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• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  adopt exponential notation to denote level of friendship. I.e. A "friend ... example: "I was going to go to that convention with my friend, but a lot of ... I don't have a pair of cat ears to wear." See? Isn't that so much

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  committee. More likely though, it is due to my sluggish 40-something metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and to use my personal trainer to help me start burning up some calories

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  Applications its time to start meeting you all! Kim was kind enough to let me guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting opportunities ... Alumni to put together Admitted Student Gatherings to welcome you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts ... 'm Rachel, possibly more frequently referred to by my Athena username, rfong, although we have to be at least Facebook friends before that's socially

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  and nights to match up all 1,100+ of you coming this weekend with ... 't worry - you WILL have a host and a place to stay once you get here. We'll work it out! And if your host has tried to contact you but you haven

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Boston Symphony Hall, where we hoped to pick up Boston Symphony Orchestra college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the ... group of girls clustered together, gossiping happily, oblivious to our

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of ... my camera having trouble focusing (not to mention coming close to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with ... basically not sleep for an entire weekend. Current students/bloggers love to ... is why we like to let YOU blog CPW. Bryan started this system two years

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  many murals on campus. :) I'd also like to give a quick shout out to ... Costume Design for Theater class she took last semester, and I have to say ... wondering why, exactly, I chose to dress up as a Renaissance duke, especially

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a ... of you who attended CPW -- it was great to meet you! Here are the ... , but worth watching! Click To Play The CPW Festival The Festival

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill ... reason to believe will yield a diverse and talented class," Hastings said ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  "Doc" Edgerton invented high-speed stroboscopic photography, and to this ... , and it’s where you can put his invention to work in 6.163: Strobe ... an inspiration to students, and one of them Charles Fendrock ‘

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  passively watched sports, when I did. I've been to a couple of baseball games ... one football game. I never went to any sort of sporting event at my high school. But when you move to Boston, it's really hard not to be a Red Sox

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was ... practice. Pretty damn cool if I may say so. I was acting as an escort to Dean ... Deans and drove them to Briggs field where the flight demonstrations were

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  !) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort ... driving, but I'd be stuck walking to work otherwise... there's no subway around here and if you want to get around, you need a vehicle. I guess that

  • 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…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks

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

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  begins to buzz. Play hide and go seek with my alarm clock for twenty ... : Respond to emails and decide whether or not flip flops are appropriate given ... :28 - 8:40 AM: Breakfast made to order, the wonders of having your own chef

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  some reason, I waited until senior year to take the mandatory swim test, but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating ... , which gives "MIT students the opportunity to learn about ways that they

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

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

  

  Marilee Jones's singing voice when she sang to the students who had ... coolest Playstation games ever. That's all I really wanted to say. Try it ... you can ask him. 4. We got to rock out to the Joneses: Ben Jones and

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  addition to sending out admissions decisions via postal mail, also release ... much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to strongly encourage you to use the verification functionality at decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006