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  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  group of friends to take pictures. Here’s a picture of my group: At 6 ... checked IDs and gave wristbands at the door. For some reason they thought it ... she’s on the Varsity Crew team and a Civil Engineering major… At 7

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  's this class at MIT that designs toys, have you heard of it? It's hard to build toys without a shop, so the powers at be went out and bought a ... is a drill press, belt sander, and band saw at each table We also

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  actually said that, though, I'd be met with, at best, a raised eyebrow and an ... , or just hanging out and having fun.” At which point the aforementioned ... intriguing array of possibilities.” Again, that's completely accurate - but at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  was a great community where I still hang out and pset at frequently ... .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to ... at Next have culminated in a big change at Next. Short history: 9

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  wave after another. The day was filled with tension. Questions perched at ... 't rain even once. At least not lately. We'd be pretty lucky if we get a ... of bed at 4am, kicked my roommate's snoring friend, and stood on the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  could be in three places at once!) 7:45 AM: Woke up and immediately ... for (several) pictures. By the way, in their free time they model for AT ... :00 PM- 7:15 PM: Ate dinner with MIT alums and students at the Society for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  you academic future. There's one dude at Stanford, Tom Jaramillo, who I'd really like to relinquish myself to. But then at Berkeley I see some ... . I'm actually hoping for kind of a combination of the two at this point

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  becomes, when are you involved with too many activities? At what point do ... Club doesn’t impress MIT at all. They want to see commitment, dedication ... year…) This brings me back to the old adage: At MIT, you have to pick

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  Lobby 7. The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight announced the ... Sin Meters. Finally, at each stage, the teams received a certificate of ... Mystery Hunt puzzles are quite humbling, hence "Lego My Ego." So, at noon in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  (the classes that all undergraduates at MIT are required to take), and ... important. At many schools, students only care about policy as relates to the present. If it doesn't affect them while they're at the school, they don

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

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  's such a nice day. How can I look at a computer screen right now?" And I ... the band. These did prove useful for our director at the Anything But ... 's rugby game. Our eventual goal is to play at least once at every sporting

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  fantastic folks at the Davidson Institute and the new Davidson Academy. The ... York Yankees. Henry studied Ocean Engineering at MIT and became a ... . Why is it funny that someone could be smart and sexy at the same time? I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  is the only class in which I'm not starting at the very bottom, since I ... Science - neither of which are accepted for credit at MIT. And I'm fairly ... don't have AP classes or exams offered at your schools, but have taken

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  . However, rather than settle for a second choice, the valedictorian at ... & Mathematics Institute at CAHSEE and the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science program at MIT. Flores' interest in science and math was piqued when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the ... at the bottom. And suddenly I wondered, why is it white? So I sat back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  get all sorts of things at home before they come, but there are plenty ... them at the COOP -- everything there is grossly overpriced. :-( Do you have a printer at home? While you won't *need* one here, and can

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  Manolo Blahniks at graduation, but I'm really glad we didn't hold each ... part of his address: Your training at MIT equips each of you ... personal and intellectual achievements during your time at MIT, will soon

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  data so positively. I guess I got better at presenting my data at the ... have to bring all your stuff at once, I'd advise packing necessary things ... don't think it would be too late at all -- the summer before sophomore

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  , the sort of classes that are offered at MIT beyond the basic level ... know of at MIT, at least for undergrads (I'm not sure if there's any on ... weird vocabulary than you can shake a stick at. Most of the lectures deal

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  at MIT. While I'm at it, parents, you should take a bow as well. You ... Thursday night - one for parents and one for students. I was at the parent ... stage at the Battle of the Bands. My colleague and fellow blogger Ben

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006