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  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  -Orientation programs for admitted students? Those are run by the Academic Resource ... topics. For the best source of information, please visit web ... us know that you wish to be considered for a blogging position. As most

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  for the first month of the semester. Indeed, it was a sad day. For 1 ... wanted to donate blood for a demonstration. I thought he was joking and ... amount of blood (2 vials full), while everyone watched in awe (except for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday ... /NJ) four very expensive coffee-flavored quesadillas for dinner in Times ... Ruth and Matt for making the trek to my apartment on Saturday night when

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  the local 7-11, well, the local one that wasn't shut down last month for ... desserts I had for Thanksgiving--I believe that would be a pumpkin roll, a ... for Billy Paul. Okay, that's all for Central Pennsylvania. You might get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  longer essay? The Part II is a great place for us to get to hear your voice and understand what is important to you. Then, it's time for your ... thinking about your high school, I have a sense of what opportunities for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  Sometimes I secretly wish for exciting things to happen to me so that ... my classes for the long haul. (Truth be told, I've never dropped a ... swimmingly; for example, we had a great discussion in 7.31 (Current Topics in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  did the test again (I only studied briefly for SAT I), considering that ... -mail?" Not yet. We are discussing this as a possibility for the future, but it ... maybe not. I use an RSS reader, so I apologize if I've mistaken you for

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the ... Secretary for Economic Policy with the U.S. Treasury Department. Currently ... the demand for an individual trait. #2 is an event study of gulf

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  came to MIT for CPW, I didn't really understand what fraternities were ... freshmen to register for recruitment in the case of Panhel. Waiting for the Greek Griller to begin. At the Greek Griller Rush started off for us on

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  I certainly learned a lot from Dean Khoury's talk with us. For ... radar. What does this mean for you? For one thing, it means you'll have ... at MIT, a beautiful and cutting edge Laboratory for the Performing Arts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  shark biologist (forgive me for my miseducation but I did not know we had ... to enter the other eye. There are two common systems for doing this ... mainly used for television 3-D effects, and was used in many older 3-D

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  varsity sports teams (tied with some school up the street, I've heard, for ... rate is consistent with the national average for 18 to 22-year-olds -- any analysis which suggests otherwise fails to properly account for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  with a nice steak. Our waiter didn't ask for her ID, and I was a little ... took us all to Jillian's for some fun and food. It's a pretty rare ... even cooler for their car. And even more cooler than that because they

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  old. I'm a carefully sensitive romantic and a sucker for international ... something or another. I have a propensity for puns and humor that makes people ... thing. I am not exactly a traditional student, though for a while I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  about 40-50 students, so I figured 60 students would be a safe guess for ... . Wow! Thank you all for coming! As you can see, the restaurant was ... to be a relatively quiet time for admissions officers now?? Thank you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  mean for you? Well, you'll have an MIT email address, MIT web space ... task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... still refer to me by my username. However, when I started to apply for

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

  Majors

  

  extremely excel in. For me, I'm not an extraordinaire in any one subject, but ... opportunities for you to learn about the different departments. At CPW (on Friday ... majors they are considering during their second term. For example, in my

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

  To tell the truth

  

  just assumed the Red Sox were winning, for no particular reason)) and ... presentations on MIT each year. And, for the most part, I'm generally discussing ... time for audience Q&A (which really is the most fun part), I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  , organizing logistics for MIT Science Olympiad, sailing on the Charles, and even ... -tripping to Vermont for a [annotation note="The Great North American Eclipse on ... crafting art pieces in the studio. For these artworks, I would thoroughly

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  of the transcription for clarity and/or space saving Introductions ... is a lecturer in the physics department who has been with MIT for six ... privilege. I consider myself incredibly lucky that I managed to stay here for

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025