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• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? This weekend is a tax holiday in Massachusetts. I sure ... set online using our floor funds! My roommate Kunal is a communications ... Verizon Wireless in my head. Why? Because Verizon Wireless is, in my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  . "My goal is to grow up and have a big company and have horses," she said ... , said she knows her daughter is ready for college. "She's more mature than ... daughter. "Ted and I both said, 'This is yours,' " Patty Pounds said. "We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying ... people I know in various states.) So for the basics. My name is Mollie ... cognitive sciences and biology. My current research interest is protein

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Norah Jones is the daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi ... thinking about doing for grad school?" ...and the emphatic answer is I DON ... that this is MIT's fault--MIT is, of course, the greatest school that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  the MIT East Campus dormitory, all from the same floor. My objective is ... . House management requires the rooms to be vacated unless a student is ... empty rooms during the school year, as EC is a pretty popular place to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  make for good song lyrics) Agawam is best known as being the ... : I think this roller coaster is over-constrained. Person B: Yea, I ... state you're from as I think this is an important parameter. After eating

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  this is a necessary evil.) After freshman year, I got a new laptop and ... warranty that covers my battery which is pretty helpful. Unfortunately, I can ... software that is just computationally intensive, and it's not the best idea

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  which Boston is famous. My parents have done it two or three times while I ... miles! 1. Stars and Stripes cow Boston is in the middle of a Cow Parade ... Bostonian.) 2. Old statehouse The old statehouse is Boston's oldest

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT blog and I'm in Switzerland. I could ramble philosophically about MIT life - I've certainly done it before - but a lot of my big rambles have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  episode is being advertised with the tag line, "Turn a Poker Dud Into a Five ... poker player and currently is an author. He has published three books and ... featured on an episode of TLC's A Makeover Story. Andrea Wong '88 is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  , well, commence. This is an exciting day for MIT. I hope you'll check it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I ... . 2. My job. However, the computer is supposed to only be used for ... , as you might expect), is a fast-food chicken restaurant that's about a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

  

  Episode 6 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is available today. Stories include highlights from this year's 2.007 Robotics Competition, the "seeing machine", and the awesome Disco Dance Floor (!). Check it out: Hosting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

  

  concerts? Tomorrow, a local radio station here in Boston is sponsoring a free

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  are electrically identical. When nothing is connected to their terminals ... whole point of the Thevenin/Norton thing is making the assumption that ... source is; and generates no heat). Those are circuit *approximations

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  students, people from home, and the like is: "How do you feel like you fit in at MIT?" This is a question that often times arises surrounding the ... now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  . So my question is, do AP scores factor significantly in admissions, or ... , it is a significant investment of time to do the problem sets. Another option is to take it self-paced through ESG. there's kind of no reason to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  This post is for those who are moving on from this blog today, May 1 ... process, is, of course, a two-way street. You get to choose where to apply ... choice is yours -- which school is the best fit for you? We knew coming in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  other stereotypical conclusion to which people jump is psychology). My ... tissue is induced, and how it is determined, molecularly, which cells ... the course catalogue. "Studies what is language and what does knowledge

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

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  CPW begins a week from today, and I'm really psyched. The weather is beautiful around here (let's hope it lasts through next week!) and everyone is ... ), please do so ASAP! CPW is my favorite time of year, as I get to meet so

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006