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  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  pool. Some of my friends have been saying I got in because of my citizenship and they got rejected coz of the opposite reason, that's why I am ... applying to a school that I already sent the scores to? (of course MIT isn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  for our first bandit running of the Boston Marathon. I've got my Super ... take a cab, and a jar of vaseline to prevent chafing. That seems like ... of science degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT last year.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  researcher at the MIT Center for Sports Innovation, has an impressive list of clients -- from Tour de France stage winners to some of North America ... development of improved sports equipment. Kim Blair, the center's director

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  invites you to the official sendoff of the Caltech cannon. Our company has ... students behind "Howe & Ser." For the memories, I've below tallied some of ... : Apparently CalTech flew out a crew of 20 to retrieve the cannon, and took it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you ... be fun, and you'll get to meet all of the students you've been reading ... some pictures from the past week over the next couple of days as sleep

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  when she ran out of unsweetened bakers' chocolate, so she chopped up some ... lot of things I was going to blog about. I was going to blog about all ... lost under the canopy of Allison's bed and checking out food options at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  singles from the same album (courtesy Mitra). You all left a lot of lovely ... all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm ... ," and Professor Stephanopolous's impeccable handwriting. But most of all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.

  

  moderated by MIT Professor of Chemistry John Deutch. The talk is hosted by the ... served as director general of Saudi Arabia's main foreign intelligence ... . Deutch ran the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as Director of Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• 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 / 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