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  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  to catch my 10 AM train. A couple days before, I had arranged to travel ... my host, Amina, arrived. She even left class early to meet up with me ... of my luggage down. Amina lived in a very spacious triple. I wish I had

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  Saturday morning Columbia science program. I took the city bus to my public high school every day and had a job all through my high school years. Of ... completely foreign to me. I have never assisted at a calving, had my artwork

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  time to read them all. As you may already know, I am making my own (very small) contribution to this research through my UROP in the Langer Lab. In ... pictures I've taken here at MIT, this may be my favorite yet.

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  often simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting. So, you can imagine my ... my neck to see the TV. After a brief introduction, Lahiri began by ... , click here My general impression was that the subject matter was very

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  my other entries, so hopefully many of you are avid players by now, if ... get back to my p-set. First, as the title of this entry suggests ... to MIT, and I happen to like my life very much. MIT is an amazing place

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  (or two) blizzards away, so my friends and I decided that we should stop ... members.) They’re my sorority sisters, so I know that their minutes are ... !” The second is that it’s team-based and encourages group exercise. My

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  of image concerning my life at MIT: While true some of the time, I'd say that just as much of my time is spent feeling like this: ^^This ... having fun I'm working my butt off and am probably in various states of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 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 ... . Fortunately for me (and those of you who want to hear about 6.111 and my other ... - cleaning my room (although not too much), setting up a better backup solution

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  , including his students in freshman physics class ("50 pulsating brains at my disposal"), MIT researcher Jocelyn Monroe, and his daughter. My favorite ... solved that. My colleague Eddie Farhi worked that out, in fact. Conan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  of my favorites - looks like Guy Fawkes has a UROP! Guy Fawkes gone ... with a humble verse, my attempt to "hack" the original children's rhyme - with a suggestion from my friend "Alioth." Remember, remember the Fifth

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  is a simple image of the aftermath of 2.007 on my room. (2.007 is a ... the robot. (Sleeping, not so much.) As a result, my floor was covered with aluminum shavings. And to no avail, since my robot doesn't work at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  when we get a chance, but for now, here are the rest of my CPW photos ... by 9 members of the Class of 2011. Thanks! The highlight of my ... dishes on my plate, ready to be tasted: I was very excited when I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  do with me being amazing and more to do with the fact that I know my ... -nighters http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...ll_night.shtml Answering my own ... http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...sed_enou.shtml Why does my kid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  .... Image courtesy of amazon.com) Besides my first semester freshman year, this is my only semester at MIT without any economics classes. This is ... analyze these works in such depth that my homework is definitely as intense

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial ... succeed at MIT. My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT. I ... mistake, that my folder accidentally got put into the "admit" pile. I was

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  PHONE. OH MAN, I HAVE TO REMEMBER MY SAT VOCABULARY, OR THEY'LL RESCIND ME ... we were talking to you. I gave out my email probably around 30 times ... my first shift on the ambulance, but it's currently out of service due

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  on the CW television network (home of one of my favorite shows ... the show in England, Estonia, Italy, and, with my favorite translated ... MIT geek. My friend Ankur Mehta '03 was a contestant on the previous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... you've no doubt found if you've followed my blog in the past. A nice ... all sorts of places, not just the Boston area or the U.S. My next entry

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  's response. I WANT IT. (My birthday is January 10th.) Right now I'm supposed ... answer. Does MIT have official colors? I can't tell, because the My MIT ... 've linked my name below to an image of the MIT logo which uses the exact

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  were definitely my stronger subjects in high school, and so I figured I ... fun at MIT I decided to stay an extra year and finish my master's degree ... repair and ship repair and some salvage work. That was kind of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006