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  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  45 minutes in length and are conducted by admissions officers (I do one ... out of the way. Do your best to find deals for the better hotels on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  up the coast, but we do get some pretty sweet nor'easters, especially ... in the church himself (he sent somebody else to do it), and that the it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  actually do make some regular hot dogs now, but that's only because of the ... brain and cog sci) and doing research in bioengineering

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  a tough sell. I thought that all I had to do was to show up and tell ... grounded and relevant. On those days when I wonder why I do this for a living

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  -- you can do so by going to these links, in this order: http ... ://web.mit.edu/ist/services/messaging/jabber.html. e) Want to upload things to your MIT Athena or Web space? You can do

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  's limited to 100 students in a lottery. So, we'll see if I can do it. I ... who still don't have any idea what they want to do with their lives. If

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  an MIT woman. I'll say right up front -- although I do understand why ... as you're smart and good at what you do, nobody cares whether you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  him or her is the moment that you have made you voice irrelevant. Do ... you uncle fix the brakes on your car; or let your uncle do your taxes

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... now going to tell you about how much work I had to do last week, and you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  Although I do make active attempts to avoid goopiness and introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of ... pressure to work hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  doing her MEng in the EECS department, but she told me she couldn't answer ... email), "Do you consider MIT graduate biology? I have heard somewhere that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  -and-black barcodes on the sample playing field. We do much of our work in 38 ... what we've been doing. The final contest is on February 3, so expect more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  'll do an entry on MIT campus legends, if I can recognize enough of them ... back on, but here's one thing I do know: shampoo commericals make my eyes

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  that may be six, since I'm still waiting on one. You do want to get ... SAT, you will probably do well on the GRE -- they're pretty much the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  this morning to harvest my cells. The good news is that I'll be doing two ... do this again?' But I digress. The indomitable Adam won third place in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  's exactly what you hope to do when choosing where to attend college. The same ... would you like to see in print in the coming year? - What do you never

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  , and do not have to choose a major until the middle of their second term ... object lesson in what not to do. As I've said before, I had decided to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  . Students have the option of either staying at home/traveling/doing whatever ... planning on doing for the rest of IAP? Sleeping? Reading? Watching movies? Ah

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  You'll get another new entry today as I work on my 20 page paper. But, until you do, here are three things you can contemplate: DID YOU KNOW? 1 ... !"). Unfortunately, I would have had to run like an entire marathon to do that, so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  begins! 3098 applications, up ~10% from last year. Doing the math, it ... , it will be Friday. I'll keep you posted. I hope you all are doing well

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005