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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  It seems as though the more work one has, the more time one finds to ... to be evil. Why? Here's what it looks like. Problem 1/ a -- s Problem ... 're reading it correctly, A through S. 19 parts! In addition to the other parts

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... Association (or the UA for short, because MIT students love acronyms) aims to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  Cluster to: Still going. I just had a DATA breakthrough. I want to hug

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  came in to save the day, offering the teams the opportunity to get the ... to Michael Fauntleroy Stopheles (M.F. Stopheles, for short) for a mere penny. To get their souls back, they would have to complete his course of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  "At 2:14am on Sunday January 14th Dr. Awkward managed to defeat the devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery ... and I'll get back to you when I get home from church. Ciao!

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  's great to be able to spend some quality time with my family... I hope many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Somewhat Random A little news bite.

  

  JK Rowling announces Harry Potter Book 7 Title Not completely unrelated to MIT...well yea, but since finals are over and my brain is still ... that I have the opportunity to read for enjoyment. Harry Potter has had

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Contest Continues Contest wrapup.

  

  So in response to the death of Pluto as a planet, I am undertaking a campaign to revise the mnemonic and change history books with YOUR HELP Here are the finalists. Cast your vote for your favorite! A. My Very

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  things to see and do as Walt Disney World. So far in my little trip down Infinity Lane, I decided to major in mechanical engineering, minor in biomedical engineering, join a fraternity, and try to engineer the human body

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first photo comes to us from freshman Arya '10, an international student from Iran. This photo was taken from Arya's 15th floor room in the dormitory

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of ... Plano West Senior High seniors will have the chance to make a difference ... the Dallas-Fort Worth area boasts as many students scheduled to attend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  the cheerleading squad to see if I could get anybody else's summer plans. Since nobody on the squad responds to emails, I got four five responses ... can't wait to watch trashy VH1 countdowns and hear English all around me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

  

  ). Are there other kinds of stories you'd like to see on ZigZag? Things or people you'd like to know more about?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  . Although the process has never been specifically used to destroy prions ... such extreme temperatures and pressures. Mad cow disease is thought to ... back to animals. Appel assumed that the United States, like most modern

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  We got here safely, and we're having a blast. I'll write a longer entry when I find free wireless, but right now it's costing 3 euros an hour and I have a lot of emails to respond to. (Thanks for all the emails

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  there enough air for everybody to breathe?" Just as I've never noticed a ... MIT student. I think the reason this question comes to mind are ... began taking steps to remedy the situation. 2. The Larry Summers thing. 3

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on covering: History of Diversity@MIT 1861 to present Cross

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to ... language didn't get updated as it was supposed to. Hopefully this will be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... there's tremendous economic pressure to suck you away from what is perhaps ... if you go into science, especially as a woman. You have to worry about

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006