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  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  PROPOSTION. You’ve been reading this blog all this time without ever getting to know me. I mean, the real me. On Friday or thereabouts, I’m going to do an entry…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 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…

  

  It’s that time of the year again — MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal (MURJ) is looking for submissions (due October 10th) for our Fall 2005 issue! MURJ is a student-run journal…

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

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  So typically when people hear the words “fraternity party,” they think wild and crazy kids in togas. If by togas you mean suits and ties, then you’re correct. So this…

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  The Undergraduate Economics Association (UEA) sponsored a dinner and internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I’ve pasted some excerpts from the UEA email in…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  At the end of my last entry, I was sitting in the Tampa airport waiting to board my flight to Philly. The flight was uneventful, and I landed in Philly…

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  For the past three days, I was at the conference of the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC). NACAC is the primary professional association for guidance counselors and admissions…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about going to…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  Sorry I haven’t updated in a while. This past week has been deathly hosing. So I will post about what I did this week – a sort of “sample week…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  Time for some more questions: MIT App Mom asked: “Maybe it’s just me, but I am confused about your title “Tecker.” My son is on a trip with school right…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  MIT Admissions officers travel across the country during this season and try to visit as many regions as possible to deliver presentations about the Institute. It’s a challenge to convey…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  First things first: there was another home football game today — at which I cheered and Sam trumpeted — and, due to a malicious ball of burning gas 93 million…

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

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  The NACAC conference happens each fall. About 4200 admissions people (adcoms from colleges and universities, GC’s from high schools, independent counselors, admissions-related vendors, etc.) descend on a city (Tampa this…

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  MIT had a football game this afternoon against Worcester State. The final score was 49-6. It’s apparently the worst loss in over 15 years. It was also my first football…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  So like Mitra pointed out in her blog this week, this week MIT celebrated just about every week it could. These included Career Fair Week, Libraries Week, and MISTI Week.…

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  Laura Stonehill, an MIT senior majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent her summer in Venice, Italy through an informal internship program. As the daughter of Italian immigrants, she was…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  Questions Omnibus is the place to come for “official” answers! Melissa wrote, “Should I call you Mr. Matt, or just Matt? Anyways, I’m in my hotel room at the Doubletree,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  I have a lot of free time tonight after finishing my 21F.401: German I listening assignments, courtesy of the LLARC. I’m still not very good at it; I transcribed one…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  Since I just finished a 5.60 problem set, my brain is approximately the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing something short about the last…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  As I told you in my last entry, my mother has become concerned about my life here at MIT. I mentioned awhile ago that by now, basically my entire extended…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  When you have a 2.5-year-old and a 3-month-old, anything after 6AM is considered “sleeping in.” I got to sleep in yesterday. :-) Woke up around 8AM, got coffee in the…

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005