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  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  -pun intended). However, I see now that Anna is committing the crime of writing ... 've written below is just the perspective of two long-winded MIT students, and ... salt, and maybe some pepper (that is to say: it's just our opinion, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  TechTV. One of the things I like about the press conference is that it ... reading this know which classroom this is?). I love that the chalkboard isn ... winning the Nobel Prize is that his thesis advisor when he was an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  This post is sans elephants. Elephant Sans, however, would make for a ... are wondering, the admissions blogger of whom I speak is me. In the words of the incomprehensible pajamaman of Long Beach, Snoop Dogg, "He is

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  weekend. “Being hosed” is an MIT phrase meaning “having too much to do and not enough time to do it,” since getting an MIT education is like ... ’t sound like a big deal? Oh, it is. Many distance runners around the nation

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  be a Giant Microbe. I ship domestically and internationally. There is ... cancel the prize if there is less than 10 entries. Void where prohibited. My email is up there in the banner - I'm curious to see what all of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  , admittedly among countless others, the audience at my information sessions is incredibly lucky, because no one else will tell them this. Here it is: The best thing about being affiliated with MIT, hands down, no questions, is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  bigger: Pepsi Refresh. The Pepsi Refresh Project is, as you might guess ... FOR you, which, according to Pepsi, is entirely legitimate - yayy. So ... here at MIT is that it's entirely okay to not know everything or to just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  -high atrium to its bamboo forest to its bold colors to its people. This is Building 46, home to all that is Course 9: Brain/Cognitive Sciences. Which ... freshmen are privy too. The greatest advantage to Early Sophomore Standing is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  " Competition!) One of the aspects of MIT culture I most enjoy is the Institute ... is that we're highly collaborative. Instead of competing with one ... Forbes "Boost Your Business" Competition. Their concept is actually a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  [Apologies that this entry is so delayed. I've been walking around ... on the other side of the wall is developing an indoor autonomous quad ... you having to get up. You forget that this is an institute of world

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  my boyfriend's door is pretty good at attracting the ladies. Here ... fogey of an iPhone that still runs on Edge is faster than Chris's 3G i ... visiting my room: "Your door is so ANALOG(UE)!" Chris wrote up a more

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  the more common questions: Is there a nanotechnology major at MIT? Not ... movement is to get a UROP at one of the many laboratories conducting nanotech ... Instrumentation Lab, which Melis '08 worked in as an undergrad, is also involved in some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who ... , Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to ... chosen him." Congratulations, Adam Helfant! So, who is going to win

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  expertise to the challenge. TIM has been taking some courses at Sloan and is ... -Elect, Barack Obama, as a geek! Since MIT is the epicenter of Nerd Pride, I ... ? Is our President-Elect Obama a geek, nerd, or none of the above?  

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  of background info: The MIT Concert Band is a student organization, as ... at any time, which is nice because a huge percentage of MIT students ... literally, as this is what happened to the car wheels: Fortunately, a cheery

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  summer after their freshman year. This program is a Professional ... my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th ... Air Force is like. The experiences I had working on real projects

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  open their doors to any and every interested freshman. Much like CPW is a supersaturated version of MIT, so too is Rush a supersaturated version of fraternity life. It is not a false version of Greek life: if anything

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  final month of school! Somehow, I can't believe this year is coming to an ... out, is National Reply Date. It had been a pleasure sharing what I know ... over a month!) Well, here it is: Starting from pretty much the first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  times. I guess I'll start off with an introduction.My name is Celena Chan ... Ivy, and we dragged our luggage to Baker, which is where we would be ... the dorms is that there are a bunch of condoms around (Unopened ones

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  think your job sucks. Just fyi. Ben: My job is 11.6% best ... your weekends, a rough estimate says your job is ~65.27% awesome. Work is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008