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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  -imagining, too. Professors Ulm and Vandamme have shown how to slow concrete creep ... subjected to load and which eventually causes it to fail. Based on their findings, creep could be reduced to the point where concrete could last for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  I have confession to make...it's somewhat embarrassing but I think it ... needed. When I came back to MIT to work (three years ago this week, I ... got around to it. Every time I made time to go something came up

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer ... school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... , wonder and sleep deprivation that MIT students come to embrace. I don

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  I've always been excited about finding new rec’ stuff to try out in college. Besides, as in the good ol' childhood times, it’s always fun to meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of ... much to bear. You can relax, because today I’m taking the high road

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to explain what MIT is like, not so much to explain what admissions is like

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  When I arrived at MIT to start my freshman year I had never been on ... more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New England about the same time so I was able to show them almost immediately

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  receive the most votes will be presented to Barack Obama on Inauguration Day ... to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left-hand corner. My idea needs 100 votes to make it to the second round, and the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... 'd probably lose a lot of money trying to market that. But instead of being ... to colleges that don't usually really get a lot of love, the Zion Bible

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  "Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago ... 'd say, "Marge, I have a yen to travel." And Marge would agree instantly ... part, she was going to scream. So off they'd go, these primitive tourists

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  Not surprisingly, you all seem to be the most interested about how ... interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  TOTALLY NORMAL and all, and I just didn't want to ruin that.) Snively loves ... justice to how...I don't even have the words. Seriously? That kid was...cuddling with his laptop. I'm not kidding. Okay, now I'm going to make a huge

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been heavily involved. In fact, I'd like to officially propose that MIT move this class from 9 units to 15 because it's not a low time commitment class

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  When it comes to immune systems, I'm the most arrogant person you ... nose is running, or your leg's going to fall off, don't expect any ... razorblades in my throat (that's how it felt, anyway), constantly having to blow

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  I've recently had the opportunity to see three MIT productions - I ... couple during the 1920's that decides to throw a party to make themselves ... to watch. Like I've said before, I am not a great photographer, but

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  Who knows what course 6.270 is without having to look it up? Anybody ... "HappyBoard." ($1,500 worth of LEGOs, sensors, and HappyBoard). To avoid ... given all of our supplies and an objective. We then had a month to build

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell ... lab to walk home. Either I'm not very observant, or someone acted

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  , like there's a quote from The Unbearable Lightness of Being to describe ... 've got six days to choose a grad school. I've got it narrowed down to the ... 't only have to choose a place to spend then next five years of your life

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  Last Friday, I went to the AMC Cambridge to see the big ... stranger to MIT. She spoke here as part of the MIT Writers Series and ... ; Ashima's first years of marriage in America; the Ganguli's trip to India

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007