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  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
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I’m in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting tomorrow. You may wonder what Admissions Officers do when they’re on the road on a non-working day. Well, for…

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

  camer-AHHHHH! redux

  

  Mitra always has snazzy photos on her blog (though I am sad to hear about her recent camera issues), while mine, so far, is just text. So on my last…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  In numerical order, this term, I am taking: 4.614; 7.012; 14.02; 14.30; 21A.453 In alphabetical order, this term, I am taking: Anthropology of Middle East Biology Principles of Macroeconomics Religious…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  I’m back in Boston now with five Central Meetings under my belt: Long Island, Queens, Northern Virginia, Suburban Maryland, and Baltimore. Next up: the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area, starting…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  Instead of writing only about student life, I’m gonna try to write about some cool places on campus too. If you have any particular places or things you’d like to…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  I’m at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my fall meetings this Sunday in Plainview, NY. Yesterday, I went fishing with my uncle out in…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I’ve returned from France to the States just in time for lots of exciting things: the arrival of the Class of 2008 on campus, the announcemen of MIT’s new president,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I’m about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT’s…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  Before you ask where my blog title (“The McGann Factor”) came from, I’ll just come right out and tell you: Ben made me choose it. But I’ve grown to really…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  Name: Matthew Lawrence McGann Occupation: Admissions Officer Employer: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology As a consequence of my job, I am frequently asked to tell various chapters of my life…

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

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  Hi folks, My name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions office. My job, among other things, is to manage this site. I write stuff, I edit…

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004