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• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  impressive industry judges.  I should note that 2.009 is possibly the awesomest course at MIT, and I need no further proof than to note that the class was ... : Finally, the day of the competition arrived.  I'm told that MIT President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  preparing it. Tonight I was walking back from the T along the street where the food trucks are usually parked when I began wondering where the food ... listening to "Pop Goes The Weasel" play over and over again? And so I came up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  're talking ages ago, so long that I almost forgot it even happened. Before we ... night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a ... . Instead of writing words, I decided to steal a page out of Jess Kim's book

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  interest me without having to think about grades. I always look forward to ... birds to create lesions (i.e. tissue damage) to the brain and observes the ... or her research to the class. After nearly every lecture, I stayed late

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  in 4 months as a real, live MIT student. As a high school senior, I was already pretty convinced that MIT was the place for me. I was assigned to Next House (I still run into my host, and I ended up living in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  , and you are looking to send us an update, I would recommend doing so in ... documents to the financial aid office by February 15. I haven't forgotten about the Mini-contest. I'll post some great entries tomorrow! Finally, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  to show the student's passion in the sciences? I know many students who ... enjoyable." -- Deepta I don't know if I'll do this justice, but I'll give it a ... your AP courses. In many schools, I know, AP courses are the best (and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  I promised you 5th East Hall Rush photos, so here they are. 3rd East ... everywhere. Kathleen '10 ended up living on 5th East! I can tell that she ... , Matt '08, Brian '08, and a couple of people I can't make out in the dim

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  to know about a company. I was seated at a table with three other ... is like, and more! ------- Oh, and I must mention this… On Friday night, I had the pleasure of attending Zeta Beta Tau’s semi-annual dessert

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... the shore of the bay, not the Charles River. I wouldn't do the experience justice by enumerating the acts who performed, but I'll hint at them

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  pointed this out last night, and unless I'm missing something, I agree with ... it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I ... I'm wrong so I don't lose sleep over this.

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of ... weekend, I went to Alpha Chi Omega (AXO)'s Lip Sync -- their annual ... event from Melis's entry. Sorry the pictures are so dark. I stole them

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  '07, asked me if I wouldn't mind going up for auction, and I obliged kindly. However, soon after, I began to worry about what my auction price ... stylish if I say so myself. I promised not to reveal the identity of this

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  , which I had never been to before. Here are some pictures: As you can see from the pictures, it was a beautiful venue which I had never been ... , I put on my rings, along with those of my friends, Anna, Shaye, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  powerpoint presentation thousands of miles away. I remember hearing talk around ... deceive you. Kresge is 1/8 of a sphere. I once walked by it and remarked to ... after the info session is over: The reason I know all of this is Dean

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  Midway, I'll just try and cover the aspects of Orientation that have not ... of manual labor, but I don't get enough of that anyways. Taking ... welcomed the Class of '09 to MIT at Convocation, so I guess you can say she

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... hour (and non-waking hour for that matter - I've been dreaming about it too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate ... Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves infinite corridors, acronyms, and research as much as MIT, but alas, I did

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 ... ). For an inspiring and entertaining read, I highly recommend the in ... into a boat p.s. I've just been informed that Ben scooped me on this

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

  FAQ

  

  I got this question over email, which echoes questions I've been hearing all over:   I've just read your post saying that the ... anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005