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  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... know their classmates and MIT. Thre are more than a dozen different Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), each covering a different subject

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  's space flights have included MIT-educated astronauts, who have logged a ... Institute of Tech, Technology, is a good technical school. Math and science ... 'd probably do a career in something math and science. Back in the late '70s or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... sophomore year at a party at Baker, but I wasn't really aware of his existence ... be an usher!) that he had a crush on me. Being a boy, Carl promptly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the ... Council 10:00-11:15am PANEL SESSION I - followed by Q & A Science and Technology for a Clean Energy Future * Yang Shao-Horn - Session Chair

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  , my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega (AXO), had a chocolate fondue party, where ... , it went off without a hitch, with about fifty staff members and 400 ... a row house on Commonwealth Avenue (two minutes from Fenway Park.) The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  *Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of ... , trust me, it was raining harder than it looked). My brother still had a blast, though. (I'll put a picture of me and my bro on later to embarrass

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  There was a nice article in yesterday's Boston Globe about the ... origins of schizophrenia and autism. They talk a little bit about ... building is a plan to try to combine brain-scanning with genetics to figure

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

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... kids. In the ER, we had an amazing doctor who diagnosed him with a really

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  semester. 14.33 requires a 10 page group paper (ours was an events study analysis of natural disasters on natural resource firms) and a 10 page ... maximization). As you may have guessed, 14.33 also requires a lot of work. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  this entry on those questions (a formal Questions Omnibus will follow in a few days). Sendie asked, "Hrm... how many apps do you usually ... fully evaluate and summarize a folder. We're expected to read applications

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  So depending on a) what major you are, b) what classes you choose to ... what I had due this week: Monday -- nothing Tuesday -- 21A.260 paper on dualism in Western thought (7 pages), 21A.100 paper on cultural relativism

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  from other examination boards (like GCSE O or A Levels that I am taking ... -US grading systems. In fact, your system (O/A Levels) is probably the grading ... 're professionals! Victoria wrote, "Just one more question: I found a tidbit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here ... or her a call or write him or her an email. You should do this, not one ... , test scores, etc. They want to learn about you as a person. This is your

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  befriended by a group of warrior women with a quiver of arrows. They give Joe ... 9 8 2 1 4 5 3 6 4 7 5 Discussion: This is just a map, can't do too much with it unless you know how to traverse it. CLUES: A few of these

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few nights ago, we went on a skinny-dipping expedition to the famous Walden ... quite useful to carry a flashlight and multitool at MIT - it's a bit of a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  . First, an applicant should never assume something to be true about a school unless he or she has verified it with a primary source. Serving as ... (for which I still owe you the summary, I know) we had a group discussion

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide. The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a nice park along the Charles River, which separates Boston from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  you to get yourself a Kerberos Identity/Athena username. What will this ... task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... check the MIT directory to get a preliminary idea. If your first name or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  The other day, Katharine wrote: Matt, I have a question/concern. It ... chooses a major at the end of freshman year.* *n.b. Actually, you need not choose a major until the middle of sophomore year, though most students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your ...  [email protected]. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get your ... a financial hardship, we’ll waive it. If you had been planning, but