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Theme I've been looking at too many de-motivational posters!
Because it seems to be the theme of Paul's blog.
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Admitted!
Welcome to the Class of 2010! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates... -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste We are the mooninites..
airplanes and toilet paper into a lecture hall? ... Well, it starts with one ... toilet paper across 10-250. Why in the world would someone do such a thing? Well, that's a good question. Each year, the MIT Chorollaries host the -
Blog / Academics & Research
I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao
prestigious MIT PE programs, you might be aware of something called a Pirate Certificate. It looks like this. I'm showing it to you because you ... actually says GPRs.), but also I took a SCUBA class. I'm like an advanced -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Calm Down and Breathe Heeeeeehooooooo
In which my brother and I embarassingly parody a song (first one to recognize it gets some brownie points): Edit: Evidently I am not so good at predicting outcomes of NFL games. But seeing how this post-season has been -
Blog / MIT Life
Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.
Day celebrations, but I'd like you to join me in celebrating the birth of the woman from whose womb I was untimely ripped a mere twenty years -
FAQ / First-year application
Can my school use Naviance?
-specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to ... , transcripts, etc.) using a third-party service. -
Blog / Events
emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you
who knows Lilly is going to do a longer interview of her with lots of ... answer: I have been privileged to know and ... . But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.
." -- Jane, California "I discovered a super-secret poster of the next sequel of the Star Wars Series!!! :P" -- Aditya, India "That is a ... of a pendulum is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY independent of the mass hanging -
Blog / Admissions
Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.
Roll) Awards linked to a class or department (e.g. History department ... . In an attempt to alleviate confusion, I sat down with my colleague Mc ... tried to make the distinction. One way to think of it would be this -
FAQ / First-year application
What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?
school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U -
Blog / IAP
the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window
It snowed on Saturday. Here's what I woke up to on Sunday. [caption ... o m i n g s h a d o w and weather-dirtied window[/caption] And here's a screenshot from the Neri Oxman episode of "Abstract: The Art of -
Blog / Events
And It’s Over! The end of the madness
Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight. They found the Mystery Hunt Coin at 8:28 PM tonight. They're a great team ... be a good year. -
Blog / MIT Life
The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.
'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in it!" "What?" "Alright, just move back a little." "Sam, somebody's going to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on -
Blog / Admissions
Selection: Day Three A beautiful snowy Sunday...
It's a beautiful snowy Sunday in Cambridge, and we're hard at work selecting the Class of 2010. While working on a subcommittee with Jenny and ... have been nice to have been playing outside in the snow with them -
Blog / Miscellaneous
And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.
Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT ... from William A. Koch. Who is he, you may be asking? Well, from the MFA ... , chemical engineer trained at MIT, world-class sailor, and devoted father. A -
Blog / Admissions
Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.
Today, MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, published a story with our current number of applications: 12,440. This represents a 9% increase over ... ... Guessers within half a percent either way [12378, 12502] were Anonymous (from -
Blog / Events
MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email…
'10 @ graduation! Star '10, who writes "I challenge anyone to top a graduation in Hawaii :P" Send your MIT '10 end-of-year photos to benjones at m ... Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to -
Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English
Diarios de Madrid: Semana 1 Cosas de Mi Primera Semana
't know why in Spain they refer to cards as carné instead of tarjeta for ... "The Spanish Incubator". Para esta clase, vamos a Madrid por tres semanas ... después de mi primera semana en Madrid. (De izquiera a derecha) El Prado