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  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you have registered, you will have a host. (More on this soon) Speaking of ... It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  some fun with them on the roof! Adam S. '14 wanted a photo of him in ... wanted their shot in front of the view! In the end, we ... she works - the roof of the Green Building!  The Green Building is the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don't answer that.) Dear Bryan, I woke up this morning excited to verify the existence of this thing you call ... [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  I'll admit it -- the "soft core porn" reference in the excerpt for ... of the sculpture entries for Burton Conner (my dorm)'s annunal Apple ... . I love it! Yum.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 of selection. Things are going well; for some reason I'm enjoying committee this year even more than I have in past years. Maybe that's just

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I've pasted some excerpts from the UEA email in italics.) The complimentary ... and government. I had the honor of being the moderator for this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  validation is both necessary and appropriate. Where I think the use of ... admission decisions and the last of the regular action candidates clicked ... , while for others it has just begun. In the admissions office, we are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

  ;   ♫Feels something like summertime Classe are over in a matter of time ... little something more than this at the bottom of my Verde's cup♪   ♫I keep a postcard from home in my pocket it has sunshine and a picture of a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  email got sent out to the both of us and to two others who live in a double on the third floor of Next House, specifically in Safety Third (the counterpart to our wing, Danger Third Rail). One of the two in the Safety Third

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  , or anything in between happens. Before I walked out of Burton Conner, I had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer ... middle of the tropics. (OK, bad analogy, but you get the point.) I was

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  . This event is especially important in light of Benazir Bhutto ... Location: 4-270 There'll be four panelists, all of whom have a strong interest in Pakistani politics: Samad Khurram and Aqil Sajjad from Harvard

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny ... ’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  students behind "Howe & Ser." For the memories, I've below tallied some of ... In my email this morning: The Howe & Ser Moving Company cordially invites you to the official sendoff of the Caltech cannon. Our company has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  , and that none of them were harmed in the making of this hack.   ... the imagined animalistic avatars of some MIT courses, programs, and student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high ... ). Unfortunately our Memory Mushroom has finite volume. In fact, by the end of ... year and literally fell in love. So this was a present that one of our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  hundreds of disposable plastic utensils I'm not throwing into landfills ... everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze ... . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we're happy to shed some light into that black hole. In fact, we outline our
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October fun because you're drowning in problem sets? Is midterm season killing ... that doesn't mean that we can't buzz about it. Pro: When the champion of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll entertain you with a list of my ... your classes so far? I got to see lots and lots of you during Orientation. :) ... catalogue. 18.310 (Principles of Applied Mathematics) Study of illustrative

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  walking to the end of the world (in Minecraft), has strong opinions about ... biggest fan of Charlie Brown in the world, and will nerd out about ... Summer has [annotation note="in academic calendar only. it is

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2023