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  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  middle of the Charles River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below: Okay, so I'm not much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right ... Walker Memorial. Over the years, I've watched the fireworks from many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  , she also thinks Sawyer is cute. So last week, I combined her two loves ... 'll celebrate it with my favorite pig in the world! [I promise you, the below ... famous A&F catalog: Without further ado, I present this year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Status Deadline to schedule interview for EA applicants extended.

  

  this deadline to Monday, 10/23. I'll keep you posted on other relevant updates as I receive them. Edit: As of 11PM today (thursday) the MyMIT site

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  amazing ability to turn genes on and off at their whim. I used RNAi during ... . And today, I was hoping that we'd go 3 for 3! But, it was announced that ... ago I decided to build one with my molecular model kit because my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but ... E/ECE/ChemE/BioE etc), AFTER four years? I really like that MIT has gotten the admissions up to near 50/50 like startup-school Olin College has, but I'm afraid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for the fall semester. More info and data on that when I know more.If you ... -www at mit dot edu. They know more than we do at this point.I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... -- which I am cautiously optimistic we will -- the odds are that it won't be ... admitted, in all likelihood. I hope that you will have another great choice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out whether you've been admitted to MIT or not. I want to express to you all my ... skills you'll receive in college. I am confident in your abilities, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Meets The OC Be sure to watch the April 6 episode!

  

  Ben, I hope this message finds you well and enjoying the winter. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year of the Origami Dog A beautiful folded-paper version of Evie the dog.

  

  February 21). I expect to see some nice entries; I'll post them when the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  One of my favorite things to do that I don't really have time for is watching TV; however, when I do have time (*cough* IAP *cough*) I manage to ... I'm sure this isn't the best way to spend my time, I somehow can

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt). There are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure ... . Please let me know how I can help to put it into a perspective that helps

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), which is located just down the road from MIT! I pass this spiffy new building every time I walk to the supermarket or to Harvard and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The O.C. My first Central Meeting of the year.

  

  , Orange County, Florida... though I will be holding a meeting in the "real ... scores: 0 While driving in the car yesterday, I heard MIT Civil & ... , I came across an article in today's Boston Globe about Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... should I expect? Also, the local ECs will introduce themselves. They ... answer every question fully. I've found that even students and families who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  everything below my waist was just a little bit nippy. But actually, I don't think I had the worst biking attire: Matt '08 almost tore the side ... all. Did I mention that Matt '08 is dating Ruth '07? That seems

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  This was one of those days on which I just did so much that I can ... detail like I usually do in my blog entries; rather, I'll just discuss the ... imagination. I awoke with a jerk. Finding that the weather report was calling

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading room of Hayden Library... one of a very short list of places where I am ... 's just a nice place to sit and think. So here's my list of Things I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below: Okay, so I'm not ... , I've watched the fireworks from many locations on and around campus ... until sunset. I love the folks at MIt Sailing and highly recommend that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit, and we took a mini-trip to Santa Cruz, Capitola, Monterey, and ... call it, Velocity We woke up insanely early to go on a fishing trip. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005