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  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  gingerbread houses for their children to decorate in school the following day ... 's class decided this would be a fun event for the dads, and that's how this ... pretty!" and then ask for an extra cookie. My wife told Miss April of this

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  It was a music-filled, and unfortunately not work-filled-enough weekend for me, as I scored free BSO tickets courtesy of MIT... but that's a story for another day. For now, here are three excerpts from conversations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your ... your application essay for MIT should probably use a little more varied ... get good schooling. I will go to college for six years, get my Master

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  Anthony's latest entry?) Some nice red lighting, for Radiohead... Some solos... I got to sit behind the sound guy! ;) And, for the grand ... busy week for a capella, as there were also concerts by the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  to med school. There wasn't any particular reason for this...I had ... sort of interdisciplinary field (neuroscience, for the record, is pretty ... about how it works for incoming freshmen, but... what happens in terms of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  Emeritus Modigliani, earned a Nobel "for his pioneering analyses of saving ... -affiliated economists who have won Nobel Prizes for breakthroughs in game theory ... Aumann for his great achievement!

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  lie on a certain vertical straight line. This has been checked for the first 1,500,000,000 solutions. A proof that it is true for every ... the book tour for his latest, Busting Vegas, that he wrote with Semyon

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  were on hand for the event. You can click here to view the entire list ... there, representing Advocates for Awareness. Former blogger Alison represented one of my favorite student groups, the Lab for Chocolate Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... Match School and getting stuff ready for the upcoming school year. A lot ... Playfair, we all headed over to the Student Center for a party with more free

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  there enough room, pans, pots, knives, ovens, stove elements, etc. for ... you set up a crockpot to cook for a few hours, can you usually trust ... recipe? :-) Do people share the cost of staples for the hall and cook

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... 've bought a shower curtain for every suite I've lived in. The A21 suite has a ... just fine. 3. Jessie answered Sara's dining question for me, so read her

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  fries. I feel really bad for the stands that were *selling* garlic ... for free. The happiest (and stinkiest) I've been in years. Eating ... . The Crest bus has stations for you to brush your teeth. I say, "When in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  Just thought I'd reiterate, for anyone who's applying to MIT this ... programs in cell biology and/or neuroscience for admission in fall 2006 ... deal of my downtime at the lab today studying for the GRE, and it sucks

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  students and alums often will create special boats for the occasion of the ... , MIT alum Nathanael Herreshoff created a revolutionary design for a ... ). For an inspiring and entertaining read, I highly recommend the in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  've been helping out with research for the past two semesters, today just ... --I think they might have ended up splitting it 6 ways for lunch. Below, you ... provides suggestions for everybody's research, he has a knack for explaining

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  Timings for Boston-area Info Sessions & Tours, Summer 2005 Find below the timings for information sessions and campus tours at MIt & ... listed are for the information session, to be followed by a tour, unless

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  ...)." This left a few people quite intrigued. For example, Laura commented ... enroll) on record. The numbers won't completely settle for a little ... % international citizens. Many thanks to the International Students Association for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  number of requests for college recommendations in past years. He said that ... checking the mail, but y'all are smart, so good for you. But by extension of ... shipments tendered by or for you[...] Any other use of [the] tracking systems

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  away from my blog for a few days, but my ability to get online was a bit ... a lot and discuss it with some of my superiors (for those of you just ... certain parameters or risk losing our blogs altogether. Thanks for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Anna’s Taqueria

  

  food for free to MIT's students. I wasn't there, but I'm told that the ... for her meal. From left to right: Admissions intern Marivel Oropeza ... Jones. Not pictured: me, holding the camera. Topic for a future post

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2005