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  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  directly to our site; and Mirat Shah, a junior who is studying abroad via the ... ! Fourth, Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) is right around the corner. It's our ... read a few of them. Seventh, American Idol is back. 'Nuff said. So... I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  consuming more junk food than is remotely healthy. However, we pushed our ... without abiding by the number one rule of silly string, which is: SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING. This is what silly string looks like wet, i.e. not PROPERLY

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  As you know, MIT is embarking on a mission to tackle the world ... curb climate-threatening carbon dioxide emissions is short. It will take ... gallon. The tireless enthusiasm of students is one reason universities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Blake Ross, who is kind of the inventor of Firefox, is 21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started ... classes is particularly blurred in the math department, where you often don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  MIT, 1 major is the same price as 2 majors and 2 minors, so why not ... taking that class. So I guess, this little soapbox is dedicated to everyone who thinks that the only way to learn a lot is to take a lot of classes

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... , McCormick, Simmons, and Next all have them, and Pritchett Dining is ... live in one of these residence halls in order to eat there (which is good

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It ... blogged earlier, is also sponsored by the French department, part of MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  interviewers remains accurate). A description of the current interview process is ... you to another EC who is available. Some of you may live in areas where ... that you don't need to make a special trip here; this is only if you are

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  's name is Quicky... that could be a did you know." So I just got this e ... chemistry minor. This is why 5.03: Principles of Inorganic Chemistry is filled

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  . In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let ... rode the rides that people built. Most of what we build is made of ... rider is very safely strapped in. All our Rush rides are approved by the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  This is entry #2 in my series "entries that need to be written ... if you never took the class. This is a really good system, for several ... strategies -- Drop Date, the last date you can drop a class, is two or three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  . Anonymous asked: "Advice about HASS and HASS-D classes?" This is going to ... the ROTC program - for many students, this is a great way to make MIT ... opinion it is generally easier to make friends with someone you know in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  "Gentlemen's Club" 19th birthday party, which is why I'm dressed up. July '05 ... rate), and the debate is one of the few parts of the process that I ... . This is actually a good pic, though I bet my mom would disagree (she was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Perhaps the most interesting research is the work that surprises ... the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the ... exploitation of shareholders. Their core argument is simple. If we look at recent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  aspects of communication. The final report, some 33+ pages worth, is due ... spotlight is the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons, so ... to accelerate this strategy is for me to carry my camera around far

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  , and send in the form to be run in the housing lottery. The form is ... runs. Freshmen are assigned a temporary room The room is almost always ... temporary room. Don't unpack. (A good strategy is to pack a suitcase with a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  part about the refund is a lie, but the rest of it is all true.) There ... .upperhandnj.com) Admission is $3 for prefrosh ($6 for MIT students) and proceeds support the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  climate change is the number one problem facing humanity, and I want to be ... bag folded in half. The sLimcell as Sadoway calls the flimsy battery, is ... about how MIT is trying to improve the environment at Environment in depth.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  .007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and ... . The idea is to get as many of these balls into the highest scoring bins ... case is to learn a lot about the design process and what it takes to be a

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  essay(Mitra) Clarification on what exactly a "good match" is (Matt) But ... have is to be confidently relaxed. I hope that you have gone both through ... schools admit you, you'll go on to achieve great things in life. This is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006