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fact I just discovered Iron Man also went to MIT.
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It’s alive! I built a little car.
For better or worse, my 2.007 car actually drives. It's not quite as cool as Melis's, but it will do. Pictures and reflection about the design process tomorrow, once I actually finish designing and building it -
Blog / Admissions
Campus Preview Weekend
CPW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN and it's going to be AWESOME. It snowed today...but the snow is now safely out of the way and hopefully the MIT weather machine will kick in soon. Have any questions or concerns? Post them and I -
Blog / Events
Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa
hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... the chocolate, but I skipped that step. I did follow orders when it came ... pieces. I found "seafood" in one piece that Sam thought tasted like "olives -
Blog / Academics & Research
It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.
It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on the papasan and catch up on some reading. This weekend, I got so caught up in applications that I didn't read Sunday's New York Times, usually -
Blog / Events
Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.
course of one weekend. Freshman year, some friends and I decided to ... prepare one another. This is the one I came up with. I'll be posting puzzles ... couple days later, I'll post the solution. Maybe you can join our team -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.
the meantime, they have this sign up. Can you imagine what I looked ... , sorry, I just really like this door... and need a picture of it. Right now. Go ahead by!" I did receive applause from two self-identified "women -
Blog / Admissions
Class of 2009 Numbers
In a recent post, I wrote, "Our yield was even higher than we ... (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about ... , "Hmm...I know you can't tell us yet, but when you do, can you let -
Blog / Admissions
Decision letters mailed
envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... other FAQ I've been getting is, why so few EA admits? 200220032004 EA ... prime number (though I'm sure you'd prefer a different prime number, maybe -
Blog / Academics & Research
PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open
As I've blogged before, many students who are interested in MIT are ... wanted to share a PSA! Sorry I haven't blogged much over the last few weeks. I've been mostly traveling since ISEF and it took me awhile to get -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Regular Action Deadline
***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience ... , but I'll do my best to update this post as soon as I hear any further -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…
to my favorite MIT band, Rolltreppe. I've been living under a rock ... these guys until I went to saxophonist Dylan's Emerson Scholar recital. Dylan, with whom I did FAP (Freshman Arts Program) almost four years ago -
Blog / Events
Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…
of sucked, other than Sara Bareilles :p) ----- (2) I'll let Shaq speak for himself: "You wanna go to Harvard? I wanna go to MIT. You wanna study chemistry? I wanna study biology." So yeah, basically Shaq is -
Blog / Academics & Research
NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video
Last week, I attended the MUSE Colloquium hosted by MIT’s NSBE ... . I made a little video of the event. Here are the highlights. Enjoy ... . I promise to get a better camera for my future productions. ;-) -
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18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!
excellent age for wine, or so I'm told by the sommelier app on my phone. It ... ago now (goodness, I'm old). And it's the age of many of our excellent ... committee are mysteries to me, but if I had to hazard a guess, it'd be to Tim -
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We’re Ready for CPW Are you?
-Conner and say hi, I'll likely be involved with most of the events we host but, unfortunately, I wasn't assigned a prefrosh this year. :( By the way, Mikey just ... up with concerned grumblings and surprise. I wouldn't expect a whole -
Blog / Class Projects
Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!
Sorry for the absence, I've been busy (lame excuse, sorry. The actual excuse is that I'm tired of uploading my pictures for this blog because it ... important. I've been building a robot for a class this month and it's now -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.
tunnel hacking associated with MIT's below-ground labyrinth, but so far, I've neither seen nor participated in said activities. Instead, I've mainly used ... of whom you might have heard about before), and I decided to -
Blog / MIT Life
MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.
for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the ... that I now have a twitter account), plus there's a lot of corporate and -
Blog / MIT Life
MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.
I have three final exams this week, so what better time to be ... … I swear you’ll enjoy them! Grand Prizewinners 1st Place: Godel Escher ... (in Origami) Vol. 1 — (Does Brian look familiar? That’s because I