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  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians ... QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control ... whether I failed or passed. But I just know that I tried my hardest to fill

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  building something scary that does something awesome and it's fun to see his ... in his Facebook profile that led me to believe something big was going ... to Pika. Epic win. Total miles today: 5.65. These amused me, but I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  Trivia: Which MIT Professor was the top scorer for the first US ... ) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only ... scorer for Singapore at one of the international science olympiads. I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  -time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been ... applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to ... go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tell Me Baby ..what's your story?

  

  loves me and is really excited that I got in and is also really excited to see her next week when she comes home for spring break. Your turn! A ... week I went to two very incredible shows by two of my favorite bands (not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  This past week, I went to the Intel International Science ... , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF ... Thursday morning, I got to visit many of the finalists and their projects

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out ... . Online Communities. There's a list with links to various online communities ... Registration. You can now register for Campus Preview Weekend. Make your travel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.

  

  -Faisal, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. The forum will be ... Center for International Studies. What makes the talk particularly ... service, the General Intelligence Directorate, from 1977 to 2001. Prof

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  's science, suggestions for further reading, and other resources. A detailed ... of Student Pugwash. Pugwash exists to address the effects of science ... Revolution) and STS.310 (Introduction to the History of Science). If I had the

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Tour Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand.

  

  Called Quest Hello All! As you can see I'm taking the fight to the ... to wax poetic about the experience. I promise more comments and pix from the road in the days to come. Remember if you attend my session

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  On Monday, I managed to trip and fall down half a flight of stairs while running down to the Senior Haus lobby to pick up the Indian food I ... of stairs in the Haus when I ran to look at the Rocko's Modern Life

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  the face of tragic events, giving those who observe from afar a word for ... really have is to "get used to it". Perhaps this is why time is a major ... consciousness as much as this talk. Ed Linenthal has enabled many to understand

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  recurring issue in for the last couple of years, probably made worse by my inability to remain standing on my feet for more than a nanosecond without ... wearing the same shirt for three days. But today I got back one of three

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  I’ve been doing more reading recently, so wanted to share! “Detail ...  Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring Marianne and Connell. There’s a sentence in this story I keep coming back to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  sketchy youth hostels and subsisting mostly on döner. I was planning to live ... in Berkeley next year, I thought it might be better to be a little more frugal. Just playin'. But seriously, maybe it's because I only get to eat

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British ... are names of real places. I've been here for two days and I'm really

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Much Clue. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  capitalization of the largest companies. For instance, from 1980 to 2003, the ... the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the ... ] suggest that the higher salaries for chief executives can largely be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  college/MIT: (Time for me to be serious) I have 3 points: 1. Put a lot of ... : Bostonians only have a 25 Letter alphabet. No one knows what happened to the ... : Too many to name... Here are a few: Seventh Samurai, Dr. Strangelove

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  this blog and is trying to tell me something. So here are the highlights ... stick is the greatest invention since written language -while cramming for ... , despite never having seen these words before and abandoning my studies to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006