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  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  . By the time you read this, I'll have been home for over a week - but as ... .012 make me so miserable...and for what matter, what is 8.012? Well, let me give you a little background. As part of the GIRs (short for General

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing ... that you're a stronger person for it. Ok, enough of that. This post is ... week I had), so I paid way too much for some tickets and decided to go

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  , so when I can't, I scour the internet for a quote that's moderately ... 'm going for. So now, in numerical order: 6.002 - Circuits and Electronics ... going to be challenging for me, because we're already dealing with things

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  halfway through the conversation that I asked for clarification on what ... York City in April for the photo shoot, I had no idea who the other girls were (well, except for Alia, who I heard about through the grapevine). We

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  you guys, though - watch for a pretty important entry coming up about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  relationships over the course of doing problem sets together. That's cool, but for ... -- alums come back and recruit for their employers; everyone looks better ... -- I have been here exactly twice, junior year for a Clay Aiken concert

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated ... for more than fifty years, stretching over the tenures of half a dozen deans and directors. And while we are always striving for improvement, we

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  sense that, I believe, for the most part, the MIT culture is well conveyed ... MIT, all smushed up into one tiny weekend package for you to sample and ... when we get a chance, but for now, here are the rest of my CPW photos

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

  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  browsers!) I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,020 students this year. Based on our ... -- and I am hopeful that we will -- the odds are that it won't be for large ... still turn out well for you in the end. What should I do about the May 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  tool, since MIT students will be responsible for implementing the plan ... operations, and I feel the level of support for this project from the students ... desire for such on-campus greening projects now and in the future.”

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such ... 18th and 19th century topics, and may be repeated for credit with ... ’s “New Faces of 1996” and has since garnered a PEN/Malamud Award for short

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  expression, "the cure for cancer is research" throughout the corridors at MIT

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you ... (1995), Dance for Two (1996), or Reunion (2003). In 2002, he cofounded the ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  's artistic and culinary adventures at leftunattended.com. Looking for a little

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  In honor of the release of the Nintendo Wii the Great Dome found itself hacked. Photo Credit: Eric Schmiedl More photos can be found here Update (11/19/06; 2:08 PM) The cultural reference for that symbol goes

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  -field-hockey-season-rest I had allocated for myself was officially over, so I should get my ... dying to do for years- I went to a kickboxing class! (MIT has kickboxing ... fun. And a really intense workout. I’ll be sore tomorrow, that’s for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written on a spacecraft! The MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is selling the ads to fund their project to launch a student-designed small

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  school. I studied Japanese for three years in high school, so my junior year, I applied and was selected for a scholarship program that studied ... postmarked by October 27, 2006. For more information and to download the

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

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  student that likes to build things for fun, enjoys racing, or wants to learn ... own shops. Design for Change: DfC does science and engineering for ... for Ghana, India, and Lesotho, with more to come. Of course, this is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006