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  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  to grad school. You are not the same person you'll be at the end of ... for worse. Tonight I am highlighting the differences between me as a 17 ... scores 2001: Pretty good, but nothing really outstanding in the applicant

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  fixing all the links in all the blog entries ever written... turns out that ... the most ergonomic work surface anyone's ever used. 2. The most exciting thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so ... ! If anyone wants to add themselves, his email address is on the page. The address is: https

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  ROY HESS The Brownsville Herald May 25, 2006 -- The opportunity that lies ahead for St. Joseph Academy senior Daniel Guillen is one of the ... -year starter on the Bloodhound football team, has consistently ranked No. 3 in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  First, an aside Today, Adam and I were on the subway heading to the ... ). We were on an inbound Red Line train, and the conductor kept adamantly ... now, the real stuff A common concern voiced about applying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ecosystems And Web Sites A science question & general check-in.

  

  biodiversity" survive for five million years without any direct contact with the ... 've begun my big summer project - redesigning the admissions web site. The new

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  be in now because it's not easy to get into some dorm in the re ... within the same dorm!" Omar, you have a good point, but you are overstating it. Drew, you should make every effort to get into the optimal place

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roadtrip! Spontaneity is my middle name.

  

  So since the semester is over, and Boston is a little wet to say the least, I decided that today, I'm going to take a little road trip to NYC ... ? Any NYC readers out there have any recommendations? Pictures and the

  • by Bryan
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Belle and Sebastian were voted the world's best ... , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... the past five entries or so that I should take just one entry to catch

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  of nowhere Bryan: a piano fell out of the sky Diana: HAHA Bryan ... ! ;) Diana: in the 80s i think, they used to throw a piano off the roof like ... moved the street Diana: and when we tried hurling the piano to the new

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  walking down the Infinite with my advisor where SAVE (Save A Vital Earth) was promoting an energy campaign titled "Do It In The Dark." As part of their campaign they were handing out flyers and glow in the dark

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  I'm sure that that's true. However, the disparity between those ... valid question. I fully understand the arguement that the female applicant ... thing to note might be the trend in female applicants over the years

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... dreaming about big envelopes the way you used to dream about reindeer. You

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  the financial aid tracking portlet in your MyMIT account. If you have any questions, please contact the financial aid office directly via ... directly to the financial aid office (contact info above). Thanks! (I'll turn

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but ... 've just begun. :-) As soon as I know the official day, YOU will know

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  I participated in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP) this past week. Though the acronym sounds awfully like UROP, the ... MIT students have the technical background and overall smarts required

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... attendance. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year Everyone! See you in 2006.

  

  've caught up with the latest blog questions in the last entry...) See you in 2006! :-) B. P.S. A big thanks to Timur for the Santa Banners on Matt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  application will once again be considered by the committee during regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular action applications. We will admit the best applications we can during regular action

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

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  a far better job than I could of keeping the masses in the know about the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter-programming. Behold in Awesome Wonderment the pace from which I execute MIT Admissions

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005