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A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…
while newly a visitor. I spent a lot of time pre-MIT longing for my days ... partners and went over a French-language news update for le 9 janvier ... getting up for the 10am class! I also had a UROP meeting -- I'm developing -
Blog / Admissions
State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.
materials and test scores for more than 7,000 regular action applicants. That -
Blog / MIT Life
I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.
for providing their take on the Bono article? And now, your regularly ... + B[ono] + MIT = progress for the poor This must be the kind of thing ... 's certainly an honor for me to be part of an equation with Bono. I also picked -
Blog / Hacks
Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…
I had lots of stuff planned for you guys, but my friend Ben (not ... hold off on some interesting pictures I have for you so I can follow ... that I basically stole his intellectual property. Way to be. =) Now for -
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 -
Blog / Events
TBP Dinner Sex@MIT is the most-watched video on CNN.com! (but it's not pornography!)
Stay tuned for an entry on the phenomenal Handel scholar Professor Ellen Harris, whom I heard speak on Saturday night. Basically, I attended a Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honors Society) dinner (courtesy -
Blog / Academics & Research
Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.
Center for Biomedical Research. So I'm a) alleviating boredom, b) avoiding ... which are probably consumed by watching for your friendly neighborhood ... hopefully no one is looking for a grand unified theme. First, I would like to -
Blog / MIT Life
Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.
through until 9 AM Monday, when I have to get up to get ready for my first ... rolls for breakfast. As I'm sure you know, these go very well with milk ... '07 all came by to ask for my signature on their nomination forms. (They -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.
you crazy kids ever get any sleep? Of course we do. I mean, for one ... kept detailed track of my sleep patterns for almost three years now. I ... for thirty years, and how helpful it had been to science, and then I was -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Review of “Shopgirl”
. Awkward situations in "Shopgirl" arise from Jeremy begging for a goodnight ... stalking. They meet for dinner, where conversation is forced and trite, and ... a dump, travels around with a mediocre band for a few months, but -
Blog / Academics & Research
So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind
. I am never savvy about picking classes. Adam is disdainful, for ... , so it's Wednesday, I just printed out my 9.15 paper, and I'm done for ... department, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and the Picower -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…
flakes became pretty big and fell for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, it ... month, yay for IAP). - The record low for November is 8 degrees and the ... average snowfall for the entire month of January is 13.5 inches! So, I -
Blog / Events
Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"
So I can't take an ounce of credit for this artistic endeavor, but I will applaud it's shear awesomeness. So this weekend my friends Diana, Yonas, Chris, Tom, Christi, and other Bakerites made this huge sign to -
Blog / Academics & Research
Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…
as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary). Well, as far as MIT goes, I don't think that's true. For one thing, we ... recitation is not the person lecturing. For instance, I have 5.60 lecture three -
Blog / MIT Life
Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…
idea was that??) (Note: to look up the link for 5.60, I had to go to the ... find Chemistry in the C's rather than the F's -- for five, the chemistry ... -- sort of. They've been on hiatus for the past few years, and they -
Blog / Events
The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.
) Classes MIT Geocache Photo Exhibit Food for Thought Beyond the Library ... companies are looking for students in your major, and for what kind of ... colleges right now, odds are that you're not looking for a career, but it -
Blog / Academics & Research
First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.
Arthur Mattuck) 8.012: Physics I (often referred to as "Physics for ... Film Experience (a very good choice for a HASS elective) 8.S67 ... soon: a more in-depth look at freshman advising seminars. For more -
Blog / MIT Life
DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"
off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play ... expensive ($48? for a throw pillow?), and c) Adam would hate. I headed back ... for snickerdoodles at LaVerde's, and they needed to get baked -- I find -
Blog / Academics & Research
Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…
gained international recognition for discovering three of the largest known ... for Undergraduates, Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy ... educational and research background of MIT for giving her this opportunity