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  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I'm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  I have tests in all my classes in the next few days so I thought it was a good time to take a quick survey of what you want to see of coursework at MIT (maybe it's not, I don't know, I'm running on empty here

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  then cheated, like an idiot! So of course he got caught, and I’m ... I'm just going to have to accept that. Still, I could use a little ... is saying that MIT students aren’t smart, excellent students. What I’m

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  included scavenger hunts, improv skits (apparently I’m hard to make fun of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  -related updating now that I'm back on campus--I've been busy running errands with Sam ... my first few days of class at MIT this term. I'm not quite as thorough ... .003: Signals and Systems: I wonder why I'm taking this, but then I remembered

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester. The classes I'll be taking are really good, and I've wanted to take them

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

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  because I'm out of underwear." Parents, don't let this happen to your ... wearing. But the wig made me look totally bad-ass, so I'm not complaining ... , humid, my hair is out of control, and I'm not going to see Diane until

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  , super biology queen Mollie says, "I'm sure at least some of the foam is ... hours, in pool water, in salt water, in fresh water, in the ocean, where I'm ... opposite of paint." Now I think we've got it. Only, I'm not sure it has

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  did. So far I'm very happy with that decision, but it remains to be seen if I'll still be happy about it next year. I'm not sure if skipping 8 ... .011 is "traditional" physics, but I'm not sure exactly how one would be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  Apparently, Boston has the highest per-capita consumption of ice cream. I'm not surprised. As you may have learned from an old entry by Bryan, Boston has some of the world's best ice cream makers and shops (for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  facebook. (Big thanks to everyone who has friended me!) I'm glad you guys are ... submit it to HR (it always takes me forever - I'm not good at writing about ... . So I'm hammering away at communications-related stuff. My colleagues

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  performed an interesting medly. "Number 1" by Nelly made sense, but I'm not

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  while I'm up there and the Emerson scholarship still doesn't include MTG ... Arts department. Why? I'm not too sure really. I get the impression it ... thirty-four seconds to walk down the Infinite Cooridor when I'm doing the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  of (a) from said lunch: She: You're a nerd. He: No I'm not. She: Yes

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  -Veronica Mars fans are quite confused by now, I'm sure). Trying to figure out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  other responds: "Oh, man, I'm so hosed. I just pulled two all-nighters and ... ." Suddenly, out of nowhere: "Oh, and I just added a UROP, so I'm now at 72 ... totally aced them--it's more like, "Well, I'm glad I studied so hard." or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  time to get stuff done. I'm just glad I'm a freshman- I feel no pressure. =) Since I don't have any design experience, it's not like I'm responsible ... - I write for The Tech, I write for the admissions office- and I'm

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  , yeah? I'm Lynn. What's your name?" Sam: "Oh, nice to meet you. My name ... said that..." Lynn: "Ha ha ha ha ha! That's super funny, yeah! I'm going ... Spammy, I'm really hungry, not gonna lie. Make me dinner, Spammy." And

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  Complications "reminded me why I'm not premed". It had nothing to do with the ... , everyone, for your congratulations -- I'm still walking on air. So everybody ... who didn't follow the link!) No, I'm not going to medical school -- the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life lessons. Some you would prefer not to learn, but in the long run, I'm sure I'll be better off from it. Here are just a few highlights of what college

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005