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• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  the obvious need for exhaustive testing and the nature of the admissions cycle (and the cycle-dependent status of the MyMIT database), we will not ... questions on this topic until that time, as many of them will likely be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Highlights Highlights from the Hunt complete with the first puzzle we solved!

  

  I'll leave you with some of the funny quotes from the weekend. Also, this week, I'll be highlighting some of the puzzles from the hunt. The ... jokes..." Brian: "The answer is SPEED OF LIGHT. Can I spell that? S

  • by Bryan
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  Pennsylvania, is an alumnus of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. I wonder if he ... premiere of Beauty and the Geek 2, which Matt's friend Ankur '03 is on. I don ... he saw my blog entry last August, regardless of what his bio says. Ha

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  that, yes, E=mc2. The new mayor of Edison, NJ, Jun Choi '94, was sworn ... Technology Review had a number of interesting MIT articles, including this ... most popular male name and the most popular female name of students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  . You would sort of think that kind of time would inspire me to study 5.60 in depth, doing zillions of practice problems and perfecting my already

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  leaving for the day :-) They both looked kind of tired, but as you can tell ... 'd better get out of there once I had my picture so they could go home and ... was probably the most anxious period of my life. Everyone's probably

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

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  "vegetabletarian" is more accurate.) Me? Not so much. For the handful of you ... carved the general form of a regression equation. James '08 thinks he ... display this masterpiece between the 1996 and 2000 National Medals of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  , for whatever reason, I had a ton of energy when I got back, so Javier '08 and I decided to literally run circles around the dorm. The title of this entry was the last thing I heard Rick '09 yell as I skipped out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old ... 'm going to mix it up a bit, and give people's living groups instead of ... okay. Anyway, he is a former winner of the New England Division III

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  following: instead of me posting a topic and you responding, let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP. Here are the rules: Make sure your question is general enough to be of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  , considering that this show is always in danger of cancellation, I bet it ... 's above the healthy limt of "zero." So I figured now would be a good time to ... aspects of academic life. The thing about tests is not really that they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  - 5 PM Where: 2nd floor of the Student Center (La Sala de Puerto Rico ... the face value of your education by coupling scholastic endeavors with ... . Take advantage of the wondrous opportunity to discover a different

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  (Note of warning: this entry may be short, because I seriously ... kind of can't move my head. This makes sitting at my computer slightly difficult, or at least uncomfortable.) One of the perks of being a biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  was also my first football game as a member of the world ... the entire show 30 minutes before the beginning of the game. In high school it used to take us two weeks of seven-hour band camp days just to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  long lines of students. MIT students do not pass up free food. So ... can with photos of events that I attend. Until then, I'm off to enjoy the beauty of free food and bhangra. Word.

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  ), Communications Manager, Admissions 2) Daniel Barkowitz, Director Of Financial Aid 3 ... of Recruitment Green Circles - Objects: 1) Matt's paper bag, which ... is rumored to contain all of mankind's knowledge to date 6) Stu's water

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  relationship between three floors--Conner 2, Conner 3, and Conner 5. I think of ... 80% of Burton-Conner deskworkers are from Conner 3, so you can usually ... also did a lot of stuff that's more fun than on-the-job hair dying and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving ... tomorrow night, Joanne will be competing with 16 women for the title of "Miss ... -Jo the best of luck this weekend!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Pretty cool. And the winners of the ... reducing the radiation exposure of both patients and doctors the "Vac ... bunch of other cool "ideas"!   Photos from the judging session are

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  most of my time attending events and meeting prefrosh. Started with the ... & Erin stopped by and we stalked people using the satellite feature of ... you left in our office, informing us of this, has made its way to, um

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005