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  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  , pickup trucks, parents, boxes, and luggage. All of these are for the people ... done and it was a wild ride. Like any wild ride it had its ups and downs ... year was awesome and I loved it. You will too. Don't worry. Feel better

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  being completely awol from the blogs recently. She's right, and I ... applications and selecting the class in committee. This time next week I'll be enjoying my first day off in quite awhile, and my blogging should return

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  keep working on those puzzles that Snively and Brian posted—we still don ... tells me that there are 115 people!), and probably 1/4 or 1/3 of those are ... they're doing, whether they've slept, and when they're hitting their

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  . Congratulations to all of you that pressed the submit button yesterday and others ... couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your remaining applications and send in those missing pieces of paperwork, start

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  sisterhood and the chanting and singing and oh god, the chanting and singing, I ... of sororities on everything I'd seen and heard of those in other ... and time constraints. I did, however, realize that MIT's sororities are

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  the Year of the Dog. The celebration featured my favorite dog and ... . Not only does she love the riveting storylines and character development ... , and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  Harbor, and who knows what else. Heck, I didn't even have time to call Sam ... ) and provide evidence of the completion of my music concentration (3 classes, and a GIR). You'd assume that at MIT I could register for classes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  seemed to find the session helpful and informative. I did get one question ... row asked me what else you could do in labs besides classes and UROP. At ... the box, and basically responded, what else is there? Only after the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  appeared on the 2005 Advanced Placement English Language and Composition test ... satire." Ling '07 had two of her MIT friends over this weekend and we went ... liked this sign, and think that we should adopt the funky building thing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  , and decided on this one for brevity's sake. Still, you must know, the Charles is a very dirty and very old river. As Wikipedia tells us: Despite ... , swimming and fishing are progressively re-emerging as about 90% of the length

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  conductance. Conductance is measured in Mhos and is represented by an upside ... Wilczek. The event ran late, however, and some people had to leave early to go to review sessions for 2.006 exams or Dance Troupe rehearsals and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  should check your MyMIT account to see who your interviewer is and give him ... , they should limit themselves to nagging you to do it, and not do it for ... : If we don't have any alumni in your area and your interview is waived

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be ... 's Walls: Tools, Services and Solutions (You may remember the affair someone

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Paris or Nicky though) and grabbed the MIT boxes that were waiting for me ... . I mean, how can you not be cool when your last name is Thiery and you ... guys! Sam Lord (the new regional chair for Hartford EC's) and I had an

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  Parents always eagerly anticipate their child's first steps and ... , squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the coordination and strength ... interest in robotics and artificial intelligence. She found out about this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 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…

  

  who was known for his crazy sayings and no nonsense demeanor. He had ... 'd simply raise his left arm high over his head and point to his watch with ... Report (USNWR) released its rankings and MIT fell to the number 7 slot

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  evaluations. I'll also be taking 5.60 (Thermodynamics and Kinetics), because it's a requirement for biology majors to graduate, and I'm a senior this year, and we can all connect the dots on what that means. (I'm not

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

  Come in, we’re open

  

  -retentiveness, c) dislike of hard labor, and d) all of the above. If I could wave my magic wand and have all my stuff moved for me, I would.) My boyfriend, Adam '07, and I moved to D-Entry of MacGregor today. We had been living

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... , and therefore don't feel compelled to comment). I certainly use some ... country says "pop"). Myself and the other Southerner in the group said "coke

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  students do. But that's not the case; admissions is a year-round job, and ... for our twice-daily information sessions and tours should start getting ... 'll move the information sessions out of the admissions reception area and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005