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  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  real holiday falls on a Sunday. So you should be able to submit stuff

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only have two finals -- but they're almost maximally temporally separated, since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  , when my mind's off finals. That way, I can focus totally on your questions and not on thermodynamic principles running subconsciously through ... to get into the only theater in Boston showing Brokeback Mountain on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  if a few electrons were to come near the foil, the charge on the ... positron based on which direction the particle turns in a magnetic field ... continued through the summer, where she mostly worked on using scanning

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  's on Sunday the 11th at 8pm, and it's FREE! Formed in 1949, the Logs ... on Sunday the 11th. The Logs once again welcome back the BU Terpsichore ... -ed a cappella groups, has recently received the honor of appearing on the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  I can't believe it. It's been a whole year. An entire year. They're selecting Early Action applicants. Yes, on a Saturday. These folks are amazing. I hung around the Infinite today and caught Ben and Matt as they were

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  Engineer drank on and said, "It's only gasoline." Thrilling

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  's what a stack of application folders looked like on my table yesterday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  This evening, as I sit reviewing some of the first early action applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the blog from a posting on another site asking about admissions officer blogs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in ... with: "on the same note, should we have October scores rushed to MIT ... anyone with an 800. Focus on the things that are actually used to select

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  expression on her face -- she obviously is a fruitarian. (I suppose

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  So I began this entry on Sunday night, but am just getting around to finishing it now. I'll share why. So at home, we had a little pipe burst in the bathroom that decided to spray water all over the house. While fun

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  really fascinating history lesson on the life of Henry Moseley, juxtaposing ... -ray spectroscopy. Analysis revealed that the sack of potatoes lying on the ground ... walked into the lecture hall with the month of Moseley's landmark paper on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  . Now here's my take on all this (feel free to ask around for other ... problem set on an empty stomach. Dominos stays open late, and La Verde's is ... the top ten (+/- 3) places on campus to study. This week, I

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  ELEFANTES! Love you, Bryan Now back in the 90s, I used to have to rely on

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  (This is a direct paste from an email.) The Undergraduate Association Committee on Student Life is proud to present MIT's second-ever Study Abroad Fair! When: Today, Wednesday, October 5th 2005, from 12 noon

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  car for hours at a time on busy city streets, where dings and scratches ... it. My 5-year-old Pontiac Grand Am and I are feeling more secure on the ... gave me some good feedback on my presentation - two things to be exact. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  On this otherwise lovely three-day weekend, my suitemate Jeremy '09 found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms as nasal congestion, a sore throat, and a mild fever. So, he called up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  going on this weekend; if you like acquiring a lot of semi-useful items

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  projects I've been working on at my UROP for the past two years. So first ... and climb on. Mice can swim, but they don't like to, so he learns pretty ... . First, you put the mouse on a diet -- enough so that he's not starving

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005