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  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  you design a pinball machine for a nursing home?" Kevin '11: "No! I designed an arcade machine for a hospital." D'oh! So close, yet so far. 11 ... 'm tired from 90 straight minutes of talking, but it was great to talk to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  there's a bunch of kids who didn't get your spot. For those who didn ... . :) I haven't done a Q&A in a while. I'm sure that the new admittees

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  /4" tall and weight 150 lbs. I have taken a cue from fellow blogger Lulu and ... seriously looks like she's having a heart attack right now, so I'm too ... . Look, MIT has not only girls, but also a political science department

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  It's hard to remember a time during my senior year of high school ... . This is a bad attitude to have in all regards, because while it's great ... 's likeness to recycled cardboard; a girl I know at Berkeley calls me to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing Snowflakes Back It's finally winter.

  

  IT FINALLY SNOWED!!! Pictures etc coming soon to a blog near you. 3:27 PM - The snow has ceased. There is little to no evidence of the little snowstorm that could. BUMMER.

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  they do. I've never seen a more packed Kresge. Not even for a Logs ... see a number of mirrors all lined out on the grass. Last year, students ... had the opportunity to try to bust the Archimedes Death Ray myth. So a

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs ... of the recommendations will probably start being implemented a few years from now, so some of you might have a vested interest in knowing

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mnemonic Contest Winner Congratulations, Shawn!

  

  bryanblogs [at] mit dot edu. Tomorrow: How I work for a genius.

  • by Bryan
  • September 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  list the ones I know with a brief description, and then I'll write a ... service opportunities" and offers IAP and summer fellowships a) Focus ... Fellowships have a competitive advantage in the selection process sample issues

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  This morning I got a frantic call from my mother. MOM: Is it true ... morning I'll be getting another phone call: "THAT IS A FAMILY SECRET!") But ... start on Wednesday. (I'm still kidding! Oh man, I'm a terrible daughter

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  the Longfellow Bridge over the Charles River (if you panned a bit more ... captures the Boston skyline from a different vantage point than Arya's photo ... 's Museum of Science, which features a lightning show by the world's largest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  lately is that MIT is a competitive and cutthroat place, and that ... stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for ... , is a confusion not supported by my friends Merriam and Webster). Sure

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 9 ZigZag presents the Vehicle Design Summit and more.

  

  The newest episode of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is now available. It features a very cool piece about the Vehicle Design Summit, definitely worth checking out. Which student-designed alternative fuel car is your favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  realize that he wrote it a month ago. I've been kind of lame about reading ... started blogging for Admissions, I wrote a number of what were basically essays on subjects that I had been thinking about for a long time, and had

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Am Not As Lame As I Appear I've just been feverishly at work on the new website...

  

  Mollie starts tomorrow and I needed to get things to a certain point so ... applications (thanks!) and I have a file with all of your questions which I ... .S. Nance's 40th birthday party was off the hook. He had a stretch limo and

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ZigZag Episode 8 A new video podcast episode.

  

  : Have a great weekend!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  Parents are always the optimistic ones, right? My mom always has a response for me when I claim I made a mistake: We don't make mistakes; we ... explore? Being a scientist-in-training myself, this is encouraging because

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  , commencement is over, and I'm officially an MIT graduate. That's still a little weird, and I'm not sure if I'm going to believe it for a while. Thanks so ... -- you have a lot more patience than I do! (I was threatening not to go to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006