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  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  A preview, courtesy of today's MIT homepage: It was 2:03 pm when I ... had finished early. I had two minutes to get to Kresge auditorium, where ... )? I had no idea, but ever since elementary school I have dreamed of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  care of this for you. Random fun: In this post I mentioned that Shannon ... best job in the world. And then I [think about the admit rate], and I ... you have to adjust the 11.6% and 88.4% accordingly. I'll leave it to you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill ... permanent basis. "I appreciate the confidence that Dan Hastings, Paul Gray ... vibrancy and energy with them, and I respect the importance of the role the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  Lobby 7. Paul and I will be on Smallish Momenta (an anagram of "Simmons ... ); Snively will be on Death From Above; and I'd assume Bryan will be on Too Much Clue. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  around an extremely pleasant 65 degrees! My classmates and I took advantage of the warm spell by being outside as much as possible. I saw a group ... guitar, basket of food, and blanket), and I was pretty envious. I chose to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  size of the fire and frequency of water dumps), I can't help but think ... luckily only one house was destroyed and nine others were damaged. I ... . I was happy to be able to help out. Now, as I watch from a hotel in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  ingredient in healing. I have always had a gut feeling that the whole closure thing was wrong, but it wasn't until I heard Ed Linethal's talk The Predicament of Aftermath: Reflections on 9-11 and Oklahoma City that I

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... international students at ISEF, I will be presenting a shoptalk: Admission to US ... , and Ian '10 address the crowd. On Wednesday night, I went out to dinner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  When I was in high school one of the most influential non-fiction books that I read was Studs Terkel's "Working" (which was subtitled ... . "Working" had a profound affect on me as I thought about work, and the basic

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead ... immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... ...no joke. But I think the fact that we can name any precise location on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  during the day, and although I wore a hat and drank lots of water I got ... , and science textbooks they had. If they weren't so heavy, I would have ... another minibus to Manda Hill, a strip mall that lots of ex-pats frequent. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT ... , and I know that those students will be very competitive during the ... ) I know I speak for all of the admissions officers when I say that this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  % participation in donating. Sadly, I don't think our theme is as incredibly awesome ... this "assignment." I find this hilarious, since correlates strongly with ... inflation here. I voted for tshirt design B, with a simple athletic jersey

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  sheep, at least one side of which is black." So today I came home and started a conversation with Mitra. "Blah blee blah blee blah." I said. "La la la la I'm going to read Interpreter of Maladies and then The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  -- I can go into his office and plop down on a chair and whine about my ... was really funny. My friends and I didn't get tickets, so we didn't get ... -shirt that said "In the future, I'm famous." UROP: Morgan Sheng's lab in Course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  celebrated with our friends with a cake and some quality reminiscing. I wanted to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm choice I get the feeling that a lot of people find MIT's dorm choice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again ... . Jefferson Tester? I know him! I biked 120 miles this summer, eating his dust ... online, which is way expensive. I'd definitely check out the magazine at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I ... I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  readers may remember that last year around this time I attended a free sneak of the film I Heart Huckabees, and also listed some other sneaks that ... , School of Rock and Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. LSC frequently (i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  Three days until the US Open officially begins! As an engineer, I ... 's looking to win again) Ok, that's enough pretending that I know about tennis... I am predicting a Federer vs. Roddick final (would anyone like a wager

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005