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  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  Thursday: Medlinks auction So on Thursday, the Medlinks had a dating ... ourselves as we walked up the catwalk in front of our potential dates. "Bryan ... and watching kung fu." Points if you can guess the movie allusion

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Caltech, Bring IT on Just some harmless rivalry...

  

  From the Caltech homepage: Caltech Pranked by MIT Today MIT pulled ... cannon that has been on the Caltech campus since 1972. It now sits in a courtyard at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus. More info here

  • by Bryan
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... CPW... our preview weekend is nothing like the "Hearst College" (Stanford South?) preview weekend on the most recent episode of Veronica Mars

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Citius, Altius, Mens et Manus In the words of a great woman, "Yay, a hack!"

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The United States won 9 gold medals in the most recent Winter Olympics in Torino. ..and many thanks to Joe '06 for showing up with this photograph at 6:30 in the AM. Bigger? Even bigger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  , and water = the 3 food groups?) They encouraged us to rub and smell the chocolate, but I skipped that step. I did follow orders when it came to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  So how does a boy from Texas survive the oftentimes harsh winters of ... start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... myself. I learned about the difference between frostbite and frostnip. I

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do ... retrospective entries for you when I'm not so busy... like on the weekends. Think of it like a box full of memories. ...and the Trumpet of Coffee On

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  , the 2005 Nobels in Economics were announced. Congrats to the two 2005 ... . Schelling. The Nobel website has a nice summary of their work on "conflict and cooperation through the lens of game theory." Aumann actually is an MIT alum

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  So typically when people hear the words "fraternity party," they ... , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might ... semester, our chef, Karen, who is a trained pastry chef, makes some of the

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  MIT Admissions officers travel across the country during this season ... about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a ... the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  crufty alums being around in the last serveral days, in part to various other things going on which I will not bother to ennumerate here. The ... 't enjoy the grade schools I was in to varying degrees, but I never felt

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  Sam's Mom successfully conspired with Mitra to drag me to the Clay Aiken concert Sunday night at the Bank of America Pavilion. Though I'm by far the biggest fan of American Idol at MIT, I was still a little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port ... each year, and that it is the largest food festival in the country. On 101S, immediately (2 seconds) after we pass the "Welcome to Gilroy" sign

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked through the morning until lunch arrived, delicious barbecue from Blue Ribbon Barbecue. At lunch, we had a visitor: Akash, a student admitted to the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  the portal. (Quinton is the code-master around here; he's constantly making adjustments and enhancements to the application that generates MyMIT. His to-do list is a mile long.) Anyway, new portlets. Here are the

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

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

  

  preparation for the meeting, we were all assigned the same three applications to review over the weekend. Despite the fact that I'm a fairly new reader, I ... " with the rest of the office is already pretty good. Go instinct! I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or ... strong match between the applicant and the Institute. Our very open
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  How does MIT help student entrepreneurs?

  The MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity throughout the MIT community by matching both prospective ... the entrepreneur(s) in sessions that provide practical, day
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What student disabilities services are available?

  MIT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for students ... with disabilities receive equal access to all of the Institute's programs ... visit the DAS contact page for more information.
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  What summer programs are available?

  the dorms. There are a number of small, specialized summer programs on campus, but they're not run by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Most programs have their own website with the application process clearly outlined