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  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  Most of my weeks at MIT have been crazy and cool and full of interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... second floor, near the M-Z section of "Current Periodicals" so I can treat

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  much of this static electricity buildup nonsense that's been driving me ... may be hard to tell from the picture, but that's a minimum of two inches of ice water (much deeper in places), just sitting there waiting for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery ... lots of puzzles (which lead to more puzzles), with the ultimate goal of ... team is the honor of writing the next year's Hunt. For some history

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about ... admissions process. Presumably, there are tens of thousands of students out ... alone. Some examples of things you could write about: Your experiences

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  Worth, Texas area, where I'll be spending all of IAP (and the summer) interning at the headquarters of North America's second-largest railroad, BNSF ... the home of my boss-to-be while he and his family are vacationing. I had

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  just cooked large amounts of angel hair pasta with ground beef in black ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... " to the end of it. "But it's black beans and rice flambé, Mom!" didn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my ... at the University of Michigan, visiting Illinois and Ann Arbor were ... able to see some family and good friends in both places (if any of you

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  beautiful mathematical problem of the millenium in 2003. One of my friends ... -question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT ... power of two!" you would be offered automatic admission. I hear that we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  -out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a ... posters from the walls of my rooms, so I e-mailed the '07 with a description of the dream I had. She responded with amusement, and a non

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... to dinner following a "signing of the forms" (see above). We've had a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  As you probably know by now, MIT has completed the process of admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals ... all of your applications. As we began Selection Committee I was

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  reagents. With the use of the special Parafilm M dispenser, which are sized ... conveniently cut off uniform sized strips or squares of 2" (50.8 mm) length. The thickness of all Parafilm products is 0.005 (127 um) and although we are often

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  of the amount of material that will be sent, admitted students should ... federal government to support education in low-income families. I'm proud of ... selections of the Class of 2010. We're getting there. Today, much of the staff

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like ... , so here's a revised version: Here goes: I'm Mitra, class of 2007 ... frequent flyer miles like nobody's business. Those are probably some of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  in terms of general advice, let's see. There are no specific activities ... traditionally-thought-of-as-MIT-ish things like science fairs or math competitions ... , though, Alex.) The admissions staff doesn't have some set list of priority

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019 ... of MIT's Teaching & Learning Lab and Bernd is the associate director of MISTI, MIT's international studies program. The course is held in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  student center enjoying a matinee of the Musical Theatre Guild's production of Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition. Of course, since the production ... kissed my sister" joke, the random operatic soprano belting "Phantom of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  was at the far end of the infinite on the third floor of Building 8. So, along with Javier '08, I got to the far end of the infinite around 4:02 PM ... unobstructed view down the third floor of the infinite corridor, you'd think that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  APPLICATION PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR! I need a big favor! I am up ... your responses I'm sure that if I put a piece of coal in a chair, and asked some of you to sit on it, in 2 days flat we'd have a flawless 30

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  tours of all the different dorms and being so confused about this study break thing. All of the dorms were like "oh we go on these awesome trips ... everything else guys. I wondered why everyone was so proud of their study

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005