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• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  First, an aside Today, Adam and I were on the subway heading to the ... now, the real stuff A common concern voiced about applying to ... 's going to be difficult for a given student to stand out among his or her

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  Alfred Wallace, who sent a letter to Darwin describing a similar idea one ... destination. In the 36 hours we spent there, I think we got to see about one percent of it. So, if I were to do a full photo entry on all of Berlin, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach: I even made my wife do some recruiting: To make it seem as though ... utterly ridiculous entries for you all to enjoy: The LiveJournal Survey The

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  stitches out this afternoon -- *VERY GLAD* to be done! I'll be moving into a new room on my hall next week, and I'll try to take some pictures so you ... occupied for the balance of the summer. I have to say -- the weather in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  's Doonesbury FAQ: The previous Straw Poll invited readers to choose among three academic futures for Alex Doonesbury: Should she go to Rennselaer, Cornell ... Hall) which enabled would-be-ballot-stuffers to spew out over a million

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted From The Waitlist? If you were admitted from the waitlist, you should now be able to see the…

  

  If you were admitted from the waitlist, you should now be able to see the Admitted Students Portlet in your MyMIT account. Go sign the MIT '10 guestbook!

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  was at the MISTI Gala Dinner for all interns going to foreign countries ... Wilczek. The event ran late, however, and some people had to leave early to go to review sessions for 2.006 exams or Dance Troupe rehearsals and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  thanks to my prefrosh George for being really independent and finding his way home at 6 AM without my help, to Kristin R for her wonderful (if slightly awkward) compliment at Meet The Bloggers, to "Joooliyah" for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926535...

  

  Just a little humor to keep us all smiling. HAPPY PI DAY (the ... you want to impress your friends. Oh Number Pi Oh, number Pi Oh ... Pi We know that Pi's a tasty treat. (to the tune of "Oh Christmas Tree

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  . I got to hear stories about my UROP professor as a graduate student (I ... members who are MIT alums -- they all asked to see my Brass Rat. (One walked over to the table where Brit '05, Lara '06, and I were chatting and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  the same event, you know it's the place to be and be seen =) Last night ... we had the opportunity to open our house to the MIT community. The ... house used to be a doctor's office and home, until MIT scooped it up a few

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  There are two or three backlogged entries that I want/need to write ... know what it's going to be about. Meanwhile, since I'm being hosed by my ... MIT, I'll dedicate this entry to describing them. I've italicized the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  4 Gs? Better yet, are you interested in working on a team to design ... UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the classroom to an exciting real-world project. The purpose of the competition

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  is really too early to have class; unfortunately, all semester I will have to take it like a champ. So today's schedule went a little like ... , Prevention, and Treatment of Human Disease So to tell you the name of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to ... to do a great job at their internship, but *sometimes* they lack the interpersonal skills to really succeed. To remedy this situation, 240 students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of ... same sequence of notes. There is so much I wanted to do for IAP for no other reason than so I could blog to you about it, but the incredible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beautiful snowfall A nice snowfall today in Boston.

  

  The view outside my apartment window this morning, as I sat down at my desk to read applications. Coming shortly: Questions Omnibus.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  (This was originally going to be one entry with the grad school admissions stuff, but I got tired of typing and went to eat a piece of ... mythical. Darn, there needs to be a Snopes for MIT urban legends. One day I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  from the international mail's speed, but due to the very poor mail system here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision ... . ------------------------------------- Merudh wrote: "I was wondering if you watch House, M.D. next to LOST

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005