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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  For those of you who don't remember or are new here (or don't care ... my argument, too. There's a video on CollegeHumor of some students ... made their own version of the video last week when I was away from the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  .004 and I've worked with him on a variety of other projects. He's always ... never really looked into what they meant. . . There are a variety of ... Build a Speedy Go-Kart Out of a Shopping Cart. Surely, no, it couldn't be

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are ... ! It'll be loads of fun, I promise. I thought I'd take a break from ... research group (including one of her grad students, Pranav Mistry, who she

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  the same time? That's how exams are here. Most of the time they're all ... the end of the week. What's being hosed? Well there's this saying ... occasionally a pretty accurate description. During these moments of accuracy, one

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  . They'll also receive the support of a national lobbying campaign run by ... ten winning ideas have a real chance of being implemented. All you have ... to becoming one of the Obama administration's priorities!

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choose my Halloween Costume!

  

  though I dressed as a witch like 5 times between the ages of 3 and 8 ... other ideas, or how on Earth I can pull any of these off within the next week...bonus points given to awesome characters I haven't thought of (I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  he doesn't like the arts - but the truth of the matter is that MIT students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the ... and I went to see the one of these 50 student groups in action

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  of the Boston population. A while ago I gave everybody some Boston advice courtesy of Sara Ferry '11. It's time for some more Boston advice courtesy of Sara, and then some MIT advice courtesy of me. Sara Advice When

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

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  ) symmetries of the hydrogen atom, using just symmetry and algebra of groups to ... of Sunday-night realization you dont want). I was clearly expected to ... light, is definitely by far the fewest number of units I've stood to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  , I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most jam-packed days you'll have until you come for Orientation of course ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  lot trouble admitting it. Even after several days of waking up with ... ! (Come on, how unprepared can you get?) It turns out that three of us missed the class last week because we were all THAT sick. And one of the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  the start of Independent Activities Period (IAP). *Cue “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  I was born in the province of Sichuan and speak the Sichuan dialect. I imagine it as the equivalent of a southern hill-billy drawl ... -the-go young professional from the Northeast. However, in any kind of a tight

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we ... quick summary of what you'll find... Freshman Applications 12,445 Freshman ... % score range of admitted students: SAT Reasoning Test - Critical Reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  overwhelming courseload of two classes, one of my classes 2.008: Design and Manufacturing II gave me a taste of the various manufacturing methods including

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  -clogging breakfast. Yum. 9:15 AM: Grabbed a cup of tea with Minh from the Lobby 7 ... -1:00 PM: Ate lunch with Dr. Ray Winquist, the Vice President of Vertex ... mentoring program called BioMatrix, which I have been a part of since freshman

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  cannot afford the costs of the travel [...] Since I cannot make it, what ... 'm reposting it here: So as you're probably aware, MIT has a dedicated group of student bloggers who have spilled huge amounts of virtual ink on every MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  sponsored a Pi Day Celebration of sorts. This was the email I received ... : What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by ... of Pi apparently, I made a few news appearances for Pi Day: Associated

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  It's hard to remember a time during my senior year of high school ... out of Next if you move here in your first year - but that's a story for ... leave the entire contents of their shower onto the part of the floor

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record ... , and changes of power on Capitol Hill. At MIT, we learned more about ... , designed fuel-efficient cars of the future, observed subatomic particles, won

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007