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  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  (or copy a page out of somebody else's lab notebook), but I've done most ... I have to do it. I've learned a lot of protocols (and a lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  College's Martha Merrill -- as you've probably read on these blogs, we ... years in admissions, I've seen students take some time before starting MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  It's been a while since I've done a Questions Omnibus... Harlan '10 wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to ... ?" I've said it before and I'll repeat it here: one test score will not

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

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  .013 -- over the last three years, I think I've helped my entire entry through ... you chose to live. I can't count the number of times I've slipped into a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty sick of grad school interviews. I've been extremely lucky to interview at all of the top five programs in ... little lazy and watch TV -- I've been talking to people almost nonstop for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  I've taken care of all my graduation requirements. On my way to turn ... extraordinarily grateful for the education I've received at MIT which has prepared

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  program, and since then I've realized this is probably the most important ... into a department once they've declared it? How easy is it to go about

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

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  her email (I've been taking a godawful long time to respond to emails ... other books I've read recently. 3. Hooray, I'm famous! Ooookay, off to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. You see, I've been very hosed this IAP. "But it's IAP," you say, "How can you be hosed?" Well ... what we've been doing. The final contest is on February 3, so expect more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... to publish after a few more experiments. Amazingly, I've been working

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your ... attracted to MIT's campus culture, I've found these students often are also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  always been the most famous in more mainstream culture. If you've heard of hacks at MIT, you've probably heard of Jack Florey. If you're actually an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  she's really nice. Here's what I would suggest to both of you: if you've ... Random Hall) No worries James, I've already learned to make the distinction

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  Well, I've reached my first "last" of the year... I just put the finishing touches on my last HASS (read: Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences ... concentrated in anthropology because I've always loved reading about physical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  -needed sleep with no alarm set. You've probably heard about all those great Rube ... eventually change the 3D Maze Screen Saver. However, I've always had a little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  OCW site, and how much fun it is to do MIT psets. Hey, I've got some real MIT psets you can do, if you've got the itch... :) (Actually, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  afternoon (and that one of them was my wonderful patient friend Kevin '06). I've ... the campus humor magazine. I've never been involved with it before, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  audience. (Once you've been at MIT for a while, there are only so many non ... ; I've been advised by Ben that pictures of my shirtless boyfriend in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  idea of having a cowbell soloist when you've only got 11 members in the ... alone. We've got a former piccolist or something on trombone. We really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  projects I've been working on at my UROP for the past two years. So first ... specific arms in the maze with two pieces of sugary chow (I've tasted it. A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005