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  Open Thread: Admitted An open thread for admitted students.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates. (Later this week, look for new stuff on your MyMIT portal)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing Snowflakes Back It's finally winter.

  

  IT FINALLY SNOWED!!! Pictures etc coming soon to a blog near you. 3:27 PM - The snow has ceased. There is little to no evidence of the little snowstorm that could. BUMMER.

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  about some of the measurement and instrumentation tools that mechanical ... as velocity profiles in a pipe or internal pressure of a soda can ... part of MIT's DARPA Urban Challenge Team. So today's lecture focused

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this ... , ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown Boston. P.F. Chang's was packed, but we zipped to the front of the line

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Learn from my Mistake Aesop's Fables forgot one.

  

  Rule #1: Write legibly. Background: I wrote on a pad of paper that I scheduled my GREs for October 27, or that's what I read. Turns out my 27 actually was a 21. That was my rockstar move for the day. See you Saturday!

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  is, don't take this seriously. Read it with a sense of humor. Call your parents. Have a nice day. I don't know if any of you have heard about this ... the free food, and the best of luck to the Class of 2010. I'll miss you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  shabby, huh? Check out our immediate view The sign in the bottom of the center of the photograph commands, "Honk if you love free movies." I think honking is a sacred activity and this sort of socially

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 9 ZigZag presents the Vehicle Design Summit and more.

  

  The newest episode of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is now available. It features a very cool piece about the Vehicle Design Summit, definitely worth checking out. Which student-designed alternative fuel car is your favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes ... , and usually the entropy of activation required for that process is just too high for me to muster. Don't you forget to enter it either, Class of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Love Math Snakes on a plane!

  

  Yes, I will be watching this at 10 pm Thursday night. This might be the end of Samuel Jackson's career, and I might as well be there for it. And stay tuned for an entry about my 21st birthday on Friday.

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  'Miracle Child' of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT ... of drunk, but drunk enough. Belinda started the day with a bottle of vodka, Joey a bottle of something else. On some days the cops would ask

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free ... /attending a school like MIT is that in a milieu of such strong students, it ... bound up with the concern that not being at the top of the class will

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  was having a lengthy relationship with Todd Rundgren around the time of ... with history, and I want to get back and see the 99% of the sights that I ... knew that they were out of it as soon as Zinedine Zidane headbutted that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  Francisco School of Circus Arts. After some short training on the ground ... jump! Wheeeee The goal of our session was to get our legs over the ... didn't get any photos, so here are two pictures of my coworker's swing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  Here at MIT, with our large population of international and immigrant ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the remaining games with such an intense group of students from around the world

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  two days of finals), my 21st birthday bar crawl with a wonderful group of good friends ranging from the classes of '93 to '07 (Friday night ... most of the false positives, and in the meantime I'll keep playing with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF ... Thursday morning, I got to visit many of the finalists and their projects. Anneke '10 at her project, with her sign, which became a hit of the fair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  I'll put it here: " We are one of the largest and friendliest dorms ... out, have fun, and enjoy their time at MIT. Situated on the banks of the Charles River, Next House offers stunning views of the riverfront

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Best. Hack. Ever. The title says it all.

  

  www.mitcannon.com Hats off, hacking community. Hats off. For the record, this is absolutely my favorite hack of all time... Amazing. -B P.S. I dedicate this to you. ;-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010... The deadline for ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students ... student tonight, there are plenty of other opportunities to do so. Don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006