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  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  Thanks to Kiersten for being my 4000th comment! Also, thanks to Jeff who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT professor Henry Jenkins on Star…

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

  Nerd movie update

  

  Like many of you, I caught Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith this weekend. If you stayed through the credits, you saw the name of my old…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I’m on my way now to my brother’s graduation in Pennsylvania. I’m not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT’s Commencement, but I’m sure…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I’ve been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 – woot!) and it’s finally come to me. We had our…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  I had a great time last week at ISEF. This is what it looked like: 1400+ students and 1100+ projects from across the world were at ISEF. One of my…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  Yesterday’s New York Times had another article about the new SAT, and Marilee was quoted. Here are those paragraphs: The director of undergraduate writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  I finished finals yesterday (Tuesday), so now I am pretty much done with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and scary thought. Here are…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I’m in the American Southwest… Yesterday, I had ice cream with some of the MIT Class of 2009 folks who are here for ISEF: From left to right: Nick,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I’m in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the Arizona Diamondbacks-Washington Nationals baseball game at…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  I’ve gotten a few search engine hits for “MIT ISEF Luncheon,” so for those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of Admissions will host…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I’m currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all intentions to do so, we will…

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

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I’ll just keep it short. In a nutshell, we’re not going to be able to admit anyone from the waitlist this…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Today, I’m back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three college fairs in New York City this past week. It was a fun week! First was…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  Many of you have already received it, but for those of you anxiously awaiting your Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) video introduction to MIT’s dorms, you can watch the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  Just got back from the inauguration of MIT’s sixteenth president, Susan Hockfield. Both of the office cameras were checked out by others, so I’ve failed you in the photo department.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  The Time Traveler Convention keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now, three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it — NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New…

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

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  While we are still waiting to hear from everyone, and hence it is too early to know anything about the waitlist, the Next Big Mailing (NBM) is on its way…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Check out these t-shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if Salvador and Amy each read 922 applications,…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I’m in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone’s throw from the New York Stock Exchange (maybe I’ll see fellow MIT alum and NYSE CEO John Thain…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here’s the scoop – it’s not sent out by admissions, rather, it’s handled by the ARC –…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005