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• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  palatable (people seem to have strong opinions on both sides of this argument

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  questions on this topic until that time, as many of them will likely be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  , but luckily I keep band-aids on hand. Yes, for the next day my finger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  other teams are still working on it! But it's so awesome to be working

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only have two finals -- but they're almost maximally temporally separated, since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  if a few electrons were to come near the foil, the charge on the ... positron based on which direction the particle turns in a magnetic field ... continued through the summer, where she mostly worked on using scanning

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

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  's what a stack of application folders looked like on my table yesterday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  This evening, as I sit reviewing some of the first early action applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the blog from a posting on another site asking about admissions officer blogs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  So I began this entry on Sunday night, but am just getting around to finishing it now. I'll share why. So at home, we had a little pipe burst in the bathroom that decided to spray water all over the house. While fun

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  really fascinating history lesson on the life of Henry Moseley, juxtaposing ... -ray spectroscopy. Analysis revealed that the sack of potatoes lying on the ground ... walked into the lecture hall with the month of Moseley's landmark paper on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  going on this weekend; if you like acquiring a lot of semi-useful items

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  's alumni interviews. I am looking forward to discussing them on this blog ... school crew program at the Detroit Boat Club (I was on the varsity crew ... was on the 1976 and 1980 Olympic teams — once told me he'd rather be 10

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I'll finish up this entry when I'm safely and comfortably back in room 224C. While we're travelling, you can check this out: Everything is Illuminated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  could never miss an opportunity to allude to Clay Aiken on my blog. Hero was beloved by all, even though we did end up going a little MST3K on it ... you a Paula Abdul song if my life depended on it. I hang my head in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  city (250,000+ college students can have that effect on a place), the ... . Check this out - I didn't even break 1400 on my SAT's, and yet I had the ... , a house, a job that I love, food on the table, and the means to follow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  Just when my 2-year-old finally starts sleeping through the night, we decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I'll be out for most of June on paternity leave, but will still try to blog

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement, but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Pretty cool. And the winners of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  To those of you who received your letters printed upside-down on the MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is inexcusable and all of us are beside ourselves in embarassment and frustration

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  the meantime, thanks for all your thoughtful comments on the above

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005