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  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly wrote, “I just wish the bloggers themselves posted more.” Well, there have been several things holding me…

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

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now Sunday.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  I don’t want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida… but it’s snowing here, and it is beautiful. I’m overlooking this winter wonderland as I’m reading applications today,…

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

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  New portlets are coming soon. Not sure how soon, but as soon as I can manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton’s schedule, you’ll see them in the portal.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  I came into my office on Friday and guess what was waiting for me? That’s right — the first completed folders of the year. The brown folders are your complete…

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

  (Q & A)^n

  

  Like many of you, I stayed up quite late watching the election returns come in. I had many election-watching options to choose from, including the Tremulant concert at TT the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  Yes, several days without blogging. I’m sure you’ve been waiting with bated breath. Where have I been? Well, for the past ten minutes, I was down in the Admissions Records…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  The site is back online and peace has been restored to my world. :-) The last two days have been somewhat insane, but I’m glad everything has returned to normal.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to dinner at one of Boston’s yummy Russian-Armenian restaurants, Cafe Levonya. The borscht was very, very yummy,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  I’m sitting on my couch with my friend Jeff (who, after graduating with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from MIT in Urban Studies & Planning, Jeff is now a city…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  We had our reading season kickoff meeting today, which checked in at just over four hours. It was awesome. Fun, intellectual, inspiring. In preparation for the meeting, we were all…

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read all the posts from the beginning, and also check out the student blogs: Mitra, Kevin, and…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8 or 9 years old and have been ever since. After the Red Sox’ big…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  Giant celebrations in Boston/Cambridge last night for the Red Sox’ big comeback victory against the Yankees in the American League Championship Series. My friends and I had planned a West…

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

  The Final Countdown

  

  I’ve just finished in New York City, where I did my last two days of outreach to students for the season. After this, I’ll head back to the office where,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  As you know, I’ve been traveling frequently these days, and the trips have given me a good opportunity to catch up on some work-related reading. Recently books include Count Down…

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

  To tell the truth

  

  On Tuesday night, I told the audience at my Central Meeting in Hackensack, NJ something that wasn’t true. In this neck of the woods, people are very into the Yankees-Red…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  Now that it’s high season for interviews (especially for you early action folks), I’ve been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My MIT interview was with an elderly…

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

  In Stereo

  

  I just returned from seeing an LSC free sneak preview of I Heart Huckabees with a pretty enthusistic MIT crowd. LSC has these sneak previews fairly regularly. In my years…

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

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I’m much busier than I thought I’d be: behind on email, behind on blogging, and I completely…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004