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  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  Here are the classes I'm taking this term: 14.05: Macroeconomics Description: Uses the tools of macroeconomics to study various macroeconomic policy problems in depth. The problems range from economic growth in the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get the score report in two months.) In other news, I got this email from the Next House facilities chair about the Next House bike auction, for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that matter) makes me want to throw up or strangle the writers, it doesn't do ... rampant. The clincher was when a friend sent me a link to a post about

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  A view of Next House from across the river: I have gotten a lot of ... on it. As a prefrosh, I didn't know that much about the dorms so RBA was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  the fall semester. More info and data on that when I know more.If you haven't gotten the NBM, please email the Orientation Office at orientation ... 're waiting for a reply. Ditto on the comments/Questions Omnibus. It's still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that indicates the MIT Weather Machine is gearing up for Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  Prof. Michael Yaffe. Three professors co-teach the class and Yaffe taught for the first month of the semester. Indeed, it was a sad day. For 1.5 hours three times a week, hundreds of students fill 10-250 (one of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? A jurassic beaver once ruled the riverbank. I've had an ... soon enough; for now you can check out the awesome article above which proves that even 100 million years ago, the beaver was dominating the area

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon ... . The French never ends. (Well, the class is over on the 1st, but then I jump right into French 2 for the next term.) I have a 150-175 word

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  /tests, and d) your personal procrastination preferences, the weeks around the ... phenomenal cosmic bad luck!), my midterm weeks tend toward the crazy. This is ... the week! Hooray! I thought I'd bring you some long-promised pictures

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  On Saturday, it snowed!! On Sunday, the sun was shining. Go figure. And now, onto the non-meteorological information (say it, don't spray it?). Early this morning, some friends and I went to the Harvard Museum of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  little AppleBake logo on the back, which Adelaide '09 graciously modeled ... I did not really participate in the AppleBake festivities, but well ... eating to be done once I woke up, though! Right after hearing the Apple

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  TFP (an ETLA) was handing out in Lobby 7 and I wondered about the rate of ... to dissolve the aromatic flavor compounds in my saliva, assumed to be a Newtonian fluid). I was in the middle of calculating the kLa when I grew

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  Very frequently, we are asked about the humanities and arts at MIT. I ... to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the school is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after all. Even as I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  . In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying ... connection and decided to walk around the airport, and apparently, I'd ventured out to the dead zone when it came to cell phone signal. When my cell

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... . The game was exciting, with Washington's Tony Armas Jr and Arizona

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.

  

  the vast majority of applicants, most of whom were qualified to be here. To even be in the applicant pool means that you are among the best of the best. Don't let this stop you from doing all of the great things in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST ... emotional about it - overwhelmed for the admits and devastated for the denied. In fact, joking aside in the previous thread, I honestly don't know yet

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee ... 're all feeling good about the past week's work. I'll post something longer in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you ... test out of it. It's essentially like sitting the final before the class begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your