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• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... , and kept the rain off of me pretty well, although the ravages of time were becoming apparent after three years of use. But anyway, I left it on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the ... a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  will get made over by the Fab Five as part of their new season in Las Vegas (see photo of Ed "before," with Carson Kressley at right). The ... with reality television. Some others: Another of my dormmates, Ankur

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  the last thread, as of this writing. Thanks to everyone who understood ... of emails since Saturday and a bunch of blog comments, all asking for "just a couple of sentences" about why a specific applicant was not

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The name of the "avocado" comes from the Spanish ... whatnot. Let me tell you the story of when I got my admissions decision ... and Sam's Mom told me that it was coming the week of the 22nd. I think

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a total of 8 Physical Education points. It was your responsibility to fulfill this requirement by the end of your sophomore year. (Mitra note

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of ... unveiled the first working prototype of the $100 Laptop. [news story] This is one of the most inspirational projects I've ever seen. It makes me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  It's that time of the year again -- MIT's Undergraduate Research ... research going on at MIT and around the world. We publish four types of research: 1. News: Summaries of breakthroughs at MIT and beyond. -Some MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  On the topic of free benefits for MIT students... Tonight (Wednesday) on campus, there's a free sneak preview of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride ... of the film I Heart Huckabees, and also listed some other sneaks that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  everything done, and we got a great group of freshmen in the entry, as well as a big group of new cheer recruits, but I am just thankful that today is a day completely free from obligations. So today I (like many of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  'll give some numbers: - 125 = number of years the US Open has been around ... = number of Grand Slam tournaments, the US Open is one of them (along with ... ?) Speaking of Andy Roddick, at the beginning of August, my roommate, Anna, came

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  Symphony Hall, so if you were to use your free College Card courtesy of Arts ... dinner, some of us went to JP Licks for some ice cream. (This summer I have eaten ice cream at least 5 days of every week. I have an addiction

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  Sort of. Do you remember the nursery rhyme about the London Bridge ... city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and chainsaw magnate Robert McCulloch submitted the winning bid of $2

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  along the Charles River. Lots of people running along the river (doing a "bridge circuit"), and lots of sailboats in today's gusting wind. It made me ... take; I highly recommend it. MIT, btw, is the "birthplace of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational ... about it. But I can assure those of you who applied to these programs that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  Like many of you, I stayed up quite late watching the election ... , including the Tremulant concert at TT the Bear's Place (one of the many, many awesome live music venues within a short walk of MIT), the Kerry goings on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to accomplish by the end of the school year knowing that 90% of the items on this ... (This might be very ambitious) Do 50% of my Psets off campus Finish a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  This is part three of a series, consisting of a lightly-edited compilation of notes from my cross-country train trip from Boston to San ... here at the foot of the Rockies. There’s snow on the tracks, and the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  it looked utterly barren. (Thanks, quarantine.) So I thought of ... calendar of note (aka, all of the things on my calendar): Science Bowl ... our regional happening in a couple of weeks, there’s a lot of work to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021