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  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  my dorm just in time for the big day. I dug around in my closet for the ... -less gloves...I even dyed my hair...and I was totally in character. I basically walked around campus for a few hours feeling like the coolest person in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  at MIT, if you even think you're interested in something, you owe it to yourself to explore your options. Nine months ago, I was in the middle of a ... taken were very much geared towards science.  But after my work in LA, I

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... my summer in Spain. It doesn't reeeally say what I want it to, but I ... to Spain for giving me: the warm weather I missed so much in Boston

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  students. While traveling down the hall in building 16 you will see something ... threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... . . . why would there be a chainsaw in building 16? Sure, it's heavily

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  your question is more in-depth, you may wish to call the Admissions ... in the country. The past five editions of Fierce have earned significant name recognition for the event at MIT, both in the LBGT and allies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hip-Pop – Konnecting Souls Part of the MIT series "Hip-Pop in French: Contemporary Theater, Film, Dance, Comics and Graphic…

  

  Technologies: A Talk and Demonstration Part of the series Hip-Pop in French ... Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Boston A ... -hop scene. He combines music and dance in a highly original manner and the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My ... , I bought posters of him in Little Italy, NY, and even went to an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... force behind it, that I meant to come out in Tuesday's edition. It's about ... things are not as they should be in the UA. I've thought a lot about this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  the Subject Tests be taken in June, but I think it's a pretty good idea ... your science class -- is still fresh in your mind. And this also allows two test dates in the fall before the Early Action deadline, should you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  Today, MIT alum Pat Antaki '84 will compete in the Olympics. He will compete in the luge-like, super-crazy event of skeleton, where he will race ... in the Dallas suburb of Plano, the Dallas Morning News has the full

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  in my life over the past few days. As my beloved high school friend ... genetic?" Sam: "No." Mitra: "They learned it in 7.012 today." Sam: "Oh." Mitra: "Diarrhea is genetic, too." Sam: "What the...?" Mitra: "It runs in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  On Tuesday, a group of which I am a member had a large meeting in room 26-100 This is the same room in which I attended 8.01: Classical Mechanics (Physics) lecture with Sam '07 freshman year, and in which I heard

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  you that you feel get you closer to your goal in life? So I guess what ... what can be found in most universities?" Wow, that's quite a question ... expressed some interest in it when I was about ten, and after that my family

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  , the 2005 Nobels in Economics were announced. Congrats to the two 2005 Nobel Laureates in Economics! -- and -- Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C ... -- he received his Masters and PhD from MIT in Course 18: Mathematics

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  to do an entry introducing myself in a survey-type format. If you have any personal questions you'd like me to answer, just leave them in a ... while I was growing up. All I remember is a guy in a paisley suit dancing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Laura '09 had an interesting bit a while back in her blog about East ... the Cold War to mind in entertaining ways. Here's the difference: West Campus dorms can be considered more traditional in terms of college

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  year (or next year, or in five years... whatever, I don't discriminate ... programs in cell biology and/or neuroscience for admission in fall 2006 ... 'm taking the GRE general test on July 19, and the biology subject test in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to the SAT or ACT, 3 SAT IIs: one in math, one in science, and a third SAT ... science course being complete and fresh in your mind. And since you can take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  We had our reading season kickoff meeting today, which checked in at just over four hours. It was awesome. Fun, intellectual, inspiring. In ... was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... , currently on our faculty and all of them teach undergraduate classes. In fact ... homework, or psets, in MIT-speak. For any given pset, you likely won't be