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  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and hearing your thoughts, whether supportive or critical, is always ... haven't often feel this way at MIT, so I was enjoying it. Ulysses is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  asking why MIT didn't accept Marilee's resignation quietly. The answer is ... surrounding our selection process. Frankly, this is what it is, and there ... office is quite shaken by this. Until we've had a chance to individually

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  (EDT) Subject: is there a meetthebloggers party and am i invited? -lulu ... though, to meet me, that is. You know where I live. Here a special shoutout ... in Green Bank, WV is located in the nation's only radio-quiet zone that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  Here is what I bought at Shaw's (the local grocery store) last night ... for details. ;-) I was really hungry. Such is a day in the life of a ... 'll make their day. OMG! CPW is finally here. I'm psyched, you should be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  talk about science at MIT? I mean, obviously it IS the institute of ... queries: I'm a little concerned about MIT's degree of toughness...is it ... /enjoyment in the work and what you're learning. Is that true? (I dearly hope it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  in the appropriate bubble? There is no deposit required?" No deposit ... :00pm-3:00pm Student Life and Learning Panel for Parents. This is another ... Parents. 11:30am–12:30pm Careers Office Pre-Health Panel. Is Junior

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  TV. But the never-ending battle between the two computing platforms is ... , however, is about making the switch from high school to college. If I had ... college is trying new things, exposing yourself to new people , and exposing

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  Break. Clearly, three days away from the Institvte is too much for me, and ... doctoral student, is working with assorted companies to study people's Black ... mind is on the eighth dimension MIT Mathematics Professor David Vogan and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  , the answer is inevitably “In lab.” My class schedule serves to justify ... Seniors who have published papers. One great thing about the class is the ... blood sugar is regulated through a very complex control system to make

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  , to be quite honest, Course 16 is not designed like many other majors ... have asked me if Unified is hard. And I suppose I have to extend my analogy to respond that Unified is hard in the same way that running a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  -mails that Sam has received from Hillel, who still mistakenly think he is ... -Conner cardio room. Normally this is the worst thing in all recorded history (in ... possibly be a coincidence, but Comedy Central is channel 52 on both MIT Cable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  it was made from Legos and is referred to as the Space Waffle, and the ... about Mystery Hunt is how, in some senses, it is a microcosm of MIT ... classic puzzles of any Hunt with Dan Katz '03 is the Duck Konundrum. This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  "At 2:14am on Sunday January 14th Dr. Awkward managed to defeat the devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery Hunt is quasi-over. At 5:30 PM today, there will be a wrap up session

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  drivers only leave a stop if their bus is full, so it is an interesting ... bus is full, they fold out chairs into the aisles and pack more people ... dinner before taking the minibus back to our guest house. It is unclear if

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Somewhat Random A little news bite.

  

  JK Rowling announces Harry Potter Book 7 Title Not completely unrelated to MIT...well yea, but since finals are over and my brain is still mush, I'm allowed. It's really only during the winter and summer breaks

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  Monday and Neuroscience today, and my last exam is for Thermodynamics of ... mathematics.” It seems that MIT is increasingly cited as a paragon for the ... contemplate what it is like to be a “woman at MIT.” The only differences that I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don't know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don't answer that.) Dear Bryan, I woke

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along with it, the 2007 MIT Mystery Hunt! This years hunt will begin on Friday

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  graduation requirements by spending time abroad. One such class is 11 ... the Euro. This spring, the class is heading to Amsterdam, and I think I ... other countries, and credit is awarded upon return to MIT. As I recall

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  've crapped on my head.'" (That last one is a personal favorite, from my ... total power, apparently, is the highest in the world.) "And the bus doors ... when the bus doors open...it splits! Demonstrating how your bus is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006