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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... all of you 2010s on your way to MIT, stay openminded about not just ... degree, this has to be a decision your son or daughter has to make on their

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  Jackman on MSNBC about "the physics of Van Helsing" where he said something ... then he can throw them!" 3. On that note, the bad science didn't bother ... Juggernaut, b****!" Also, there was a preview for Snakes on a Plane. Between

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  that I was never going to go on to become some kind of research scientist ... over 100 on all the exams in that class, but I hated physics anyway ... wanted to know what I had been missing out on all this time, so I signed up

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  my world record low test score with a 40% on the third 6.002 exam ... and almost blew up an oscilloscope on the first day of lab, and now ... (Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First") and I have absolutely no idea what

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... taken to another level with our improvised marching band accompaniment on ... for the trophy, because the little guy kicking on top of it is exactly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  Economics, is doing her senior thesis project on re-entry systems through the ... . Stanley Gershwin, who literally wrote the book on manufacturing systems ... calculate the probability that a certain machine will be working on a given

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  the band lineup for this year. Yuan: Sweet! I hope Polski FIAT is on ... radio...the list goes on. Yuan: So are we gonna post the band lineup or ... admission. All proceeds to benefit Children's Hospital Boston. Shaye: Rock on

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  a row house on Commonwealth Avenue (two minutes from Fenway Park.) The ... must say I learned a lot! On Friday, all my sisters wore the shirt I ... : Time to study for my tests on Monday and Tuesday!!! Off to the library. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  -management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for ... year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. "You can land on the snow, you can land on the water," Pasternak says. "It's a new vision of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  ago, but you certainly don't visit them on a regular basis. You live ... lecturer, and the classroom was full at about twenty students. Even on the ... on these daily events as they progress. Hope you had a pleasant winter

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  'm taking it on grades, not pass/fail. Professor: I mean Public Finance) Here ... . THANKS, GUYS. The culprit. --- After dinner, I hopped on the bus and ... 's based on a short story of the same name by E. Annie Proulx. Last January

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  ten-year olds (and even staring at the pretty graphs on his poster), I ... , explain that he worked on a graph theory problem about the coloring of ... starring on Shaye's radio show. Aspiring mathematicians are in luck, as MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in ... on Friday, January 13, 2006. Team registration is now open. Like in the ... ). Our "map" of Normalville kept the team up-to-date on our progress. This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  job that are getting placed on the back burner (we're simultaneously ... " - answer email, be attentive to the MIT forum on CC, etc. To me, this is ... to spend an hour on a single app. Sometimes that's just what it takes

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  Bryan '07 (Chair of the Committee on Housing and Orientation). Here we ... . Moving on...this one is back on 5th East, a week or two ago. Kim '04 dyes

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  'm sure sometimes undergrads and grad students work together on them. Right ... , but go check out Melis's UROP blog, which conveniently focuses on ... , most Halloween parties were on Friday and Saturday night, and, well, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical ... and then conduct further tests on those. The tour guide said that ... the lobby, you see a giant double helix pattern on the ground and four

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  is the best sauce. Then I got the best comment on the 10.213 test I ... lot of similar comments on my hand writing ever since first grade, but ... opporunity to see War of the Worlds for free--a premium discount on the already

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Overall, a good first day on the road. Woke up early, packed for the ... included discussions on everything from admissions to the point at which ... booked). I'd relied on the past few years' Hartford numbers - less than

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  doused in olive oil and parmesean cheese. On the way home, Adam and I got ... than for students who choose not to interview. Also, get started on ... a postscript to Nehalita -- I hear you on the forcible DOFMH. We had

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005