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

  

  .0 like most other schools. (This could be where my "inflation" reference ... the grading scale in many of my classes. Not much Ivy -style grade

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  misquote, so please forgive my poor memory, but during her talk Marjane ... journey of exploration and discovery."   That's my French III

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  .) The second surprise was seeing my former 2.005 (Thermal ... the publicity chair (my former TA), Brian Chan, is a graduate student in

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

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  . The MIT mission statement talks about serving humanity. My students care ... previous entry about my taking Development Lab (D-Lab) with Amy Smith, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  , my little Johnny's gonna have calcium!' They have banana and chocolate ... . :) Max In my freshman year, Course 10: Chemical Engineering decided to add

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  I've been remiss in posting about Dorm Rush or Hall Rush, both of which happened about a month ago now. But I finally organized my pictures ... Safety Office. Here, my hallmate Clayton '08 prepares to ride. In the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Riemann Zeta Hypothesis was voted to be the most beautiful mathematical problem of the millenium in 2003. One of my friends ... before coming across it in my blog, then you should definitely apply to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  tuning in, there is a reason that my blog consists mostly of me standing in ... on that. I only offer my condolences to him for paying four euros for ... flat. I guess with my turkey carcass => oil UROP, I'm actually

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  Orientation?" You know, to refresh my memory, I created a thread on College ... put on their mailing lists. Other upperclassmen should add to my list ... kill two birds with one stone. Anonymous asked: "A lot of my friends got

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  my top choice. On the other hand, I chose seminar based advising which ... ranging from blogging to space to the music of language. My freshman year, I

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  My previous post about Alex Doonebury's college choice was linked from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to ... % MIT 32% RPI 19% Cornell My sources tell me that at least two of the

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

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  finish a few pages for Friday, along with studying a bit for my (last ... to accelerate this strategy is for me to carry my camera around far

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  but think of the time in high school that my friend Allison was giving ... the slipstream flow of my blood through the needle, and how the blood was being collected into a lower than my arm in order to establish a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again ... carcasses in my blog, isn't it? MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Science is AWESOME!

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  In my previous entry, Joan Tran from Louisiana asked for some general admissions advice. Hmm.... First, here are some previous entries on specific ... comments and I'll do my best to answer them. Joan, I hope this helped.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the ... conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  classroom and from my books was just as important as learning an overall ... my time at MIT. TT: Did MIT teach you any values or lessons in life? RP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  things, day/weekend trips, seeing friends, when my schedule permits ... of bed, into my clothes and out the door to building 14. Few people

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will ... fill out the Conducted Interview form on the MyMIT Application Tracking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Mystery Hunt is almost here! (Bryan is pretty excited about it, too)I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... pretty much everywhere this time of the year. Not surprisingly, my fellow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006