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  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  , and send in the form to be run in the housing lottery. The form is ... % of students got their first choice in the summer lottery and 26% got their second choice. August 26 or 27 -- Arrive at MIT and put stuff in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for ... there? Well, there's beauty in the breakdown. At 5 AM, I'm leaving Burton ... Philadelphia. After a 6-hour nap, I'll wake up in Philadelphia and prepare to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in ... that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal ... common in my field, but it needs clarification. No one is ever rejected by

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  Well, I'm back in Boston, slowly recovering from jet lag, and am ... tomorrow. I already had a test today, in 7.28 (Molecular Biology), so I'm not ... undergrad four years ago. I am also adding in some reasons that I didn't know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I ... (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find ... , course 14; I was born and raised in New Jersey (no jokes, please), but I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  professors assist in choosing the class. In previous years, these faculty ... in the Boston Globe a week ago. Check it out: ...Sadoway, a professor ... in the cadre of engineers and scientists who come up with solutions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it ... . In other words, if we feel that a mid-year report is needed to make a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  director of MISTI, MIT's international studies program. The course is held in the same room as last term's writing class, and is held in a similar ... , asking questions about the trends in everyday communication we take for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  /09/06... ------------------------------------- Many people wrote in with concerns about the application tracking portlet ... . ------------------------------------- A few people wrote in asking if I accept personal email and what my ... -by-case basis, because until I'm in the committee room with the rest of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in attendance. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year Everyone! See you in 2006.

  

  've caught up with the latest blog questions in the last entry...) See you in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  Pending recovery from my illness, in a few hours, I will board a bus to head here to watch this movie in IMAX. I'm a "little" excited. Diana boarding the "Knight Bus" (ie the Big Yellow Bus) with her ticket

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting. Look at the good weather, even in November! I wonder how long this will ... companies in America, William I. Koch is an international businessman

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  Posthumous isn't the right word, but it's among my favorite in the ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  news headlines include: *Macular Degeneration Induces Reorganization in ... , Say Researchers, Challenging Previous Theories *Compound in Carrots ... . 3. Features: Essays about controversial topics in research. *Hormone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  , but first allow me to introduce myself. After growing up in Queens, NY ... mechanical engineer. I went to work for General Motors in Detroit designing ... would be fun to do something else. I spent a few years in the MIT Alumni

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is that he's from a ski family; they own a condo in Maine and he's a ... family in Ohio; I am of the firm belief that summer is not summer until one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  On the third day there was abundant sunshine and temperatures were in the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  wanted to tie in the Olympics somehow, but no such luck there. Sorry, Paris ... BBQ in the history of the universe. I should warn you that I saw Le ... many summers I spent in Grenoble. They had some fantastic vin de noix, je

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blog Links If you have a blog, share the URL in this thread!

  

  I haven't disappeared, really! Just haven't had a ton of things to post about this week. That will change next week when I post pictures & stories from CPW. In the meantime, some random stuff in no

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2005