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  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started writing this entry one week ago today. A lot has been up. I designed a ... hard drive crashed. I'm a Mac user now. I need to find a way to acquire

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  D-Lab Food Fest A week on $2 a day, followed by a meal from around the world

  

  Sorry, I am a bit swamped for the next couple of days with some 14.05: Macroeconomics work. As soon as I can, I will write an entry on the delicious D-Lab Food Fest, and my week of living on $2 a day that preceeded it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I ... to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  I have multiple things to admit here. 1. My arms kind of hurt from ... thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went to Harvard Square for ice cream tonight. 3. I'm not feeling

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  Class of 2010: I hope you're all excited about your new temporary housing assignment! I *believe* every room comes with the following items ... of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  ! Thank heaven there's a selection committee - I could never choose by ... . :-) I just saw Omar '10 in the Infinite and he mentioned that housing ... all end up. I have a lot of blog-comment-questions to respond to - look

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  programs and freshman advising/seminars? When do you choose your classes?" I ... : I can't say much about Residence Based Advising since I never went ... residence hall and participates in activities with you there. What I think

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought I'd lost my round, and then when I went to go put my car down, they

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  I just presented some intercultural communication challenges in the ... Friday by 11:59:59 PM. I love assignments due by email. :-) I still need to ... !) French exam, but that doesn't mean I need to wake up any earlier than 11

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  , and to await the Next Big Mailing (NBM) in May. 2. Yes, I will be ... ) this year in Indianapolis. It will be on Thursday, May 11. I'll fill you in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  email at finaid(at)mit(dot)edu or telephone at 617-253-4971. [edit] I ... -aid-specific questions and unfortunately I'm not equipped to answer them - please send them directly to the financial aid office (contact info above). Thanks! (I'll turn

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to look into this; I have no idea why it's happening. Selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  In somewhat sharp contrast to previous terms, I'm taking only three classes this semester -- and so far, it's been great! I only have one class ... Wednesdays. My classes don't start until 11 AM each morning, and I have plenty

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  So this past Saturday, I set out on the open road with some of my ... . Now at first, I was a little confused. I didn't know if this was a ... where I spent about 10 hours doing some manual labor for Habitat for

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taste of the Middle Ages

  

  Cooking." You can read more about it here (MIT News Office) I'm very sorry I missed it -- it looks delicious. I'll have to settle for visiting

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status, and I'm just sending pictures of my office. Matt and Ben are doing a far better job than I could of keeping the masses in the know about

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  So in my previous entry, I talked about how the Medlinks were ... Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14.21J: Health Economics, a class in which I had an exam today, we recently

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  Someday I must tell you how I did it. Whoo! It's been a while, hasn't it? Sorry about that, chief. Basically what happened is that I had to ... Excel later, I've got a beautiful data report ready that my partner Nia

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 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 ... Wednesday already?!" I know, I know, it's all I can keep thinking about too ... , considering that this show is always in danger of cancellation, I bet it

  • 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.

  

  Okay, so tonight we were at Allison's house and I didn't take any pictures but I'll steal some later from Allison's xanga. Stealing is wrong ... made our choices and organized them into a bracket: Allison: I Heart

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005