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• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  following conversations can literally happen nowhere else in the world. So a ... with this is that I am literally in a pair of free Crocs I got at Notre ... with my usual black North Face. (No, I do not usually go out in public

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little ... entry every time there's a quick update (every several days or so) and in ... and 2007), consistently places in the top 3 or 4 at nationals every year

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  ! It will be in the mail on Wednesday, and in your mailboxes soon after ... wise: if you're flying in, book your plane tickets early (You may want to ... away as Singapore. There will be meetings in nearly 60 locales, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  colleges in the Northeast over three days. At the time, I was fairly undecided in which colleges I wanted to apply to. All I wanted to do was get ... SLUSH. Now I was in the State of Massachusetts for the first time. A inch

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I arrived on the MIT campus in August of 1982 with all my "stuff ... prepared to take on my sophomore year having declared my major and settled in ... come back to campus but this time as an employee working in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the ... artwork from MIT's collection. Artists represented in the collection include ... Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a leading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  /Astro students playing volleyball with a net they had set up in the Building 33 ... week, Ben came back to MIT to say one final goodbye to everyone in the ... obsession with turtles, up to the point of having a collection of them in his

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... minutes early so I watched as guys dressed in batman pajamas stormed the ... . We headed to theater 12, showed our ticket stubs, and walked in. Not

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... , actually), the fireworks go off over Lake Michigan, in celebration of America

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the ... in front of MIT, approximately in front of the Sailing Pavilion and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  been engaged in this discussion with members of the class of 2011, the ... possible to do so, we would conduct this interview process in the Fall, when each candidate would be available for in-person interviews. However, the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  't have to leave this place for long... Friday June 6, 2008 began in the ... a well-organized system where we reported to a station in order to be ... . The undergrads looked lame in their thin, unsubstantial gowns, while the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  Oh, hey, the weekend's here. Awesome. In other news, the last full ... Symphony Orchestra, and the Chorallaries were also out in full force. I wish ... haven't perfected the art of being in multiple places at once. (Yet

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  time, and I can't wait to see the issue come out in just a few weeks ... understand it, is much later than pretty much every other school in the country ... former Bakerite, ought to know - the Drop was first conceived of in 1972 by

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  National Conclave (NATCON), was hosted in Chicago, IL this year and was ... AAS business sessions in order to pass resolutions and make decisions on ... swung in their favor, and they won the title of National Headquarters for

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes and alkynes in preparation for my upcoming midterms in 5.12 (organic ... 't matter very much in the long run) - but rather because if you come to MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... depths of obscurity. If you find yourself living every waking moment in ... really just in here to see how many of you will even read the post before

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think ... adventures in EE), I didn't do much this IAP, so I should be able to just knock ... introductory class in Python for SIPB. SIPB (the Student Information Processing

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  now than it is during the actual term. Which is a very good thing, in my ... since Simmons opened in 2002. In addition to a slew of Simmons residents ... included over 80 people. Mystery Hunt traditionally begins in Lobby 7 at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  Nobel!" More power to you, but here's what you're up against: In the category of ... person speaking Dutch backwards. In the category of Peace -- The Air Force ... enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other. In the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008