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  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  more fun to be debating political issues with the other nobles when you're ... by the 2011 Class Council. What's your favorite costume out of this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  WARNING WARNING!!! Physics content ahead! If you're afraid of physics, well ... inertia? Parallel axis theorem! 3) Putting it all together. Plug your

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  bought blinds the other day at your store and they're the wrong size.. is ... 's what I said. WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: Right, well, do you have your receipt

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  admissions release date can spiral wildly out of control. I underestimate your ... acceptable so I'll try to keep it to a minimum. Feel free to use your

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  So Facebook has this interesting application that lets you display on your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As ... feel defensive about things outside your control. So I played around

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  Happy New Year! I hope you guys are having a great 2008 so far. Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... go home now, you're scaring the prospective students. (Real reason

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  (Westinghouse, YES, Intel, take your pick) or have patented something, or have ... ... but if not, be as brutally honest as necessary! So how was your ... ? Like, were you one of those USAMO kids? Thanks again for your time, and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  can send a letter outlining your plans to our office: Office of ... – not just for Campus Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and ... already planning your summer, the changes from home to college ... what to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice ... to introduce yourself to the rest of your class. And for those of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  consumed at the Burton Conner Ice Cream Event today. Check your CPW booklet ... there or be square. Also, if you're in Atlanta right now, you probably

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  You want to know the hardest part about this job? Entry titles. It's like impossible to think of some clever 4 word phrase to encapsulate your entire entry. But I got your attention, right? So, as I reported in my

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

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

  

  undergrad classes and you'll most likely have the prereqs for them by your ... can hang with the problem sets, you're alright. I feel 12% better about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  and without chocolate on top. They fill the puffs with your choice of custard right before your eyes. The custard recipe was discovered in Japan

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  "that thing from the first five minutes of Good Will Hunting." If you're ... , another brush with greatness that I missed. And if you're not excited about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  indicate your preparedness for college. I recently realized this with my ... PhD programs, you're going to be doing research and so being prepared

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  engineering curriculum at MIT, which is structured to hit you with most of your major classes and labs between your sophomore spring and your junior ... most undergraduate curriculums is such that you're probably going to need

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

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

  

  . Funnel Cakes C. Elephant Ears Please answer with your selection and what state you're from as I think this is an important parameter. After eating

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  took the new SAT if you're reading the MIT admissions blogs, hopefully ... Williams : Tom Hanks Also, Mike, you're totally right about English here. In

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  that some of you have not heard from your host. Do not worry. I assure ... you're at MIT. Second, since everyone else is doing it, I guess I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 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…

  

  really amazing... guaranteed to blow your mind or your money back (ok, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006