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• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  , sports, and the occasional hack." I hosted Episode 4, check it out! Hosting is harder than it looks! I have a newfound respect for Jon Stewart

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  hacking history comes to a close. I, for one, was quite impressed with the students behind "Howe & Ser." For the memories, I've below tallied some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  fire it at important events. Guess where the cannon is as I type this ... 2006 Brass Rat: Another view of the Brass Rat: I heard someone ask

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010... The deadline for registering for Campus Preview Weekend is tomorrow (Tuesday). I really hope you ... pictures and reviews to me; I hope to post some here. Finally, if you have

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

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  online on Saturday. I want to urge you one final time: if you have not ... . Our office phone number is 617-253-4791. With that said, I'm now leaving

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

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  After struggling to figure out what to blog about today, I decided to see what it was I wrote about one year ago today: For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes: we're reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  Manufacturing I Prof. Alex Slocum Develops students' competence and self ... problems. Matt notes: I'm pretty excited about the new major in Biological ... of great wars in the future. Historical cases include World War I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  operating smoothly now. I'll spare you all the gory details of what happened ... servers - we're MIT and we have kickass servers - but sometimes I think the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next ... , November 11. I saw Hot Hot Heat on a previous tour swing through Boston, and ... Thomas the week before, and Ludacris is in town tonight) Last entry, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  going on that are pretty exciting, and for all of you '09s reading this, I ... said. I can say this from experience. It's a lot of fun; don't miss out.

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn ... LuisObispo.com. You can read the story yourself here, but I'll pull out some choice ... -4307 "Gap Year" is a bit of a loaded term, I think, with images of British

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  about Boston: public transportation (I don't own or need a car!), the ... Fun fact about yourself: I'm (very slowly) learning Mandarin Chinese. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  . ``Obviously it's not built for the road,'' he said.   I don't know if they were issued a fine, but if so, I'd be more than happy to help defray the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  motivations. Fun fact about yourself: I flew a jet (alongside a pilot) for about 30 minutes - and I landed it too.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne (Jo-Jo) Chang '03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  I finished finals yesterday (Tuesday), so now I am pretty much done with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and scary thought. Here are some photographs from Ring Delivery, last

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  I've gotten a few search engine hits for "MIT ISEF Luncheon," so for those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of ... Assistant Director of Admissions Matt McGann. I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  I'm still reeling a bit from the last thread, I must admit. Let me say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give that power to someone else. Don't give it to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  international selection. It was extremely difficult, but I'm very excited ... had a quick item about stress and the college admissions process... I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005