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  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American ... mathematician were sitting in a street caf√© watching the crowd. Across the street ... biologist. “Oh no, an error in measurement,” the physicist sighed. “If exactly

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  public policy class (in my major), an accounting class (in Sloan), and a ... Kissick, who conduct the course in a discussion format. As moderators, they ... policy problems in general. I think what I’ve enjoyed most this month is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  very video unfriendly shirt in this vodcast! (you've been warned ... get it automatically in your iTunes, you can subscribe to the i ... ://vodcast.mit.edu/zigzag/main/rss.xml Also today in video podcasts: Amanda Across America features MIT artist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  school, Curtis '10, and Adam and Lia, who go to another school in Cambridge ... "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they want to take them. MIT is similar in that our drop date is in November

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  A rising high school senior who is currently in a prestigious summer journalism program recently saw me quoted in this article and asked if she ... in general?) Do you believe someone could be rejected from a school

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest ... begins: Can the United States remain competitive in the changing global environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I've gone ... during finals and is finally getting better), four finals in three days (two on each day with a day in the middle), my 21st birthday (between the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  are still in the mail, but we're excited about the Class so far! I'll provide some data about the Mittens (MIT-Tens, as coined by Stephanie in the ... , now is a good time to be in touch, whether by email, phone, or whatever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  about a UROP that appeared in yesterday's Boston Globe, New England ... his expertise in fluid dynamics to develop and, he hopes, patent his own advances in aerodynamic cycling gear. Not bad, considering that Cote, 21, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  MIT is harder than your high school. In many cases, MIT is harder than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... brightest kids in the world on a single college campus means that not all of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Live from MYSTERY HUNT Live from Mystery Hunt

  

  Now blogging live from Mystery Hunt: FRIDAY [12:17 PM] Meet in Lobby 7 to begin the hunt [12:48 PM] Now in Baker starting to solve the ... Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight at 12:31am Sunday in a refridgerator

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  In 1997, Fabio Sauli invented the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) at ... ,000 tiny holes (about 70 um in diameter) using a chemical etching process The ... up to ten times. Researchers at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom about a recently completed water-channel bridge in Germany. Isn't that ... current 4 million tons per year to 7 million tons of goods in 2015. Some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving ... in? Here's Veena '06, who lives in Baker House. Look at the ... not only carved in "athena%" but also included a cursor. Well, in case

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  It's Q&A time! Ajit asked: "who is the person in the 5th picture ... room in the halls/dorms generally? 2.are there different halls for boys and girls /they live in a single hall but different rooms.are they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  A great article about MIT Professor Erik Demaine in today's New York ... . Erik Demaine, turning in his hands an elaborately folded paper structure. The intricately pleated sail-like form swooshes gracefully in a compound

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida ... crowds, especially for big releases. The last crowd I was in that was this juiced was for The Matrix: Revolutions, and don't expect to be in one again

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications ... comfortable evaluating your application in context. A committee of experienced MIT admissions officers will review your application in detail. We