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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  usually in such good condition that you can't even really tell what's wrong ... and a half hours in the pouring rain to lose a field hockey game. Bleh ... her read my books. We have a symbiotic relationship.) In other news, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by Pepper White, the author (who was a masters student in course 2 at MIT ... takes away from the Institute. Hence tests. In Laura's entry, Eric asked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in ... majors. Tina '07 (light pink) lives in Baker House, and Christina '07 (hot pink) lives in Spanish House. Here, Christina hugs Kevin '07, who

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update A short entry, a quick link, and I become Seth Cohen.

  

  In honor of my trip to the OC, Ben made this for me: And the link of the day: The Art of Problem Solving (more on this next entry) A longer update soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  between 15 and 20 percent of MIT students graduate with bachelors degrees in ... , because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad ... marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one ... encourage you to participate in all of it as Jessie and Mollie have both also

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon ... ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my ... to be on the Burton half of the building in a double, but my room had

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... . In order to double-major, you need 270 units beyond the GIRs. So in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  , and seared meat, but in this case is responsible for huge, gummy brown-black polymeric complexes that stick in your reactor and prevent you from operating ... hardcore organic synthesis to building a giant cardboard box in which to ship

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  representing 65 teams from more than 50 schools participated in the first "P3" competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 ... advance sustainability in the developed or developing world. There were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  Wells, who pitched 8 1/3 solid innings. After a Gary Sheffield single in ... head alumni interviewer in the Birmingham area. Dr. Fleisig is the Smith ... graduated from MIT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1984. Clara is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT ... prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed ... past two decades in studying manifestations of popular culture such as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  Saturday at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. The event was a smashing ... 's the lobby where people mingled and waited in line for their rings ... potato-tinis for dinner. You put the potato in the glass, and then add

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I'm in the American Southwest... Yesterday, I had ice cream ... '11?), Ilang (Wellesley '09) In case you're wondering, here are some of ... Implementation of Gradient-Based Convolutional Neural Networks in Handwriting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  Happy Pi Day! I'm in Washington DC. Seeing as yesterday (Pi Day, 3 ... places where you show your stuff such as science fairs. In May, I'll be at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix, AZ. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Status Pic, As Promised Still bearded. 4 days to go.

  

  Ask and ye shall receive! Here's a pic taken this morning that will demonstrate the beard in its full glory: 4 days until mail/shave day. :-) NICE

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted ... and he could've already gotten in with his 1600 and USAMO qualification ... of excellence in math, science and engineering will tend to fare well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4 ... me. This morning was a meeting about our new viewbook, discussed in Ben ... (discussion of all five of my top-5 favorite classes in a future post). Even if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I ... 'll have 400 people in Monta Vista High School's auditorium in Cupertino, CA ... crowds. If you're in the South Bay, I look forward to seeing you there!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004