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  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead ... immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... rumors- at MIT, everything is given a number. Classes, buildings, trees

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... about admissions and instead transform into a cozy place where we can ... ? Who do you think are the last 5 Cyclons? Is Starbuck a toaster? Is she

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  course). Oh Sam. While I'm talking about Sam, I just have to tell you a ... . It's just a few seconds before I'm out the front door or into the ... terribly busy I make a point to say hi. Now, as I mentioned, it's only a few

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining ... a dining hall when I can go to my floor kitchen - or, better yet, when

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative ... AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  , food -- whatever. Bonus points if you ask a question so blatantly ... . Anonymous wrote Awwww.... you were such a drama queen! Here I was thinking ... . In my defense, I'll say that I'm a lot less of a drama queen than I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  care about people - I'm a good dad THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT ... | The Joshua Tree - Death Cab | Transatlanticism TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: - I ... - Exercise - Taking Timur's money in Texas Hold 'Em THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... , Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he ... ... did you know that "a 60-mile bike trip" means 60 miles each way? Really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  Floor of the Student Center Who: YOU! Battle of the Bands will be a ... part about the refund is a lie, but the rest of it is all true.) There ... 's ice cream, and see a demo by Harmonix, the creators of the PS2 game

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably ... a few nights. Anyway, that was way more exciting than sitting at my ... in a swimming pool full of strawberry soda, and will ride in it with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  As promised in my last entry, it has been quite a week! Tuesday ... my corny little flashlight: Now I can use a milling machine and a ... = verb for using the lathe to machine something) a pin for the pedalbox of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  . Class has been going well. It's a significant effort commitment, but it ... of homework, with a fourth packet due this coming Monday. I've done ... action admits -- they had a meet&greet sort of event for students

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  Today I took a nap fom 5 AM to 9 AM. Then I went to class. When I ... bought a few other things to go with it and yesterday I had tacos! That was ... other a lot, and it's kind of neat. Meara from across the hall cooks

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the ... in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw ... and Gabe put on velcro suits and then thrust themselves onto a large

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

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... talk a lot about FIT & MATCH. Think of your application as you would

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... to declare Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) as a major and possibly minor in Course 17 (Political Science). Now, that said, let me tell you a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if ... keep my sleep statistics in a set of Excel files. Every morning when I ... was always like this as a child, although MIT has exacerbated my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most ... have some waitlist admits. Whether you stay on the list or not is a ... make sure that you have a place to enroll next year other than MIT in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational ... admitted to MIT -- both programs admit only a small number of students, while

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  against other students! MIT has a really cool Wall Street-style trading ... -of-the-art trading room ever built on a university campus. Identical in every detail to ... the world of high finance; it will also serve as a powerful platform for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005