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  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  really have is to "get used to it". Perhaps this is why time is a major ... consciousness as much as this talk. Ed Linenthal has enabled many to understand the human response to tragic events and the impulse to memorialize

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  Thursday, May 17th, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque ... ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... international students at ISEF, I will be presenting a shoptalk: Admission to US

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  creates its own design specific to your class year. Then they reveal the ... to come pick up their rings. The Class of '09 Ring Delivery was held ... . Adelaide sits on the floor in the hallway to strap on her heels. Adelaide is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  . But I have to say, last night's trip to Shaw's was my absolute favorite ... cream toppings. Right now I've got to run off for my second 8 ... for serious, and I'd love to meet you guys. =) I'll also be at the Reg

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  difficult. Most students who applied to MIT this year were excellent matches for MIT, and most were extremely qualified. Our task is to choose from these many, many excellent applicants to bring together a class. Today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  giveaway that the person you’re talking to has been fully and wholeheartedly ... don’t know which one you’re on or which you’re going to (as is often the case, for me anyway), that 68 is the only building on main campus to run

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50 ... comes into play -- if you don't adjust for inflation, these amounts sum to ... President Martin Tang GM '72 pledges to donate a generous sum of up to $25

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops ... pastries just waiting to be injected with ice cream! They opened the store in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  . Don't forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again ... trenchcoat. All motion in the room seemed to freeze as the shadowy character ... room and he would, in fact, provide 20 extra credit points to any student

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  are nothing like what the media portrays. I'll try to dispel some ... clarify exactly what a sorority is. According to the Panhel website ... sorority life at MIT (http://web.mit.edu/panhel/www/index.htm). Want to test

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter ... home. Allow me to give you the grand tour. Picture 1 gives you a great ... staples I've learned to look before I sit: Finally, in picture 3 you can

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  Today I took a nap fom 5 AM to 9 AM. Then I went to class. When I ... alarmed. Today was "Laura's going to catch up on sleep" day. I don't usually ... , but I've been doing that since way before my app ever made it to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  , brought to you by the MIT Lecture Series Committee (LSC). Long-time blog ... have previously come to MIT, including 8 Mile, Grosse Pointe Blank, School of Rock and Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. LSC frequently (i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  any guy won back-to-back US Open titles (Federer won last year, he's looking to win again) Ok, that's enough pretending that I know about tennis ... to visit me and we went to see a semifinal match of the Legg Mason

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  leading up to Rush/Orientation. So I decided to bring you a few pictures of ... , back to the point of this entry. Every year on 5th East, we repaint Black Bemis black. It has to be repainted because all through the year we chalk

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22 ... hiked from here all the way to the second peak you can see in the back

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and ... ,460,000, and the London Bridge was dismantled block by block and moved to remote ... .V. Wood, Lake Havasu City is now home to nearly 50,000 people. Stranger

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in ... news is that this has been an ideal place to see people as they arrive on campus. It's been great to meet people in person after corresponding with

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  together a guidebook, and answering a giant stack of email. It's going to be ... and listening to Dinnertime Sampler on WMBR. Tonight's guests are ... 'm disappointed to miss, the great Hawaii Club Luau, the beginning of the Buddhist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  questions, too. I hope to answer many of those questions soon, but today I'll start with the question that seems to be most prominent: what does it mean to be a "good match" for MIT? What do we look for? Alignment with MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005