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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  (Pictures coming soon) One of the Google features I use the most is the Google Alert. You can set it to email you whenever a certain keyphrase comes up in…

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  Name: Amy Perez Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions Hometown: Lubbock, TX High school: Lubbock High School College: Tulane University, Bachelor’s degree in Marketing Favorite things about MIT: I love…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  To begin: “If it weren’t for my horse, I never would have spent that year in college.” –New England proverb A prize goes to the first person to identify the…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  Necessity is the mother of invention. So I was making meatballs yesterday in my favorite apron (I made the meatballs, and Adam made the spaghetti and garlic bread — good…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Laura ’09 had an interesting bit a while back in her blog about East Campus and West Campus, a distinction that, at least to me, always brings the Cold War…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 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 Hampshire with Joe and…

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

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  The Associated Press has a nice story about “Gap Years” that has been picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn.com/education, but it’s been…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  So. I decided that I needed a new banner. Alright, so that’s a lie. Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  Sort of. Do you remember the nursery rhyme about the London Bridge falling down? It really was sinking into the River Thames, so in 1968, the city of London put…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  This was one of those days on which I just did so much that I can’t even write about everything that happened in excruciating yet charming detail like I usually…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to demystify what admissions officers do.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  Assume = Ass + U + Me. Assumptions, generalizations, stereotypes: they have no business in the admissions process – in either direction. First, an applicant should never assume something to…

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  Sunday, my friend Jen, ’08 – Course 14, and I went out pet shopping. We went to PetCo by the CambridgeSide Galleria. (The Galleria is the closest mall to campus;…

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  Mmm, it’s a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  On Friday evening, I was lounging around being bored. There were other people on 5th East doing the same thing, so we sat under the red lights of Black Bemis…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ this weekend, and enlisted me to help organize. My main contribution, besides insisting that we serve corn…

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

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  First of all, friends don’t let friends do 5.12 on video. Especially not while friends are on vacation in Maine and only get the chance to check the blog server…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  During the warmer months, every Friday and Saturday, Haymarket, a farmer’s market near the Government Center T-Stop comes to life. Saturday, my friend Diana and I thought we’d take a…

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the film “Fantastic Four” (it got a “thumbs down”), and one plot point caught my eye: When Jessica…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  Name: Matt McGann Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY High school: Hampton Bays High School College: MIT, Class of 2000, Course 15 (Management Science) Favorite things…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005