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  Decisions are in the mail Decision letters are in the mail.

  

  At 2:52pm today, the postman arrived to take away the decision letters. Decisions will be posted tomorrow at decisions.mit.edu at 12 noon, Eastern Standard Time. In the meantime, Evie the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  As you probably know by now, MIT has completed the process of admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals at MIT. So much so…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Applicants, if you’re reading this, I hope that MIT is one of the schools that sent you a “fat packet”. Regardless of where you were admitted, however, you have some…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  I’ve just finished assembling and sealing hundreds of packages with the rest of the admissions team. Not my favorite part of the job (I’m not the biggest fan of paper…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  I have a couple of unrelated things to relate today, so I’ll put headings in bold and you can skip around as you see fit. On reward as a motivation.…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I’m doing for spring break. I’m going to Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark with…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The name of the “avocado” comes from the Spanish “abogado,” or “lawyer.” This is because the Spaniards who came to the New World couldn’t pronounce the Nahuatl…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  After a week of checking, double checking, and checking-to-the-nth, we are ready to mail decision letters tomorrow, and post decisions online on Saturday. I want to urge you one final…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  So you guys. MIT is hard. No, seriously. I figure you’ve probably heard this once or twice before, but I think it’s worth mentioning again. Plus, there’s a lot of…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog inactivity ever since I began this blog. What’s been keeping me so busy? Domestic selection (final stages).…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chicken Tikka Masala was actually invented in Great Britain. I know you’re all probably still recovering from your raucous Pi Day celebrations, but I’d like you to…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 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 how my interview weekend went” entries. So seeing all she has to talk about these days are…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day

  

  Two groups are hosting pi celebrations: This **Tuesday, 3/14, at 6pm in room 2-102** the UMA (undergraduate math association) will be holding the following festivities in honor of pi day:…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926535...

  

  Just a little humor to keep us all smiling. HAPPY PI DAY (the favorite holiday of all mathematicians everywhere!) Sing this little tune if you want to impress your friends.…

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The MIT PE Lottery for the fourth quarter starts today. Don’t forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again soon. But I was thinking…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  So me and my 133t h4x0r roommate Yuan decided to take over Bryan’s blog for the day… Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don’t worry about it. Shaye:…

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  As part of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), a program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I attended an etiquette seminar taught by Jodi Smith last week.…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  Well, grad school interviews and visiting weekends are done! This weekend I visited Harvard Medical School’s Biological and Biomedical Sciences program, from which both my UROP professor and my postdoc…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  Okay, so it’s been inexcusably long since I last wrote here. This is probably a good indicator of how busy one can get at MIT if he or she tries.…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  Wow. Just got home – so many emotions. Feeling quite tired, but very proud of the class we’ve admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is sadness – because we were not…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006