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  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan. I’m a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts, but…

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  Name: Alia Burton Job title: Admissions Counselor Hometown: Philadelphia, PA High school: Philadelphia High School for Girls College: MIT, Class of 2005, Course 1 (Civil Engineering) Favorite things about MIT:…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  With today’s next post, I’ll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some of us you already know through the blogs…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Jo-Jo Update

  

  At Saturday’s Miss Massachusetts finals (see previous post), Joanne Chang ’03 advanced to the Semi-Final round but, sadly, did not win. (The winner was the former captain of the New…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I’ll admit that it’s been a slow week for me, so I’m going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by Chicago economist Steven Levitt.…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  There’s a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne (Jo-Jo) Chang ’03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was serving as…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It’s truly something that I’ll…

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little “free time” so I decided to peruse some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this tendency of…

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  This entry will employ reverse chronology, kind of like “Memento,” which I have never seen, or that episode of “Seinfeld,” which I have seen. I know, it’s a bold move…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  Timings for Boston-area Info Sessions & Tours, Summer 2005 Find below the timings for information sessions and campus tours at MIt & other Boston area colleges frequently visited by our…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven’t posted in so long! My friend Rose ’05 came to visit, and we took a mini-trip to Santa Cruz, Capitola, Monterey, and Watsonville. We went to the…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  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