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  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  One of the most memorable conversations that I’ve had at MIT was also one of the shortest. It went something like this -- “ ... ’s going to sink fastest because of it?” I couldn’t argue

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  college. I happen to fit both of those descriptions, so I (who happened to ... 'm a finalist. A lot of the time I'm not very serious - but I'm serious when I say blogging has become one of the most important parts of my life

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  still am - I just got out of my 8.02 final, and I have 5.12 tomorrow.), I decided that upon my return, I'd treat you to my collection of 18.03 quotes ... I've compiled the best of them here. Enjoy! "If the roots are

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  Our beloved Mollie shares a birthday with another friend of mine, and ... reasons, not the least of which is emails like this: From: Mollie Burgoon To ... 't think there's too much of a bias toward births on different dates, so

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept with approximately 1.3 new women every day of his life since age 14. So ... the traditional style of lieder. This semester Dr. Elena Ruehr, who has

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  Tuesday morning, and Sam '07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since ... cup of coffee from Au Bon Pain in Kendall Square and drank it during the beginning of class. I am not a coffee person. I rarely drink coffee. I do not

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  October of next year. (We're hoping to have our reception at the Museum of ... rest of the pool. So basically, all you admissions poohbahs, I'm giving ... legacy applicants; MIT doesn't.) MIT romance I met Adam in September of my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  up for it by putting tons of effort into this much-anticipated virtual tour of Burton-Conner. Seriously. I took literally about 70 pictures of ... , except that one use of a washer or dryer costs $0.75. And someone has an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  Wikipedia. I couldn't think of anything to blog about in recent memory, but I ... look at them. Sorry, what was I supposed to do? Pull out of my webspace ... a poem. I was especially proud of us for the rhyme "three eight four

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  detect some of this excitement in my entry. In seventh grade I learned from Mrs. Gekas that ART IS EVERYTHING! Here are three pieces of modern art ... yourself, does this dilute the challenge of the test? Well, no, because they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  . I know that many of you haven't heard yet, and that it's enormously ... say that (1) the Post Office is dealing with insane amounts of mail due ... same time on Friday afternoon, 12/9/05. If someone received a piece of

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  week-long program for Intel Science Talent Search finalists. As part of the program, we spent two days presenting our research to a panel of judges and the general public, and I had the privilege of being assigned to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  Mystery Hunt 2006. What is Mystery Hunt? Mystery Hunt is one of IAP's most ... where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  week. They will not always be on Tuesday so that those of you who have commitments on Tuesday nights will be able to take advantage of them. I will announce each session either the day of or the day before, and have a sign

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  previous entry that a little over a week ago on 5th East we had one of our ... premise of Reawakening is that our hall has its own dark god, Krotus. Krotus ... reawakens - hence the name of the party. We help him reawaken by staging a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  (just kidding! I did my share of the work! Promise!) and taking pictures of LEGOs. But do I actually do any work? The answer, surprisingly, is ... 'm not being sarcastic when I say that I'm sure there are plenty of them

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are ... there are very few pictures of me in a cheerleading uniform on good hair ... experience. (As some others of you may also be dimly aware, I was in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  Boston on Friday night. We expected to hit a lot of traffic, considering ... , a group of interior decorators and a contractor take over a house and ... 's a half-solar double that faces the river and has two walls of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  . Sorry. That's an apology for a lot of things. Please don't go stalking ... '08 had seen March of the Penguins, so she knew that the best way to get ... picture and be reminded of the trauma. Sorry, Megan '08! After that, we sat

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

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice ... a wheelbarrow full of salt, I remind myself of the wise words of My So ... forth, '10 applicants, and best of luck! ----------- (My sincerest

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005