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  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  , covered goods market. There, we bought cloth for skirts/sarongs (15 ... , and along the way stopped at three different bookstores looking for ... optimization problem for a group of five to select which bus out of the 10

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... , and home state or country. There is no prize for "winning" except that I ... passage together, for all the good and bad, funny and sad. We'll see how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  Kevin: Kevin said: what does the admissions office look for in ... application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone ... think about that for a minute. (When you're done laughing at how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  would obviously be a bad idea. In other school news, for those of you who ... to indent the condition of my else command." So there. And now, for ... floor lamp at Target for $15. That's right, fifteen dollars! And now my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  years at MIT, I was always able to make time for the American Idol ... last two shows nearly started a war for control of the Conner 2 floor ... (Sam Standard Time) right now and I need to leave for Boston in less than

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  new admissions site. I can't wait for this baby to launch! IMAGE #1 ... stuff you need to go dig through all the blogs for it. The new site will ... more to tell, but I have to go play a show at the middle east. Look for

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  school friend Shana for that bit of information. Finding myself suddenly and unexpectedly with no other plans for Friday night, I decided to use ... changed, and with trips for every other weekend this summer already planned

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  , seeing your friends for the first time after the summer, and helping a ... in, but we went over and hung out for a while. My friend Mark made a t ... 9/Course 7/Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Living group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  ] suggest that the higher salaries for chief executives can largely be ... history, compensation for executives has risen with the market capitalization of the largest companies. For instance, from 1980 to 2003, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  love for math kind of changed. Not into hatred exactly, but maybe ... ...another story for another day) learned the math as we went along. I got straight A ... computation as I go. Ask me to do math for math's sake, or to do an MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  these things! One of the questions was "What is the more common name for ... drink at California Pizza Kitchen) for guessing "leprosy." I don't know, I ... valves and just do alternating Bb, F for most march songs. Sometimes we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... Advocates For Awareness, the MIT African Students' Association, the MIT Black ... . Website: http://www.tuckermax.com Be sure to check out the website for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  of time to work at the lab -- I'm scheduled for 16 hours per week this ... huge vacation for me. I thought today I'd share a few class schedules ... for Computer Science. 21W.785, Communicating in Cyberspace (he's in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  action admits -- they had a meet&greet sort of event for students ... prepare me for grades next term (ABC/no record), while still allowing enough free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a ... is known for is hands-on experience. I think this project is a great ... check out the final presentations for 2.009 (Product Engineering Process

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  that refreshing. For some reason, instead of giving proportionally less ... straight to the turkey? Although I suppose I've already had my turkey for ... waiting patiently for their dinner. You can see Jay '08 attempting to carve

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  systems are found in binary star systems, so they looked for eclipsing ... Emily Levesque for more information) that is a great introduction. Shaye emphasizes that there are a lot of summer opportunities for undergrads with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  , lightsabers, trap doors, and moving AT-AT legs, beyond "Don't Cry For Me ... good that I'm actually, for the first time, going to include spoiler ... the show next weekend and don't want it ruined for you. You've been

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  dinner for her roommate Adelaide a lot. (Adelaide does the dishes in return ... is the Spanish class I'm currently taking for HASS credit. Today we ... look into it. That's all for today. Leave me comments! Email me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  tables and are asked to solve problems too complicated for one. So, they ... high fidelity business. For the next 15 years, he designed equipment and ... director of curriculum for the Englewood Public Schools and oversaw a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005