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  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  ice cream, 36 chocolate bars, and 3 bags of marshmallows have already ... hot dogs, 40 dozen bagels, and over 300 pieces of fruit coming my way ... .03 (Vibrations and Waves) exam of the term, but once that's over it's officially

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  students around 6pm Eastern time, and working our way west until around 11pm ... ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT ... picture, find out who else is from your area, and more. Admitted Student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails ... MIT, and that makes you totally awesome. But if you're still waiting for ... be best friends and you don't end up getting accepted, it's not going

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  Worth, Texas area, where I'll be spending all of IAP (and the summer ... around here and if you want to get around, you need a vehicle. I guess that's life. I'd never driven that far in one shot before, and certainly not in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to campus on Monday and spent two hours at events for undergraduates 2. Iqbal Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  with you, write a report, and submit it as part of your application. With ... be reviewed and added to your application when we receive it. Remember that our alumni interviewers are volunteers and have jobs, families, and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  Science and Physics at MIT. After graduation, he took his skills to ... poker player and currently is an author. He has published three books and ... develop the analytical and communication skills he needed to write about the

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

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  ): they're the firstyear and Orientation folks. What does the NBM include ... final coursework and grades. Information from the ARC. A letter about the Communication Requirement and Freshman Essay Evaluation (FEE). The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  , talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously competitive ... -qualified applicants, because we truly believe in you. And, in the process, we grew very attached to you, and not just for what you'd bring to the MIT community, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  you can ask him. 4. We got to rock out to the Joneses: Ben Jones and ... the people who admitted you to college, rock out on stage, and then bid ... to see Tim the Beaver crowd surf and listen to Marilee on the

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  is Parafilm? Parafilm M is a unique self-sealing, moldable and flexible ... , impressive water vapor transport properties, and is resistant to many common ... thickness of all Parafilm products is 0.005 (127 um) and although we are often

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you ... sometimes this semester I wanted to throw my hands up and give up, but in my ... drink from that firehose and you get it done. I can say that this semester

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  scanning tunneling microscope that operates at very low temperatures and in ... they work. Vivek Venkatachalam, a Senior in Physics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has worked on this project for two and a half

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I ... the lab, participating in cheerleading recruitment and tryouts, and helping with Macgregor rush and in-house rush for my entry. Somehow I got

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

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  ago, of course) and it was sunny, warm, and breezy, so I decided to bike ... great weather and explore for a couple minutes. By the way, it's sunny, warm, and breezy 9 months a year in Boston, just like in Southern

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  . Unfortunately, I got back from a 60 mile bike journey throughout Vermont and New ... myself doing entertaining things (and about twenty pictures of my friends ... started biking. Well, now my laptop is toast and I'm having immense

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  cross-register with Harvard undergraduate courses, because MIT and Harvard ... MIT's schedule and Harvard's schedule are pretty much the same (MIT and ... between MIT and Harvard, as Harvard is contemplating moving to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  anxiety, it also brings many events and traditions celebrating the ... the festivities that Mitra did, and the "MIT celebrity"-served midnight breakfast, starring President Susan Hockfield and Dean of Admissions Marilee

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... unexpected growth. We adapt and continue onward. Some of you may feel happy to ... have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is an open forum to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  of you who want to talk with us, shake it off, and get back up again. We ask that you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, even ... blogs and our whole process. Remember that you will survive, even

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025