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Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!
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Blog / Academics & Research
Advising and freshman formalities
Yep, I'm officially Course 11. A few interesting things have happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my -
Blog / Events
The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.
happening ever since my CPW (I'm getting old? Nah...) Now I wonder which -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.
DID YOU KNOW? Beethoven wrote only one opera and it was called Fidelio. Tonight we had the Burton-Conner Trivia Competition. Prior to the competition, I sent an e-mail to my… -
Blog / About Decisions
Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...
DID YOU KNOW? The name of the “avocado” comes from the Spanish “abogado,” or “lawyer.” This is because the Spaniards who came to the New World couldn’t pronounce the Nahuatl… -
Blog / MIT Life
Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.
DID YOU KNOW? The MIT PE Lottery for the fourth quarter starts today. Don’t forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again soon. But I was thinking… -
Blog / Admissions
Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.
federal government to support education in low-income families. I'm proud of -
Blog / Personal Travel
Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!
, check out the Tuscan platter. Now I'm happy to be back at the 'Tute -
Blog / Events
Flowers in your hair
I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in Boston have fun! There's a lot going on this weekend, including: Pulse: Waves from the Motherland Cultural Show THIS SATURDAY, February 18th @ 7 -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.
grad school. I'm sure for some students, that would work; it wouldn ... mad money straight out of undergrad), but I'm not sure if that's because ... back and I interviewed with one; two and a half years later, I'm still in -
Blog / Academics & Research
Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.
I have been incredibly busy so far this month. I'm taking hours away from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time. Class has been going well. It's a significant effort commitment, but it -
Blog / Admissions
Just a Little Patience The latest word.
Mystery Hunt is almost here! (Bryan is pretty excited about it, too)I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of the contestants on the reality TV show Beauty and the Geek 2 (guess -
Blog / Admissions
Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…
I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status, and I'm just sending pictures of my office. Matt and Ben are doing a far better job than I could of keeping the masses in the know about -
Blog / Admissions
Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…
in the mail. I'm not sure of the exact number of admits, but it is very -
Blog / Academics & Research
Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…
studied extrasolar planets (a planet outside of our solar system), which I'm -
Blog / Events
Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.
I just came back from watching MIThenge, a celestial phenomenon wherein the sun lines up perfectly along the infinite corridor. Having seen it a year and a half ago, I… -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.
your responses I'm sure that if I put a piece of coal in a chair, and -
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Blog / Admissions
Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.
the title of "best milkshakes in Boston" at one point, I'm pretty sure ... . But I'm sure you've all already heard that and won't actually accomplish ... ), so I'm going to skip right along to my next piece of advice. 1 -
Blog / Admissions
No Child Gets Ahead?
7 spent less than $1 million and 8 spent nothing. "For a nation, I'm