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  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  provides all students with a common core of foundational scientific knowledge ... exciting Course 20 classes! ...well, sort of. I say "sort of" because although three of my five classes this term are recommended and required for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  is the most senior of the current student bloggers? [answer at the end of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new ... reveal this year's new bloggers, I'd like to share with you some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all the way from Madrid, Spain, I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is ... director of MIT-Spain is in Madrid, and all of the interns are meeting for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  So. I know a lot of you reading this are Americans, which means that ... resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer. And to Europe, it's been the focus of everyone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  The class of 2011 all got this e-mail this morning: Class of 2011 ... , filled with its ups and downs, and we hope that all of you are enjoying this well-deserved summer break thoroughly. Towards the end of the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  of the world", but really, it was more akin to, "Ponchos". We awoke to ... squishing around in. I think that's the worst of it. The first thing I did ... took a walk around Killian taking some pictures of this thing and that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  words "critical point." This reminded me of something. While many are now completely done with their year at MIT, there are still hundreds of students ... an entire semester. Like anywhere else, all of these tests are crammed

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  .020 group final project...and so on. Not to mention, the next issue of MURJ is ... the tenth or eleventh week of each academic term...which, as I ... . Kind of cool. And with Drop Date, comes Piano Drop! Piano Drop is a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to drearily dragging my semi-conscious self out of bed Sunday morning, my rather

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  . The School of Engineering will be renamed the School of Imagineering and ... cluster. From the MIT Hack Gallery: On April Fools Day of 1998, hackers ... here. What are some of your favorite April Fool's pranks?

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was ... find out whether or not certain friends of mine - from across the nation

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quantum Mechanics ...

  

  Quantum pset is slow-going tonight. I was having a lot of trouble until I saw this: What luck! My many questions were all answered. THANKS, CONAN! -luvlulu

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  it's IAP, the MIT tradition of "work hard, play hard" absolutely still applies, although I suppose the definition of work is a little more flexible ... decided to blog about all of them. *** Part the First: Riddles As you may

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can ... ://www.youtube.com/thedavosquestion and post a video response of no more than three minutes to the following ... website offers five tips for increasing the likelihood of your video's being

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  Part One: Getting people together. Abstract. In our investigation of ... entirely relatable. Due to the overwhelming popularity of the webcomic here ... 's kind of a big deal around here. Then one day there was this: I had a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  's entire stock of organic portobello mushrooms. Think of the vegetarians, people! -dumped (with the aid of other SH residents) six thousand neon ... of bouncy balls. (Pictures, anyone? Seeing as I wasn't on the receiving

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  This entry is a lot of things. Read! First here are some pictures ... , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... through the middle of our room and you might even be wondering, "What?! Are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007