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Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!
more of this to come later, but for now, thank you so much for the
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Blog / MISTI
MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.
du Conseil - Room for the Observatory's Directing Council, featuring ... matter is what is thought to account for approximately 22% of all matter in ... we use it to account for the speeds of gas and stars in spiral galaxies -
Blog / Academics & Research
I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..
siesta, and have left me to use only my eyebrows for expressions (I don't have very expressive eyebrows; for the past half hour I've been mostly ... not to scream. It's not the drill - I have about as much tolerance for -
Blog / Admissions
The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.
this week and next, though we're quite busy with meetings to prepare for ... Profile for the MIT Class of 2011 Gender Male 54% Female 46% Ethnicity -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.
we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we updated the admissions statistics page for this year's application cycle; we -
Blog / MIT Life
MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.
of their Tech Video Showcase. Watch the videos and judge for yourself ... Bach for Kids! —http://techtv.mit.edu/file/95/ 2nd Place: Spice Cream -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..
that's not enough for you, I have four-hour long shifts times three left ... sand at Hayden Library. (Except for a quick study break to Berklee to go -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Party!
narrow victory for Lowell. (Photo credit to Eric Schmiedl '09) Yes, that ... in my hair, five showers later. Steer Roast, the context for this -
Blog / Events
The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen
Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for her ... purchased tickets for us in advance and offered them at half the cost. Many -
Blog / Events
Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.
've known you for like a year and we've never actually met." "I know, you ... ) headquarters for awhile, duffel bag in hand. Seven hours of puzzling later, I ... Hunt is over. This year, the Hunt organizers kept their HQ open for -
Blog / Admissions
Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.
Happy holidays from the admissions office! I'll be leaving in a bit for a week of vacation (YES!) - back on January 2. I hope you all have ... . Stu hams it up. Rick and Stu sing harmony for Marilee. Marisa and -
Blog / MIT Life
NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.
Monday and Neuroscience today, and my last exam is for Thermodynamics of ... women. Half of the nation’s medical students are women, and for decades ... mathematics.” It seems that MIT is increasingly cited as a paragon for the -
Blog / Admissions
Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.
waiting for my early action decision from MIT… *cue psychedelic time ... . Not a chance. Nope. For example, there was one guy who set-up a webcam ... onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful -
Blog / Athletics
Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements
the Pacific (for example…) The 8 P.E. point requirement can be ... sign up for these classes on the P.E. website through a lottery that lasts for a week. Of course, I always end up signing up at the last minute -
Blog / Admissions
My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.
Here's what I will see every Monday, Friday, Saturday, and many Wednesdays for the next 4 months... (Sorry for the bad photo; I only had my camera phone here at the library.) I sit in the same chair every day and -
Blog / Miscellaneous
The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.
DID YOU KNOW? The traditional wedding march is from Wagner's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a ... today, I'm not going to post anything about New York. So don't ruin it for -
Blog / MIT Life
Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!
to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what they do. I've never seen a more packed Kresge. Not even for a Logs -
Blog / Events
Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!
made the most of my time by studying for my neuroanatomy exam, but I was late for my birthday dinner at Kashmir, an Indian restaurant in Boston -
Blog / MIT Life
Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…
being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I ... need others to help them. Having to fend for myself for the last two ... home for MIT’s Family Weekend, I rushed into her arms and squealed. Don -
Blog / Life after MIT
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.
Since I start grad school orientation tomorrow, and tomorrow is Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I figured today would be a good day for me to hang up my blogging hat. I