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  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights ago we did our traditional decorating of the tree. Just 2.8 miles from my house (according to…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  I’m back at my parents’ home now (watching reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), after spending a wonderful long weekend in Boston with them. On Saturday, we started at China…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to this… I’d just like to remind folks that blogging is not in my job description, nor is…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  As you know, I’m a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night was the premiere of Swades, the latest film from Oscar-nominated director Ashutosh Gowariker (Lagaan), starring Shahrukh…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks – a comment I received in response to the last entry: I happen to know that girl (bus driver) and it is unbelievable the amount of impact an…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  While the period known as “End of term” certainly brings finals anxiety, it also brings many events and traditions celebrating the conclusion of a great semester. You’ve probably already heard…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

    December 16, 10pm MIT Intramural C League Ice Hockey   Aeronautics/Astronautics 1 MIT Alumni Club of Boston 1   Alumni goal: Matt MacLeod   I came out of last…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Biological Engineering major

  

  From Wednesday’s faculty meeting… Motion for a Bachelor of Science (S.B.) in Biological Engineering Moved, that the Faculty approves the proposal of the Biological Engineering Division to offer an S.B.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out… Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress NPR Morning Edition story: College Admissions: What Not…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  So, if you’ve been deferred, you may be asking, “What now?” First, you should know that at MIT, a deferral isn’t just a “polite rejection.” Your application will once again…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  I can see from the comments that many of you are, quite understandably, very anxious. I’ve seen this twice a year for the past four years of being an admissions…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  While there’s no delivery of post today, I can assure you that the good men & women of the United States Postal Service are even as I write moving your…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I’ve been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt compelled to log it here before hitting the sack… Please, please, don’t take the MIT admissions decision as…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  Well, you heard it here first. The letters are in the mail. For the record, I can’t believe what an incredible group of people you are, both academically and personally.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  — EDITED 12/11/04 09:50 AM EST — The postman picking up all 383 Admit Letters… Actually, this photo only shows about half of the admit letters, as overall there were…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  Odds & ends

  

  Odds & ends… December 9, 9pm MIT Intramural C League Ice Hockey Aero/Astro 6 MIT Alumni Club of Boston 1 Alumni goal: David Kravitz For all you anime fans, a…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  A parent posted a great comment on my last entry, with too much to talk about for one entry (especially since I have a hockey game to play in quite…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  The selection process continues here, and there’s not much I can update you on at this point. We work towards solidifying our early action admits and mailing the early action…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  Selection can be pretty mentally taxing, so luckily the days tend to be shorter (ending ~4pm) and we get breaks when we need them. During one of the breaks today,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I’m looking forward to watching “The Incredibles” tonight and not thinking about Admissions (and taking off the tie that…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004