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  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  MyMIT. Remember that in the past two weeks we have been receiving ... is more than 40,000 application pieces to be processed in a very brief

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  started way back in 1997 as a part of a seventh grade cultural heritage ... liked cooking, and it's actually really come in handy in college, since my ... thirteen chapters of this textbook learning about in 10.302 last semester

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  quite a lot, and I have three finals in the next two days. Blah. Oh, how I ... pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TBP Dinner Sex@MIT is the most-watched video on CNN.com! (but it's not pornography!)

  

  (rastrologist?) deliver a speech on economics. And in other news, Mollie '06 ... ://www.cnn.com/video/ to watch it =) (I blogged this class back in July) Here I am during

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  Danes, Jason Schwartzman, and Steve Martin star in this supposed comedy ... spends her nights reading novels and making charcoal drawing in her dark ... awkward scenes that leave you squirming in your seat. Awkward situations at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  -wide pharmaceutical company that is headquartered in Cambridge and but has a major research facility in Basel, Switzerland. The Cambridge location just opened up in 2003 and is home to about 700 scientists. Ever seen those

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  with a healthy dose of comedy thrown in. So when I saw a headline about a ... engineering professor, had rediscovered ancient Death Ray technology. In 212 B

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  4 8 15 16 23 42 If you already know what those numbers mean, this entry is for you.

  

  peeps come up with. In the meantime, do you think the numbers are ... official site and click on the bar code at the bottom. When prompted, type in

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  interesting. :-) In a nutshell, I'd had trouble getting in touch with the ... 150 in attendance. So I'd booked a room that holds 150+ and figured things were all set. Last week someone clued me in to the fact that MIT had

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  on Central Park in New York City. eventual material: Some of the future ... will write a term paper on a topic of our choice, due in December. 14.21J Health Economics professor: Jeffrey Harris (MD and PhD in economics

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  well or struggle. The last time I was in a really polarizing class (18 ... in it with me, which is nice since it means I'll always have someone to study with. I've had some interest in genetics since I was a kid. The one

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  be on the other side of me, but then I realized that in order to that I ... the jog estimating that in miles-per-hour and minutes-per-mile. Hours ... -turned-president coined the term "military-industrial complex" in his farewell address? 2

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  's addictive, I swear), I haven't done much else in the way of vegetating. First, I took the GRE in July, and the majority of my free time prior to the ... -- but I don't think I've ever spent so much time studying for a test in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  this happened. Well, it was a little cold, for the first time in a few ... warm in an antarctic environment is to huddle together in concentric circles, backs facing outward, with the youngest in the middle. That worked

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  -service restaurant in the Student Center serving Mexican cuisine. Once I'm back home ... time to put together, and I haven't been in front of a computer much

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  was in got lost on the way there, so by the time we parked, the other ... fashion statement in certain circles, but it's also practical; you never know when they might come in handy. It was a gorgeous, warm night with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  ? Preparing for the influx of summer visitors. Beginning in a few weeks, crowds ... into a larger space in the MIT Student Center. Also, during the summer we ... Cambridge to Honolulu. Now, we're arranging our itineraries, finding rooms in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  important to you in a living environment? Where are you thinking of living? MIT students/alums, what advice would you have for incoming freshmen in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  , in a way, I was. Science isn't celebrated enough in our society, and I think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science ... in the Science Times wondering who is "the next Einstein." Could it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 3

  

  friends, including one who was in town because he's coaching a team for the ... finished off the gaming with the classic Settlers of Catan. All in all, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005