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  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  recipient of a Presidential Medal in 2001." I will post photographs of the poster session once I can steal them from the MIT News Office. I know for a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  I've just finished assembling and sealing hundreds of packages with the rest of the admissions team. Not my favorite part of the job (I ... pics of me & Nance having some fun a few minutes ago. I wonder who the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  I just got this email, and I'm excited. Any recommendations on who we should take out to dinner or where we should go out to eat? Mitra ... Professor Virk teaches 10.301 and I hear he's a fan of Nelly

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  coffee - yep, I think I could make that a daily event, especially in the ... . Edmund, Nance and I rarely miss our daily morning coffee run. Our

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  applicants I've already seen, I am disappointed to know that we won't be able ... means that the MIT Class of 2010 will be among the best ever. I'm excited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  way. I'll keep you updated over the course of the day. Let's use this ... and weight guesses will receive gifts from Bryan (Ha! I love hijacking his blog and making promises on his behalf!). Personally I am hoping

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  326 the year before. What should I do now? I recommend spending the ... want to reread Marilee's recent post. [But MIT is my dream school, I can ... attracted to MIT's campus culture, I've found these students often are also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  So I began this entry on Sunday night, but am just getting around to finishing it now. I'll share why. So at home, we had a little pipe burst in ... really start learning when you get to MIT. I have a few friends who row

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  (Note: to everyone who has emailed or commented with questions, I got your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a ... . While I rested most of the weekend, Sunday proved interesting. Join me for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  Another busy week of classes has come to end! To celebrate, I went ... massages, and much, much more (did I mention they were all free?). It's only ... Dunkin Donuts gift cards (my personal favorite!) Anyway, I hope everyone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  products. Basically, my grad student Andy and I are building a reactor and ... in this Discover article. Not to brag, but I got to have dinner with ... Pennsylvania Amish country? Well, actually, I have, Mr. Adams. By the way, we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Often I don't even ... Extraordinaire 7) Matt 8) Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment (And I'm taking the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  Roger Ebert is my favorite film critic; I think he's got an honest face, he truly cares about movies, and I usually agree with his reviews ... : All of this is just a way of leading up to the gut reaction I had all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  On Friday evening, I was lounging around being bored. There were ... about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years after they graduate. I enjoy talking to them - well, most of them

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make ... - complete with photos. I am sad to report that the story doesn't have the happiest of endings. I think Amrys summarized it best with this quote: "Never

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I'm in the American Southwest... Yesterday, I had ice cream with some of the MIT Class of 2009 folks who are here for ISEF: From ... Inexpensive, New Technique for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Today, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM ... by the ARC - so my knowledge thereof is a bit limited. I just spoke ... enormous pile of folders they have waiting to go out. So here's what I can

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  up on chores, etc. It was nice to have a day at home, though I used the ... . Tonight, I'm going to a screening of the Oscar-nominated short films at the ... Russian and Jewish folks. Tomorrow will be Selection Day 6; I also hope to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  . Though it's been a lot of work, I've been having a lot of fun. Selecting ... . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the table. So while we're buried in the committee room, here's a topic I

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  -filled college admissions discussion sites; this one made me laugh out loud: I ... ) 5. I forgot what the last one was, but it was some weird national ... , guarantee admission? I think not. We admit people, not numbers or achievements.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005