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• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  . Bryan, what are you doing today? I'm going to GRAD SCHOOL! I surreptitiously jump out of my lofted bed trying to land with a gymnast's dismount ... had a $30 payout, I decided to be a high-roller and take a cab to the

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  How do you go from taking 5 classes a term to only taking 2? You ... using mass-production and assembly methods to produce a product in quantity. Commentary: WE GET TO MAKE YO-YOS IN THIS CLASS. And the professor

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to ... to this place. 2. I'd never driven in the snow. 3. It was dark. Thank

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James ... Hopkins to talk about her work with zebrafish and cancer research that ... mouse person to a fish person" and how a trip to Germany during a

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a ... perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel ... at the perfect angle to beam down the Infinite Corridor. At 4:50 pm

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge ... teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written ... the ads to fund their project to launch a student-designed small ... 'll return to you the actual piece of spacecraft hardware which carried your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Status Deadline to schedule interview for EA applicants extended.

  

  yesterday due to a hardware issue - we apologize for any inconvenience. The tech gurus have been working around the clock to fix it, but they're not sure when it will be back online. As MyMIT is the only place to view

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  students who genuinely want to help freshmen succeed at MIT. However, to be honest, I got to know the other people in my seminar but I didn't really ... particularly tight-knit group. There are many fun seminars to choose from

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Maybe later

  

  I was going to spend a couple of hours today formatting the many ... 's warm now, and that's all that matters. I'm going to go outside to read or do work or nap or something. So FIRST is going to have to wait. Maybe

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  Hi folks, First I just wanted to give mad props to the kind folks who ... : A new enhanced portlet will be launching in the next week to 10 days ... feel free to contact my office by email at finaid(at)mit(dot)edu or by

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  Responses to Comments: A: Hey Laura,stupid question : I just wanted to know if you have to buy the TV, or do you rent it or... ? The TV is mine- I ordered it from BestBuy and had it shipped to my dorm just so I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  So Sam and Mollie have both introduced you to their interesting ... their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... possibly interesting to me. Not having much exposure to a lot of research

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01 ... . Please don't worry, and there's no need to call the office for at least ... post it to my blog so that others will benefit from the answer. If your

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  of Sam '07, a nationally honored engineer) to hear a musicologist ... introduced me to Chris '09, who apparently had been "really looking forward" to ... Institute" class is currently the #1 Most-watched video on CNN! Go to http

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

  Color by Numbers

  

  So in Burton-Conner, you're allowed to paint your room under several fairly reasonable restrictions, and my roommate and I decided to take full ... temporary rooms: Not very inviting, is it? So we set right to work. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  got tired of listening to us complain about a particular topic, he'd simply raise his left arm high over his head and point to his watch with ... this meant: "I'm already up to my neck in BS, I just want to save my

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sam Videos Hurry, read this entry before Sam comes back from Maine and forces me to delete…

  

  Allow me to combine Bryan's impressive video posting initiative with Sam's undeniable nerdiness and my own insatiable appetite to document ... will, to be frank, make you laugh, make you cry, make you look up what

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 8, 2005