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  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  deteriorated since coming to college. I used to chide my friends for being ... residents of Senior Haus being upside down. (Is that obscene? I don't think so. Really, though. Is it?) being right side up. being fierce

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  I decided *not* to be angsty. Instead, I wanted to compile all of my ... not be able to stop, to be entertained, but at the end feel like they ... for being off topic. I don't care. I still strive to fill the Internet

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  , answer questions and just generally be helpful. One of the ECs, Gregg ... ) those same ECs spent their afternoon finding out how to be even more ... and what being an EC means to them. So, I’ve spent the last several

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  applying to MIT or admitted students who are still unsure/scared, I may be ... 't had a whole lot of time to be nostalgic, mushy, and all that irritating ... 's everybody going to be doing for the next few months? Here's a small sampling

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  haven't perfected the art of being in multiple places at once. (Yet ... . This weekend is shaping up to be, I think, relatively relaxing ... are going together (draw your own conclusions :D), so it should be a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  Campus (GXC) that will be launched on March 3rd, 2008. GXC is a team ... interests. GoCrossCampus can be a very simple game. Each day, you will receive ... involved as you want. You could choose to be a commander of your team, you

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  SO. Never let it be said that MIT students aren't adept problem solvers, especially in the face of having their party privileges taken away. To be ... was not handled well, and similar parties will be dealt with much better

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  cannot be grown by simply placing stem cells in a Petri dish. However, Ali ... “living Legos” can be combined with “building blocks ... Khademhosseini knew from an early age that he wanted to be a bioengineer. In fact

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on ... likely to be born in February than in other months, so given that I'm born ... will be born on my birthday, vs. an average of 0.00274 = 1/365 for the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  must be processed using the same set of machinery several times. This ... , Christina is developing computer simulations which will eventually be compared ... calculate the probability that a certain machine will be working on a given

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  scheduled entry.... One of the things I like about being home is getting to ... 'm just thrilled about U2's Bono being named a Person of the Year, even if Melinda Gates doesn't seem to be so thrilled about it. Look at that scowl. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  me out if I'm not already familiar with a community (and you'd be ... again, you'd be surprised how many high schools we're already familiar ... recommendations. These can be extremely insightful. The teachers that you've chosen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  , frostbite is no fun and neither is being wet all the time. In case you haven ... 's Almanac, the winter season will be milder than normal, "December and January will be exceptionally cold. Winter-season temperatures will be near

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so ... wrestling can't be the only thing all 4000 of us have in common. I just don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  (being a biologist, E. coli make me nervous)... bad news. So after making a ... 've heard!) consider themselves to be on a premedical track. Many of them are ... somewhere (data can be found here. Hope that helps! Go wrote: "Hi, Dr

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  . Caffeine is great in a pinch, but eventually the piper must be paid. 2. It ... activities -- like cheerleading -- can be a great idea. Discovering skills you ... sometimes not. 18. Being afraid to ask for help is a very major handicap. 19

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  supposed to be a lot of fun. I'll be testing that hypothesis. Aside from having a lot of fun, I'll also be interning at a consulting firm in Harvard ... weekends will be filled with exploring Boston, photo safaris, and learning to

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  being the majority of the room) speak, as well as Alums from other high ... ?", "Will you be at CPW?" but also other things; for instance, the organizer ... instead of being relieved or our concerns, we only had more. I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  admissions offers for these schools won't be sent out for a long time, sometimes months. A regular action applicant at one school might be reviewed ... on Pi Day. I don't know when we'll mail this year yet, but it will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  have to send them again they will be postmarked past the deadline?" Remember that as I recently wrote, we are very willing to be flexible for ... understanding that some pieces of your application may be late. Please let us know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005