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• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  philanthropist behind such ventures as the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at ... board for a job opening as technical editor for the first computer ... let me travel for three months. I took off from Boston and went from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  'm studying Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering, for instance ... take anyway) -18.03 for the Harvard-HST Program English: -2 terms of ... said it wasn't a good school for premeds. In some cases, this is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  moments I saw. For example, there was the "delicious and healthy" Rachael ... , where it sat in solitude for three weeks. I then, right before departing for Boston, picked it up off my desk and stuck it into my pocket. Not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  the song for this medley, since that's pretty much the one song in the ... about 1 male for every 2 females, I sometimes forget that the actual MIT ... Engineering Project Laboratory -- YES! We had 15 projects to choose from for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  '? Friends of mine were also put off by the use of 'hack' for real ... ! Decades before computer hackers were. For that matter, where do you think ... major updating is supposed to be done soon, though that's been true for a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  I know it's been a very eventful week for you guys, waiting for ... morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I ... of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  '08, who lives in my suite, and had a sudden craving for garlic bread ... : As we worked, Akash talked about his plans for the 2009 Class Council ... Potter!' So I think I'm going to put together an event for MIT '09s to go

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  , machine elements, design for manufacturing, basic electronics, and ... lot of press for this lately, between the radio show and a Boston Globe ... scenes of male and female nudity. Yet for all the show's titillating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  - remember that we have no quotas for majors, which is why you apply to MIT ... go for MIT interview?" Eric responded that it would be a good idea to ... wrote: "I think I'll ask the admissions office to consider me for

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

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

  

  For those of you wondering, I ended up working only until the first 2 ... thereby increase the efficiency of daily lives--like, for example, the ... an MP3 player program on it and started taking requests for shower

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

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy ... schools for me, rather than pushing me to apply to the schools they thought were right for me. This required a lot of work on my part, but it was

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... at Tangerine. Not cheap, but I'd been eating junk for a week so I ... had a nice dinner with Joe DiLiberto, the regional EC chair for central

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  For the past three days, I was at the conference of the National ... professional association for guidance counselors and admissions officers, and once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  silly silly vern vern. So, read on for a well-crafted narrative and ... a stunned grouse, for one hour, nine minutes, and seventeen seconds, and then I came home and passed out on my floor for two hours. Ah, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  time for everyone; I've been at the verge of tears over this awful, awful ... charged with admitting a Class of 2010. And even for students who have had ... normalcy returns. Please know that for students directly affected by this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  I've been on campus for over a week now, which basically means that I ... whole days to decide where to live this year. As for me, I seriously considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  former Rush chair for MacGregor, agrees with me. One question I hear ... intending to stay there. What value is there for me in looking at different ... 've found something you like so quickly, and maybe it is the best place for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  until today, I've procrastinated about selecting a HASS class for next ... context for policy-making. Primary focus on domestic policy. 11.017 Urban ... insurance, setting income tax rates for individuals and corporations. 24

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some ... 's mother deserves an Academy Award just for her bizarre facial tics and for ... their store set up for the book's arrival, so we got neither lightning nor

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  , so before PetCo we stopped in at Borders for smoothies. They had Magic ... what they were getting ready for) Now I've had pets in the past, but ... -German Shepard mix, Toby. My younger brother got it for his birthday a few years

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005