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  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  to the computer, bring up this page and walk away. WAIT, WAIT! DON'T GO ... though they won't clean their rooms, stay up too late and drink way too ... , don't be surprised if the 2nd question is "How am I supposed to get to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  Mollie has decided that she doesn't want to write any more "this is ... 's note: Except that he doesn't understand anything else about computers ... Chuck Norris was). Provided that you didn't hate the entry and found me at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  . Ohhh, it's a good feeling. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a one ... experiencing the humanities and arts -- I don't like arguing about them. I ... about biomedical ethics. It wasn't a bad concentration, but it's tough for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  really relate to. .... then we all got here in the fall and haven't seen ... , and in some cases, on my floor. As freshmen, we aren't supposed to know ... structure until you get here and come into your own. And maybe you won't. As a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  bring you Winter Concert 2005. It's well before finals, so you don't have to worry about studying. It's free, so you don't have to worry about your wallet. It's awesome, so you don't have to worry about being bored

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  playlists. The idea was an instantaneous success. I didn't even live in his ... term setting up a serviceable replica. They haven't gone to the trouble ... , hasn't it? Also, check out this month's issue of Cosmopolitan right

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  involved in that bus going over that cliff?? How?! And why isn't it next ... . (Failures don't even show up on your transcript, it's like they never happened ... are stupid, so if the rest of the class didn't break 70 on average, well

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  approach to introductory chemistry for those who aren't planning to go into a ... isn't graded on a curve, and 50/100 is a passing grade. If you're a ... the notion that the school year is in full swing :- ... but hey, I didn't

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  afterwards we all got a chance to meet President Hockfield. (By the way, the T ... that the bike wasn't going to fall. In fact, it looked pretty cool up ... . Unfortunately, we weren't able to get a picture before the bike fell. More

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  weird and I don't know anything about it, except that it's residence based ... .716" is way too much for me. How do you even say that out loud? Isn't it ... feel slightly attached to it. But don't worry, I'm definitely more happy

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  protocol? And you can't go to Thailand without seeing some of their ... huge, so I didn't even bother trying to go in. Apparently, the festival ... don't know when I'll be back...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  ," punctuated by "ahas" and "yups." This isn't the first time Pentland's dating ... are too close to call. Crucially, the researchers don't study the ... Dynamics Group isn't even the only group at the Media Lab doing dating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  So while I like to pretend that I don't procrastinate sometimes, up ... I don't plan on stopping after the required 8. And also, if you have any questions in general, don't hesitate to ask. Incoming freshmen want

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  adults in black belts. So, parents, you don't need to worry anymore about ... highlights, let a professional do it with a highlighting product, don't just ... and Ruth and I didn't know what to do, so she said I should blog it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  what's cold. Dinner ended a little late on Saturday, and I wasn't able to ... stretch of sidewalk didn't have a crosswalk and the time was ticking down ... one. (Don't try this at home). I decided to run across Mass. Ave with

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  for a reason to admit you. In other words, we don't connect with pieces ... . Check this out - I didn't even break 1400 on my SAT's, and yet I had the ... ." Shocking, isn't it? ;-) Fun fact about yourself: I've recorded 7 CD's since

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

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

  

  directly to admissions committee. Make your voice count! Don't use your whole ... more that the SAT, I suggest that you do the same. 3. Don't let the cost ... to know that you can't afford a College/University: First you apply

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

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  groups. When I say that "5th East went to Six Flags", I don't mean "the ... community went to Six Flags". You don't stop being a Child of Florey (another name for a 5th East-er, if you couldn't figure that out) because of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that ... disctinction of being both motorists and pedestrians (see entry title), we weren't ... in this picture too but I couldn't find anyone passing by who would lay

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  : (Macgregor windows have screens that can't be removed -- rather sensibly, since ... also don't realize it until you're an upperclassman, but most of the ... grades in course 7 classes, but don't go to class. Hello? 3. Read the book

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005