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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for ... character in Garry Trudeau's popular Doonesbury comic strip, will be coming to ... comic's readers to choose among MIT, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  on the 4th of July. The look of horror prompted Adam's mom to ask me ... monster badminton), we headed down to the Plymouth waterfront for the ... -century graveyard, but this year we decided to go down to the breakwater instead. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... to have full internet access from work until Tuesday, so don't expet any great updates until then. Anyways. I've managed to get myself

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  Thursday, May 11th, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Indianapolis Artsgarden ... Arts at MIT." And since we don't want to ruin your dinner, we'll just be ... downtown Indianapolis. The Artsgarden connects to the Embassy Suites complex

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? According to the MPAA, the 1995 Mel Gibson classic ... Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to take a cab, and a jar of vaseline to prevent chafing. That seems like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  back from his trip to Italy) If your assigned host is back from Spring Break, expect to get a call/email from them tonight or tomorrow (you may ... hosts on hand, so we may be able to accommodate some late registrants for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  ashamed to say that I adore that place), and picked April up at the bus stop ... I told her I was stopping to pick up bagels, everything was ok. I was so excited to be eating real life, actual bagels. Yum. Thursday I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  :45am-10am, 11am-1pm If you happen to see me, or if I happen to be checking you in, please don't be shy -- say hello! Also, make sure to come to the Meet the Bloggers event on Friday, from 8:30pm-10pm. It should

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT student tonight, there are plenty of other opportunities to do so. Don ... Washington, DC). If you went to one of the admitted students parties, send your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire hanger into the socket and expecting my robot to come to life. Professor

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  fifty-three minutes, and I want to take a nap. Since that is not really an ... wonderful and rewarding career, is not really a nine-to-five type of job ... watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  Until Mystery Hunt 2006!!! Here's a little puzzle to get you ... cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either black or white (unbeknownst to them). Then, they will be asked in

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  -world adventures and social-engineering, and they use 'hax' or 'haxxed' to denote the ... , common phrases that are more specific to these non-computer hackers are ... on a roof or behind a door that is supposed to be locked does. however

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  . The first thing my colleague did when Mail Services called him was to ... it to the front page so more people would see it. None of this makes it ... certain folks to stop with the cheap shots, I would really appreciate it. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  telling you not to worry, to think about other things, to just trust that it will all work out -- yeah, right! I know you're going to be thinking about nothing but MIT for a while. Hang in there and feel free to weigh in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  Things are starting to get quite busy! Now that the Early Action ... big stacks of folders to evaluate, still with summary cards (or "E-3 ... rather canary yellow! Okay, so this might not be so exciting to you, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... 'm having to study quite a bit because I haven't learned anything about plants ... plants! I hate you! EDIT: I sent my personal statement to the professor

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... acceptable). CDs will be forwarded on to the music department for evaluation. Your musical talents are something unique that you bring to this process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be afraid if you see something unfamiliar." Whatever happened to fair dealing ... 've said that I don't care, that I'm immune to gloom, that I'm hard through

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by ... will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005