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  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  entry, Kevin '11, Joe '12, and I had an on-camera discussion about how GEL has affected our view on leadership. For your reference, Joe starts ... The Tech, went on a field trip to MassWeb, the newspaper's publisher

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm ... having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  Things you should not do on Athena, not even accidentally, because it will wreak havoc on any link you have made to anything in it ever ever ... . JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW. Anyway, half the photo posts on my blog

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on shape and the prominent beaver on its bezel, but the specific details of ... first). There's an extensive entry on Wikipedia; I would link to all the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  online application on or before January 3. If you are applying on paper, have the Post Office postmark and mail your materials on or before ... appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is fully staffed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  the final "submit" button of your online application on or before January 1. If you are applying on paper, have the Post Office postmark and mail your materials on or before January 1. However, I strongly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... the application. My favorite spelling error on MIT applications is ... on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  on out, and therefore I can say, Hello! I'm Kim. Well, I guess I ... as time went on. Eventually I had a power amplifier that I could use to ... lab -- how exciting! I've also been working on assignments for my other

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the ... (or post it on the MIT 2012 Facebook group). Please include names of ... the Movies" here on the blog on Monday. Your picture will get bonus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total ... take a good photo of something that's over 360,000 kilometers away on a ... in the middle of writing a HASS paper on the Hippocratic Oath, so I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  application on or before January 1. If you are applying on paper, have the Post Office postmark and mail your materials on or before January 1. However, I ... and for it to appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  especially noteworthy going on right now, let's just have a look at what's on ... fairly often. We try not to walk barefoot on the splinters and shards, but ... obscure organs on offer didn't prove too popular, unfortunately. A revolting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  lifeguard is cool, but triples look way cooler :) Come on, you don't think we ... owned- so we go on all the rides in both parks for free on our lunch ... climbing up the slides on foot when people get stuck. =P Anonymous said: umm

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those people accepted a place on the waitlist. But it just isn't ethical to keep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  On Friday, I attended a Undergraduate Economics Association ... juicy bit of information: He's on the Board of Directors for Nokia! Nice. Professor Holmstrom's economic research focuses on incentives and

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

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on the papasan and catch up on some reading. This weekend, I got so caught ... appearances in this blog: On video games On Star Wars & Harry Potter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  If any of you have attended one of my MIT info sessions, either on campus or on the road, you've heard me talk about MIT's 2+ miles of underground tunnels. On mornings like these (3 degrees when I left the house), I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  working on each decision: which students will be admitted, which will be ... will be sent via postal mail. We will not be releasing decisions on the web, on email, or over the phone. The date of the mailing will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the ... advantage of our free rides on the T, we went to JP Licks. Susan Hockfield

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  , where a national musical act performs on campus. The headliners for this ... know Lloyd Banks from 50 Cent's crew G Unit. The concert will be on the ... cool events. On the Friday afternoon of every Spring Weekend, you'll find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005