshman year, I went to Sigma

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  mine and I decided to take advantage of free dance lessons offered at MIT. Initially, I was actually a little confused when I looked online for ... Thursdays. EUREKA! Surprisingly, I'd made a discovery. MIT actually has both

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a long, long time. :-) I got here a little after 8AM, worked the ... nitrogen ice cream via the Prefrosh Festival on the way back, and I've been

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  ?" No, that's the first time I've heard that. A few I have heard before include Matthew Broderick, Hugh Grant, and Chris Eigeman. user78 wrote, "I presume if i got rejected from MIT, I will probably get rejected from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  Wellesley use the same academic calendar; I'm not sure about the two art schools). The course that I took at Harvard was in the spring term, for ... ; those summers, I lived in Bexley Hall and Burton-Conner, respectively. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  Happy new year everyone! I've been out with the flu most of this week so I'm feeling horribly behind in most areas of life. Being sick just blows. Most of the time I can ignore it and power ahead, but the flu

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005