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  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  around. For example. But this entry is about languages. Unfortunately, MIT ... languages. There are words which are identical except for the spelling ... Rome for 2 days this spring. Or, maybe I should say, hopefully I learned

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  'm all for taking pictures, even having taken many stupid ones myself ... books. I know I've never gone there for books. I go there because it ... -desk-things that are perfect for setting up shop and spending several hours buried in

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  but worry as I waited for the Admissions Staff to send back their reply. I thought that MIT was perfect for someone as passionate about biology as I was - but would MIT be so well suited for my second passion? Would

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons. For one, I've never heard Ben give an info session or speak before, and for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  cheater for 1) being a senior and having more emotional things to say and 2) posting it when I had no wireless. Not cool, Sam. Actually I went out for ... post for a long time, mostly over finals, when I dared to dream about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  be between 1) a C. elegans neurobiology lab that does screens for ... donating materials for the plane. It actually turned out (because they are ... they weren't even looking for jobs. Cool. Adam applied to MIT's aero

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  the extraordinary holiday dinner party for Course 17: Political Science ... afternoon, nothing happened to me for like two weeks. Oh, except I saw this Futurama clip and laughed for like three or four days straight. But then I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  Earlier this month, I asked for your reflections on the application ... . Ryan, Pennsylvania Click on the image for a flash animation: Carla ... 30-minute meals. People always tell me that I have no reason for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  -shifting' for modern time, media Robin H. Ray, News Office Correspondent ... for good. Instead, producers, writers and filmmakers must engage in ... to imagine future directions and applications for our more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  working for Lockheed Martin as an engineer and project planner when i get ... Oregon for an outdoor-sy family vacation. Anything else? I've run into a ... summer? Astrophysics UROP Where? The Kavli Institute for Space Research in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  Questions 1. Sevi asked, here is a question for you about Mac ... for many dorms was just put in last summer. There is a website with floorplans for MIT buildings, but I think it's only accessible on campus. I don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  'm studying Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering, for instance ... take anyway) -18.03 for the Harvard-HST Program English: -2 terms of ... said it wasn't a good school for premeds. In some cases, this is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  the song for this medley, since that's pretty much the one song in the ... about 1 male for every 2 females, I sometimes forget that the actual MIT ... Engineering Project Laboratory -- YES! We had 15 projects to choose from for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  time in the Pappalardo Lab and the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity ... tell, this is a very expensive class for MIT to run and we're all really ... the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, our job was to take the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  '08, who lives in my suite, and had a sudden craving for garlic bread ... : As we worked, Akash talked about his plans for the 2009 Class Council ... Potter!' So I think I'm going to put together an event for MIT '09s to go

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  , for whatever reason, I had a ton of energy when I got back, so Javier ... of all, props to Nehalita for properly identifying him right away ... on a project for FSAE when I passed this inconspicuous door... Woodie

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... at Tangerine. Not cheap, but I'd been eating junk for a week so I ... had a nice dinner with Joe DiLiberto, the regional EC chair for central

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

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  For the past three days, I was at the conference of the National ... professional association for guidance counselors and admissions officers, and once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  silly silly vern vern. So, read on for a well-crafted narrative and ... a stunned grouse, for one hour, nine minutes, and seventeen seconds, and then I came home and passed out on my floor for two hours. Ah, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  time for everyone; I've been at the verge of tears over this awful, awful ... charged with admitting a Class of 2010. And even for students who have had ... normalcy returns. Please know that for students directly affected by this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005