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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  hipster. You just don't TALK about this kind of thing) For example, I ... , and there's even an iphone app, which is super useful for tracking all ... snow waiting for buses, BOTH WAYS). The shuttle tracker has been key

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  tomorrow and it's all for you. For four days MIT crams all the awesome stuff ... anything to them was Battle of the Bands.* For an hour and a half one night ... ! (for concerned parents, I can pretty much guarantee you there will be no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pick My Halloween Costume! Mm, crowdsourcing.

  

  I feel like dressing up for Halloween this year, but I don't really feel like finding a new costume. Fortunately, I already have a bunch of ... blog (and a penchant for adverbs). This calls for crowdsourcing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends ... simple. Now if only it could help me wake up in time for my flight.... (Also, hi! Yes, I'm alive - Sorry for my absence. Summer stories - and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  ordered for myself online, I really do love getting mail. At this point ... of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  yield for international students admitted in Regular Action was quite high ... . Please check your email account for your individual waitlist decision (it should be there soon!). Thank you for your patience throughout this process

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going home in California for the rest of the break. I know, lame, but I spend ... long travel trips for me. Besides, traveling in Europe during winter?

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester ... goodness for GPS and my 4 co-pilots. So amidst a weekend of planning for the semester ahead, we took a break to look at the stars (which you

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Status Deadline to schedule interview for EA applicants extended.

  

  yesterday due to a hardware issue - we apologize for any inconvenience. The ... your interviewer's contact information, and the deadline for EA ... is back online and functioning normally. Thank you for your patience.

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which ... fill out some paperwork. Your project may also qualify for special funds, for example two years ago I was funded by the Cathy M. Comeau Memorial

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach ... utterly ridiculous entries for you all to enjoy: The LiveJournal Survey The MySpace Survey The Xanga Survey Look for some actual substance in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  webcast here. You should watch it and cheer for me.) My parents and younger ... birthday, so his parents are coming up from Plymouth for a big family dinner ... -time for June and July. Morgan, my boss (in biology we call them "principal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions aren't made this way?). For the next week, you can vote on Alex ... cartoons indicate Alex will take a gap year, either to "consult for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  indicates the MIT Weather Machine is gearing up for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). For the food snobs out there, we had lunch at Legal Seafoods ... for the first time ever I saw Ben Affleck on the sidewalk!

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  school, for more than 30 years MIT has helped shape the field of cancer ... development of a technique for delivering chemotherapy directly to a tumor. Members of the MIT Center for Cancer Research have included five Nobel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Meets The OC Be sure to watch the April 6 episode!

  

  ) instantly brought you to mind... Your friends at The OC contacted me for assistance with wardrobe for an upcoming episode. Apparently extras on the set will soon be masquerading as MIT admits. Be on the watch for MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  Without fail, if I could only eat one food for the rest of my life ... went at the end of last semester before it was time for us to take our ... 's, and Ben & Jerry's. Personally, for ice cream, I'm all about the JP

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin the new application season for the Class of 2010. My first Admissions ... questions for my first post-Asia Questions Omnibus?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  Many of you have already received it, but for those of you anxiously ... funding for the very first i3 project, and several of my very close friends ... ? MIT students/alums, what advice would you have for incoming freshmen in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  !, 2003 (this puzzle, instead of a word answer, has an image for an answer ... reading day, which, for our office, is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday ... figure out how they work best. For me, coffee shops work quite well, for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005