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  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  in Brigham Young's historic house (where, for the first time, I tied ... Problem Solving. For those of you who don't know about AoPS, it is the best ... , USACO is the best program for high school students interested in pursuing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  Since I start grad school orientation tomorrow, and tomorrow is Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I figured today would be a good day for me to hang up my blogging hat. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  details to your imagination, for now at least). The picture was taken from ... in The Matrix): (Click on either photo for a zoomed-in view)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  I have to admit that I don't have fifty pieces of advice for anybody ... important thing you'll learn is how to ask for help. And that's still true, but I guess the failing part happens before the asking for help part, so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes, okay, it's true that you can just show up on the first day for any class ... , they'll probably find room for you. But my universe tends toward disorder

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I ... for any food at all) at this point during Orientation, but if you are

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  the AP exam, to 1) prepare us for the exams even more, and 2) allow us ... , I was actually surprised to find that I could get credit for them ... , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me ... House). I got mine at Target for around $110 and it was definitely worth the price. You can also look around your hometowns for used bikes or ask

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  For those of you who are closely following the Doonesbury comic strip story... (brush up by checking out Matt's entry #1, entry #2, and entry #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  -year life cycle I bought a JuniorTicket for 13.40 from the Leverkusen ... I'm living Köln or Bonn as much as I want. Even though it pays for ... around for my French friends to give me rides, and I go to Köln as much as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  . For all of you medical school hopefuls (yes, the admissions process ... lines of a statement like, "An understanding of the past is necessary for ... it would be really difficult to sit still for 8 hours (yes, the test

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  muscles, you can still get your legs up there using your momentum. (For ... land for long before we began risking our lives yet again. The leaning

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  So the presentation that I was making Photoshop slides for last time? I ... "shut up Mollie, you've been dating him for over two years, I know he ... write it (this is my project, anyway, and I've been working on it for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanks What is your fantasy class? Vote yet again.

  

  Thanks for all of the advice on my previous entry. I have decided to take 11.025J D-Lab: Development, since I have studied "issues of ... visual and auditory processing for perception and sensorimotor control

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  words may never hurt me." If only. For a long time, I questioned whether ... other than my potential to do well at MIT. For a little while, I even ... my experience really reflects the desire for some of the people who

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is ... 's still been done for a couple weeks now :(" And Anonymous wrote, "Why have ... can look into it for you, too. I've already been able to track down some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  's definition for a transfer student." Leo, it is not true that rejected MIT ... for why you admitted -- it's because you are awesome. Don't let any ... applied for MITES when you apply in the fall?" And Anonymous wrote, "Matt

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  !) and released hosting assignments for CPW. Here's what the crowd at the ... hosts on hand, so we may be able to accommodate some late registrants for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  a tangent for a second, I have to say that one of my absolute favorite ... schedule for working the Registration and Help Desks, so you can come by and ... &-new I personally voted for the "rocking out scientifically" one, just

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  working hard to finalize plans for the ~500 events we're going to cram into ... many people "in real life" for the first time. Please come say hi! Here ... are the ones I REALLY hope you'll attend (for reasons which will become

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006