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  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  end of the drop, I don't have any myself...) Notice "sleep" is not on ... that's not what this post is about. This is about something far, far more ... way? Name two. I dare you to. Anyway, this album is my favorite new

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  would think it's easy, but it's really not. So this semester is the FIRST ... practices for analysis and design of manufacturing enterprises. Emphasis is on ... is the first time in my life that I've participated in Lent. For the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  've been TAing this IAP) is tomorrow evening, and I am excited. The teams ... have a new battery, and their robot is fine, so they should be good to go ... the snow is COLD!" and amusing everyone else. I remember my first winter

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying ... class. And in between terms, we get 6 weeks off, which is pretty amazing ... drinking tea all the time is kind of true. At 11 am everyday, my department

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  of things. I suppose the best part is that it's all making sense so far! :) The headquarters "campus" is pretty big, and as you can see here, they ... boss says "he's here this month while MIT is in hibernation"), but I don

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  .) Repeat. Or not. Whatever. 6.) Decorate! Observe! This is us making hand ... without looking: Happy Jonathan (07) and Mary (our GRT): Something is ... the food unveiling. Mike (08) is excited about Thanksgiving: First

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  get coffee. Coffee = bad! Here is my first page of 14.05 notes. Notice that my handwriting is not that bad. Here are pages two and three ... mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  . Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright and novelist whose play Topdog ... 's always great to meet and talk with someone who is not only successful in ... . Anyway, she gave a talk on Thursday night here at MIT in 10-250, which is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  . Movie theaters behind Fenway Park: Watched The Deparated, which is a cop ... 's Anatomy! (Who's been watching? How ridiculous is Meredith?) d. North End ... experiments (e.g. play on the swings!) The waterfront park is across the river

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill ... admissions site is really something, huh? I just look and I see categories ... approachable people. But, seriously, seeing your professor naked is awkward

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  for 6.081. But I'm tired and confused (why is d+=1 legal normally but ... the freshmen chemistry options) is that the students memorize the ... "radium is more reactive than that!" or "Hey you forgot manganese!" It

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  solidified. (While previous blogging experience is paramount in our selection ... aardvark, where is the banana and why is that man chartreuse?" Answers to ... number is not 100% set in stone. I am not yet sure how many bloggers will

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  cells today.) I ate lunch at ABP, which is a special treat for me because ... in the City" on my iPod. There is basically nothing better than walking ... with the radio. Sidenote: I love Cape Cod because it is slightly cheesy

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  "You're joining a fraternity? What?!?!?!?" I think this is what a ... friends were going to be. All I knew is that I was coming to MIT with one ... own. Nothing crazy is going to happen to your son or daughter, and no

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a ... stairs and cramming into the humid, moist basement of Next House is too ... to sleep soon. Waking up early is killing me!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  One of the biggest events of the spring at MIT is always "Spring Weekend," and the highlight of the weekend is the annual Spring Concert ... MIT students can "drop" a class. MIT is fairly flexible about things, as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  fun it is to work the registration desk at midnight. McGreggor strikes ... ) showed off his graceful dance moves. [video] Steph ('06) is super happy ... pictures until the closing ceremony. This is what you guys looked like from

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  .mit.edu/orientation. You'll find various dates and ARC contact information there. What is ... is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send the deposit? No deposit is required. Just be sure to send in the form

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  year? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many people we ... with that? It is true that we have not utilized the waitlist in the past three years. It is hard to know beforehand exactly how many students will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  Okay, so it's been inexcusably long since I last wrote here. This is ... . :-) Physics is a continual thorn in my side, but everything else seems to be ... 'm here to do is tell you about life at MIT. Selection's all over and the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006