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  What have I been doing this break?

  

  Well, I’ve been sleeping a lot. I don’t really understand why, during term, my body can’t normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if it pulled an…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  Happy 2006, everyone! Before heading back to the office tomorrow, here are a few notes… Some folks from MIT and NIST further confirmed that, yes, E=mc2. The new mayor of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? There are pop-up ads even in other languages, as I discovered while trying to verify the title of this entry. Oh dear, I wasn’t ready for this…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I am presently inundated with email and related communications backlog; I will respond to everything but it…

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A New Year and a New ‘Do bryan.mitblogs.com gets a little makeover.

  

  So most people start off the new year with a new hairstyle, but since I don’t have that much hair to play around with, the next best thing is to…

  • by Bryan
  • January 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life lessons. Some you would prefer not to learn, but in the long run, I’m sure I’ll…

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  Just saying hello from the middle of my peaceful and relaxing vacation. =) First of all, now that all of the early action nonsense is sorted out (and has been…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  I’ve been feeling guilty with these questions piling up so close to the deadline, so I’m taking a break from my New Years vacation (in Virginia) to answer some questions.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  Yo, some people had some questions on the last entry and I answered them in a comment. Be fruitful and check it out. Another question you might have, probably if…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  Well, this is my last day in Ahia (try saying it with me — “Uh-hi-uh” — Adam always makes fun of my *nonexistent* accent after I’ve been at home for…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Winter Break Reading List "Take a look, it's in a book, it's reading rainbow"

  

  So with all this free time on my hands (not as much as I originally anticipated, but some), I’ll be reading a few books to pass the time. Some of…

  • by Bryan
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  Please note: these deadlines were from 2005-2006. This year’s deadlines are almost certainly different. So many deadlines! It’s easy to forget everything that’s going on, and sometimes you’re not even…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.

  

  Please remember that January 1 is the postmark deadline for students applying for regular action admission to MIT. This means that you should have the Post Office postmark and mail…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  Oh, I was going to answer a bunch of questions today, but it turns out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the comments. So…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  I discovered shortly after completing this blog entry that, much like a newly-bought laptop, it has already been rendered obsolete. Well, I’m not writing another entry. Ha! So, let’s turn…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  I’m sure most of you are enjoying the holiday season with your families, opening gifts or dining on traditional holiday meals. Regular decision deadlines for many colleges, including MIT, are…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• 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…

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

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  Laura had an interesting entry a little while ago about the Mario Bros. hack, and a subsequent one answering people’s questions. She answered a lot of questions, but she also…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  Well, I’m back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for Christmas with my fam. I went out last night with two of my high school friends, and…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  With Ben and Mollie recently answering your questions, I started to feel like a slacker… so without further ado, here are some answers to questions asked in the past two…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005