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  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  …and have you seen “Underworld?” My friends in Harrisburg and I have a long history of watching awful horror movies (think The Evil Dead trilogy, except with less irony, lower…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  Hiya. So on my way back home to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, I took the opportunity to spend a day or two in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia with my beloved…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  On the front page of the Business section of today’s Boston Globe, there’s a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT Economics Professor Daron Acemoglu. The…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  Now that I’ve completed the FEE, it’s time for the math diagnostic. I’ve got my freshman advising application in, as well as my MIT ID card photo and housing lottery…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  A few thoughts on last night’s episode of the reality television show “The Scholar”… Favorite commercial: Intel and its support of education programs (thank you, Intel!). Some nice footage from…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, “Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?” Yes, here it is (finally!). Freshman Admissions sara wrote, “I have a question and I hope…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  From the MIT News Office: ‘Green’ labs project wins EPA prize An MIT student design project has won a People, Prosperity and Planet Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume that we get a several month long summer vacation like students do. But that’s not…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  On Sunday, Phil (MIT ’07), Irene (MIT ’08), and I (MIT ’07) got lunch with our friend Carter (MIT ’07), who is interning for Apple this summer Unfortunately, Carter’s job…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  Why it Pays to Be a Math Geek (from msn.com) Selected passages: “Surviving those advanced integral calculus lectures and organic chemistry labs meant downing gallons of coffee, but that math-…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  Hello out there in TV Land. I’m Sam Maurer. You might remember me from such blogs as Mitra’s Blog. I’m sticking around MIT this summer turning turkey refuse into oil.…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  It’s nice to meet you. I’m a new freshman at MIT, a member of the Class of 2009. I was admitted early action and received the news around lunchtime on…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  ABC has a new reality television show called The Scholar, which is a college admissions-themed scholarship competition. The first of six episodes aired last night. ABC describes it like this:…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian Court for the MIT Commencement ceremonies. For the curious, here would be your projected MIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference of the New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC), hosted by Boston’s Northeastern University.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  Just when my 2-year-old finally starts sleeping through the night, we decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I’ll be out for most…

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  In a recent post, I wrote, "Our yield was even higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon (though preliminarily there are…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final game of the three-game set between the archrivals Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my favorite restuarants in Chinatown: Taiwan Cafe. Taiwan Cafe is the best place in town for…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  If you’ve haven’t yet read about (or danced on!) the MIT East Campus First East Disco Dance Floor, then what are you waiting for? First, go to the website Then…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005