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• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a crown during the walk. Some of my teammates told me I reminded them of a ... special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I'm wrong: American Idol has a finite number of phone lines. The phone lines ... ), within those two hours, can handle a finite number of calls - then it

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  , check out a previous entry). It was held at the Boston Public Library ... see from the pictures, it was a beautiful venue which I had never been ... Celestrium (which is a non-precious metal that's really durable.) The gold ring

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

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  classes, 7.05 Biochemistry. Class Details: Lecture: 3 times a week for 1.5 hours Recitation: Once a week for 1 hour Problem Sets: 8, not graded Exams ... pronounces what we know as H20 as "woodur." Too bad I don't have a sound

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  , it was like playing a video game - lots of exploring and getting lost ... journey tends to be a rather monotonous one. Until today. Bryan recently ... letters (figure this one out, folks). Going up a flight of stairs, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  . Bryan, President Hockfield periodically has lunch with a small group of 4 ... you can be a part. Sincerely, Kirk Kolenbrander Senior Advisor to the ... . And even though it was a very small chance that two bloggers would be

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  On Tuesday, a group of which I am a member had a large meeting in ... was weird for taking a photo of Sha-har. He later found out that I ... (AWS), had a small meeting today for some mentor/mentee pairs. From left

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  ! Apple Bake has been a fall culinary tradition in Burton-Conner for the ... floor actually has an Apple Bake Chair. While a lot of people on the other floors go out, buy some ingredients, and make a few dishes, Conner 2

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  done a great job documenting Professor Schrock's Nobel prize. On Monday ... . Schelling. The Nobel website has a nice summary of their work on "conflict and ... and Samuelson. A third longtime faculty member, the late Professor

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  , have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy side, and we embrace and accept that. Someone can tell a nerdy joke and ... - couldn't be a better location. Also the fact that Boston is such a young

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  to give her addiction to "papas adobadas," a kind of mexican hot Lays ... ! Another factor I'll have to consider when selecting a class is whether they ... , you'd see a bimodal distribution, and we'd be smack in the middle of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  's Wheel (which was actually challenging!), cooking classes, and a Walking ... Toscaninis or Christina's), and I'm becoming a fan of the Boston Red Sox. I ... . Also, tell us something that delves deeper into your personality or a

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

  CPW Festival

  

  event... And this is the "after" picture, a half hour into the event ... Association sponsored some mini-golf, with prizes for a whole in one. Sadly ... silkscreen their own tee shirts. OrigaMIT had a table and instructions for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  I posted a version of this as a comment in the last thread, but decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I've been a bit sad this week, and many of you have been wondering why: "you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  . Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy ... . Today's The Ethicist column had a pretty ridiculous college admissions ... this, some students have discovered that they can produce a list of all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  Today's tie: blue/gray/slate-colored. I worked with Amy and a ... , I ate at the brand new Steam Cafe, a very yummy new dining option! I ... Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates

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

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... made her application very strong. But a single element of one ... find "the formula." I don't think "oh, that girl got a 1600 on the SAT

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  a lot. For the sake of clarity: Senior House is a building. It is ... MIT, I always think back to one song. There are a lot of songs in ... . i was either in a powerful enough place where i could slip into that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  and a number of faculty, staff, and alumni in work to promote personal ... credible and concerning information this past semester and launched a review. A few weeks ago, we informed you of our findings that serious and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  pencil to work out more than a fifth of a problem. The grind started Tuesday evening with a breakdown in Walker Memorial, and when I got back, I ... I was slowing down. I got distracted quite a bit, but still managed to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022