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  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  Several things happened last week of note. Monday was the first day ... considering Thanksgiving is usually just the three of us in a big empty house ... family like mine. Unfortunately all this came at the cost of 2 full days of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  sort of lacking...so, instead, I signed up for an art history class ... , because my dorm room was on the first floor, I had a great view of the tourists and visitors that constantly streamed through Harvard Yard...some of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  , though, is no big deal. Lots of people have done it. Last summer, oddly ... days in a row and had a bunch of guys poke and prod at it. The verdict ... up to my cubicle very sad that day but, of course, I never did do what

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  It's time for one of those "It's late and I'm up, I should throw crap ... handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I ... , I saw all of these videos while attending here, meaning that something

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  . Luckily all of the time commitments are fun so I'm enjoying it. Toy design has even influenced two major decisions in my life as of late. 1) I ... trip to Rhode Island, a tour of their model making department (I know

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  As of right now you may or may not have a job. I got my first job the summer between junior and senior year of high school as a carousel operator ... working at the carousel, meaning I was at work 6 of the 7 days of the week

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  I have a way of always picking really time-consuming HASS classes. This semester, with two of them, Roman History (21H.302) and Reading ... encyclopedic source of knowledge about the trials of Ancient Rome covered in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  -word gets thrown around a lot these days, which I think is sort of sad, since in the long run that only degrades the full impact and true value of ... to these very blogs, as - quite simply - a labor of love. Everyone in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  spent more time than necessary looking into the origins of their name and ... the time. As it turns out, the name is simply part of this 50s ... me some credit, people - I'm not that big of a nerd, although I do

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  Despite being the middle of winter, on Friday the entire Boston area ended up getting drenched in an unexpected deluge of rain. Yes, you read that right: rain. For a variety of reasons, this made me less than happy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... pink) There are many, many applications to be reviewed. I know some of ... lots) of mail. (The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that our early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  There's one week left of my freshman year - how much can you fit in a seven days? A seven-page paper, six nights of studying, five hours to attend of the four classes I'm taking, three finals to sit through, two

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  's a hall) of East Campus called the Disco Dance Floor. Matt blogged ... that has some sort of entertainment value will get its 15 minutes of fame ... dude!". Now thats out of the way let me move on. Great job with the floor

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tell Me Baby ..what's your story?

  

  ! What did YOU do when you got into MIT? Example: I'm Sandy, one of Jess ... much more substantial entry coming soon - but speaking of rockstars, last week I went to two very incredible shows by two of my favorite bands (not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club Cranium" round of Cloodle, I attempted to draw "Baby's Breath": Diana: Are ... doodles weren't working. In a "Club Cranium" round of Humdinger, Diana and

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  'm happy to report that I feel much better now. I was seriously out of it ... of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a ... get a copy of the detailed syllabus for the GIRs so I can start

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Videos and photos and more Lots of cool coverage of MIT stuff from sites, blogs, and vlogs across the web.

  

  Lots of fun stuff to check out! Peter Houk, director of the MIT ... ): Check out (also: 1, 2) the annual parade of elephants, which delighted folks across campus this past Thursday (I, of course, missed it for the 11

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  day of class. I know! It was terribly embarrassing. But I'm not an EECS major and I have no idea how to navigate all the crazy twists and turns of those buildings on the north end of campus. Of course, I played it off

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Biking the bridge I biked across the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito

  

  of San Francisco do this every weekend, but do they do it on bikes they ... to walk our bikes down a steep set of stairs, across a path underneath the bridge, and carry them up a steep set of stairs on the other side

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  For those of you who are closely following the Doonesbury comic strip ... June, here are some excerpts: Alex Doonesbury, the daughter of the main ... Cornell. When the poll closed at midnight on May 22, MIT had 48 percent of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006