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  UEA Internship Panel

  

  internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I ... and government. I had the honor of being the moderator for this amazing panel, and here are the questions I asked: 1. Please briefly

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  then there was Hall Rush (or In-House Rush...I guess if you're in, say ... , Nick '09, Zak '09, and Ross '09. I took some pictures at the East Campus/Senior Haus/Random Hall (I'm not sure Bexley showed up) Rush party, "Distant

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  to an Ivy League scholarship committee. As I was reading the article about the show in yesterday's New York Times, I learned something I didn ... . She sounds like someone who would be interesting to meet... I'll have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  The Time Traveler Convention keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now, three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it -- NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New York Times -- on page 1 of the national

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  were from MIT (including a student I had dinner with on Friday!). The ... only problems I can write without special characters). A1. Basketball ... comments section. As a former MIT math major (though I ultimately received

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most ... from the waitlist in the past few years? Should I even bother staying on ... does it work? Don't I have to let other colleges know by May 1? Is it

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the ... dark. Anyway, on to the pictures... I saw and got to chat with many awesome '07s, like Andrea (whom I forgot to congratulate for being one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  . Here, one team is working on "Drawing Conclusions I" (try it yourself at home!). Still trying to solve Drawing Conclusions I... Working on ... home. In my next few entries leading up to the Mystery Hunt, I'll link to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night ... the Senior House dormitory), who snuck in just as the film began. I didn't get a chance to talk with him, but as he was leaving I heard his one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  (because one wasn’t enough). I wasn’t there. I was sitting at a picnic table ... geese and seagulls from the bank. I spent Thanksgiving in Myrtle Beach ... with my brother from Pennsylvania a week ago and I joined them on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  -and-coding heaving schedules I’m used to. In a way, it’s really nice—I’m being ... reason about them. So I thought I’d take the opportunity of doing something I never thought I’d do at MIT—giving you an intro to my classes

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... published on the MIT Office of Digital Learning blog here.   I continue to ... thrilled to tell me about their projects, and I wanted to try all the demos

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  Update: although Pilot 2021 was canceled, I'm leaving the section about it ... a dining hall. I strongly believe that you shouldn't pick a dorm based ... me: I cannot cook. I had a meal plan during the first semester of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  students.” I was very pleased to endorse the report, along with more than 100 of my admissions colleagues at colleges around the country. I think ... expect. I believe there has been a growing mismatch between what students

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  I've talked a lot about Tagalog, and Tagalog songs, on the blogs, so ... they're shared between many other Philippine languages, so I think it ... parts of my identity, like Tagalog. In the post, I also mention OPM, an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  , back in April 2019. I had no conception of what the Bombers were at this time, but since I was staying on campus an extra day, I heard tons of students talking about the ongoing party. I had no interest in parties at the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  I’ve been home for winter break since last Sunday, and it’s been a ... ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away ... .[/annotation] Or, well, [annotation note="it will not be"]it will be when I post this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025