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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  do we deal with the disease burden? How do we improve schools? OR 11 ... partner with community organizations in developing countries, and formulate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one. My mom pointed this out last night, and unless I'm missing something, I agree with her that American Idol's voting system may have some issues. Did you

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  admit. It was extremely difficult! I had thought we were done with tough ... until we are fully satisfied with the class. For those of you who were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  with an unbelievably fast time. However, they instead chose to use this ... 's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  A message for juniors out there: with the deadline for the June testing date approaching, I highly recommend signing up for SAT Subject ... this year or whichever subject with which you are most familiar. A few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  an MIT class be without some form of software associated with it. In his last day lecturing us, Professor Yaffe put up a transparency with a

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  with more than just one person? Thanks for that, it was really helpful ... rooms with more than just one roommate. If, after the housing adjustment ... with, you can staple your floor preferences together and you will be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  Valentine's Day: did you know that those little candy hearts with sayings on ... America's candy universe, with 32 candy factories (including those for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  , but it is likely to be fewer than last year's 383, and with application ... many difficult decisions. This year, we have a great applicant pool, with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  graduate with flying colors, you head to graduate school, generally to a Ph ... extremely lucrative for people with a strong technical background) or be a ... program and come out a) exhausted and b) with two sparkly degrees and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... ..." but then I gave it a few seconds of thought and concluded, with some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  have joined me to see MIT's oldest co-ed a capella group (with a nerdy ... big a capella weekend, with concerts by Resonance (December 9), the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  the book tour for his latest, Busting Vegas, that he wrote with Semyon ... with his unheard of system." 10-250 (Home of 3.091) was PACKED. This

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  Engineering) Among doing other things, Elyse is very involved with MIT ... 't comfortable with the idea of them, I'll have you know that when we left the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  around on a dock with a Vietnamese children's choir and singing "even ... concern themselves with work at the molecular level--characterizing a new ... .61). A chemical engineer isn't going to be concerned so much with exactly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  spots throughout Boston... while I never had any probelms with dropped ... people have similar trouble with T-Mobile, which is unsurprising since even ... in an elevator once. Their $40 "America's Choice" plan is on par with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  , from five continents (sorry, Australia). Interacting with the counselors ... university with many more offerings than just science and engineering, and that ... , Architecture, Literature, etc. It was also good to interact with my colleagues

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

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  not use the scores in admissions decisions until it is satisfied with ... very moment, I'm in MIT Room 10-250 with 500 or so other people listening

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  them, with financial concerns being worked out, peer ... with these issues so that everyone can make their best choice. Please let

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  Today's tie: blue/gray/slate-colored. I worked with Amy and a student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch ... nation to take the step of fusing molecular and cellular bioscience with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005