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  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  . Please don't worry, and there's no need to call the office for at least another week or two - we are inundated with mail at the moment ... question is very specific to your case, you may email me at benjones at the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say that I will probably not be posting anything of substance here until at least Wednesday or Thursday, after my finals are done. I have been tooling

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  Association and the Black Alumni of MIT Association organized a huge event at ... education. Even Donald Trump (who studied business at the Wharton School at U ... show admired him and praised him in every way. So, at around 10:57 PM

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  still have a shot at MIT. Unlike Langston Hughes' poem A Dream Deferred

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On ... : at Vassar and Main streets in Cambridge. Its neighbors include the ... computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... voice-leading possible. He sat down at the piano and played through the ... up at 4 AM after I-forget-how-many hours' sleep and start on a thermo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  '05 (now a first-year grad student in bioengineering at Stanford) always ... are not above a little glee at the magic of science. 18.01, Calculus ... effect is like when you're at a party, and you're talking to someone, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  top bunks and walk across. I'm at a bad angle here. I don't recognize everyone from the back of their heads, but the girl at the right is Ruth '08 ... - or at least, interesting - photos to look at. And maybe I'll be less

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  life... at least, until next Thursday. Oh, next Thursday. What am I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  lot of special memories at both the Old Comiskey Park and the newer U ... fun I have ever had at any baseball games. Even now that I'm back in ... White Sox! [] A.J. at the plate [] Bobby Jenks on the mound

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  4 8 15 16 23 42 If you already know what those numbers mean, this entry is for you.

  

  official site and click on the bar code at the bottom. When prompted, type in

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  think that at other schools, maybe athletes don't have to do silly things like take classes. Not so at MIT, buddy! Just because I was exhausted and ... ; Spent 8 hours at the lab. My postdoc wants to get my current project

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Alison Burr, the GC at Loomis. I did my best to explain our selection ... at Iona Prep. With some time to kill (I'd left CT early to avoid rush ... , where I got a table at a Chinese restaurant called Seven Woks. If you

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  included discussions on everything from admissions to the point at which ... early dinner at Wood & Tap, where I got to hear all about his adventures as a student at MIT. Got back to GHAMAS to set up for the Hartford

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I ... consensus is that this behavior will begin at least by the two-day student ... I probably won't be in a few weeks." (Unified is a legendary class at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  Today while running westward at sunset, I was nearly blinded by the ... states where it is illegal to do what at a gas station? 5. What famous 1972 ... at the Asgard. After Professor Smith quickly answered the first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so ... into a discussion about the kind of person who's happy at MIT. It ... the housing, classes, finances, and acceptance rate?" Darn it, that's at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  breakage at all. To accomplish the latter, designers placed the most common ... an amusing anecdote to tell when asked about it at interview ... blogging. Wish me luck! I'll be back at MIT tomorrow night to organize my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  Square. I got my hair cut and colored at the Daryl Christopher Salon, a ... Christopher Salon is definitely at the east end of Newbury Street. (I'm so ritzy. At least every once in a while.) My hair is now an alluring, yet quasi

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  causes where I can make a difference. While in grad school at UD I had the ... entered "the profession" as an Admissions Counselor at Ithaca College. Since ... recruitment at Cornell University. Fast-forward six years and I'm the new

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005