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  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  ant06 wrote, “is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who’s teaching you a subject you are not planning to further pursue, as against the teacher teaching your…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  [I’m at MIT now, but wrote this entry earlier today while still travelling.] For months, I’ve been looking forward to the day I’d be leaving for college. I talk to…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  So summer kind of comes to an end today. Orientation starts next week, and then comes Rush and classes. Now, I will say this, I had an absolute blast this…

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam’s Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I’ll finish up this entry when I’m safely and comfortably back in room 224C. While we’re…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  Three days until the US Open officially begins! As an engineer, I’ll give some numbers: – 125 = number of years the US Open has been around – 1,100,000 =…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  Reading a seven-month-old issue of People, I discovered this week that Gwen Stefani, in addition to designing a bizarre new line of clothing, has now taken to paying an entourage…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  … a new version of you? (Did anyone watch Felicity? These lyrics are from the theme song , which JJ Abrams, the creator of the show, wrote. Interestingly, Abrams is…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool stuff. Day One: – we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA repair.…

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH — day off for…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Name: Stu SchmillJob title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens)High school: Benjamin N. Cardozo HSCollege: MIT ’86, mechanical engineeringFavorite thing about…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  Every year, the campus is engulfed by frenetic activity in the week leading up to Rush/Orientation. So I decided to bring you a few pictures of the activity in my…

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

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  Very frequently, we are asked about the humanities and arts at MIT. I think people are understandably concerned about whether you can continue to pursue interests in the humanities at…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  Occasionally I’ll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what’s going on in the scene. Welcome to Round Two. White Circles…

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  My grandfather was from Milledgeville, Georgia. He was a simple man who was known for his crazy sayings and no nonsense demeanor. He had little patience or tolerance for anything…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation.…

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to testing requirements. For the most up-to-date information, please view the MIT Admissions home page] All []s…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  So dear readers, I have finally made it to MIT. I���m writing this from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon be posting…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly straggling onto campus, and I could not be more psyched. Rush/orientation is my favorite time of year,…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  Back in Massachusetts! And Rush stuff is starting! *excited* There’s building in the courtyard. I’ll take pictures as soon as I replace the batteries in my camera. Rush – REX…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  Up until last Thursday, my only on-air experience was the one time I won season passes to Astroworld from a failing radio station back in my hometown, and yelled and…

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005