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  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  As some of you may have noticed, the world didn't end on Wednesday ... , but come Thursday night I didn't feel comfortable betting on it (or ... MIT, rather than work on your ability to recognize problems you already

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  -so-proud hometown of Kwame Kilpatrick… yeah). I enjoy long walks on the beach, though only on the hard sand because I get tired easily on the soft stuff. If I ... favorite Disney movie of all time- I will not budge on this point. I make

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  of physics only concentrating more on movement and using differential ... is where I continue to work on ElectroPlushies and get them up and ... production so this class gives me a chance to work on details. Western

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  Market on Saturday and load up on the cherries and avocados, not to mention ... strapped on my skates, grabbed my directions from Google Maps, and headed out ... me to skate on. I tried going left, skating for a while to see if there

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  On May 18th I wrote a blog entry called “Ring Committee” which was ... on the Admissions site. It's true that we encourage our bloggers to ... credibility. But allowing the blogs to become a full-on soapbox is a slippery

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  offer) or decline it. Also, we will begin notifying some students on the ... on the waitlist to 739 people, in the possibility that we needed to go ... people on the waitlist at this point, so we will notify hundreds of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can ... preserve some of this eye-candy. After the roof party on Baker, I ... (ecologically friendly design, sustainability). On a tour the studio, I met some

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  for hosting. Some hosts are very hands-on, being excited to be with you ... of freedom for you to explore on your own. You may want to talk with ... to what extent you're looking to explore on your own. Like online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  . My take on the movie, 21: Completely NO spoilers: * Check out ... " at MIT, which would be a B average here (because we work on a 5.0 scale). Although this might viably be a mistake on the movie producer's part, it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  daylight savings! - watching the clock on my computer go from 1:59 AM to 3 ... to it. Just minutes ago, I logged on to mitadmissions, and there ... on the exams. And because the exams are worth so much, you should plan

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  me!? Decisions on the 22nd?????????? Ok, time for the debunking to ... that's that. Decisions may come out on the 15th, they may come out on the 22nd, they may come out on Christmas (at which point I'd have to lol

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  kidnapped Baxter because he smells funny and no one on the floor likes him. If ... place it on the dining table of the 132 suite at precisely 12:10 AM on ... room on that fateful day," quoth Rich, holding Baxter protectively in his

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  interesting has happened yet on my end, but stay tuned! Friday, 16:22 I ... topic I'm bashing my head on, but that might give something away to other ... useless to solving the puzzle. Well, we got it anyway, on to the next one

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  happened to leave a message on your machines or with your parents, feel free ... free food (more on that below), but either way, it was a pretty strong ... 'm currently a freshman at MIT, and I was calling to say congratulations to on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  I didn't start out this weekend trying to write a scathing expose on ... terrible desire to spend money on food at least once a day. This certainly ... 's also finals week, during which many MIT students seem to take on the view

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  game in the ALCS, I was on Burton Third starting to plan out our 6 ... on her way to classes: This, of course, is the wrong view of the ... see Tang on the far left, barely in the frame, and MacGregor is on the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  other Cambridge, it’s an actual activity where you’re on a ... trying to stay on the boat, trying to find the bottom with my stick, and ... other freshers on my boat had ever punted before so our boat zigzagged

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  and we were on our way. We were all strapped in by the flight chief and ... another experience to fly with them open (as I did on my first flight). As a ... down over New House and touched down on Briggs field. We unloaded, and I

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007