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  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Both chocolate lava cake and peanut blossom cookies were invented at the Pillsbury Bake-Off. It’s not the holidays unless Sam’s Mom and I have baked four award-winning…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  I discovered shortly after completing this blog entry that, much like a newly-bought laptop, it has already been rendered obsolete. Well, I’m not writing another entry. Ha! So, let’s turn…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  I am done with finals and very excited about that; you may be able to detect some of this excitement in my entry. In seventh grade I learned from Mrs.…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  “Last Night” — get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in the afternoon, so I wanted to go out after and celebrate. (I am so confused about the…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  other schools on your list. It's an unfortunate fact of life that, in all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  The other day I realized that I’m always bragging about the one time a month that I get my act together and cook real food for myself, even if it…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  slightly different perspective on life. My recommendation would be to wait

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  Lots of people thanked me for my application advice, for which you are all very welcome. I hope it helped you chill a little about the whole thing. There will…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn’t even know it was coming. Two of my best friends from high school were visiting me and another…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  formulaic approach to life for the purpose of college admissions. I may have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  Some things I did since the last time I wrote: Attended 13 hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we flew in from Texas, we now…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  Since I just finished a 5.60 problem set, my brain is approximately the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing something short about the last…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  As I told you in my last entry, my mother has become concerned about my life here at MIT. I mentioned awhile ago that by now, basically my entire extended family reads this blog. Hello, family! Obviously my mother

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  tax theory/reform. memorable quotation: "Assume everyone's life is worth

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  . '07: 24.02, Moral Problems and the Good Life. Mark claims he wants to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  Today while running westward at sunset, I was nearly blinded by the huge, angry sun. Boston sunsets are always brilliantly red and beautiful, probably because of the massive quantities of…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  It feels good to be back at the ‘Tute!!! My family drove me up to Boston on Friday night. We expected to hit a lot of traffic, considering the fact…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  , student life, Boston/Cambridge, MIT culture. What makes MIT different from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  Reading a seven-month-old issue of People, I discovered this week that Gwen Stefani, in addition to designing a bizarre new line of clothing, has now taken to paying an entourage…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH — day off for…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005