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  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  : I'm gonna say that Windows Vista is going to look very Mac-ish when it ... , just because Windows Vista LOOKS Mac-ish, doesn't mean it IS Mac-ish. It ... this; I just really like my MacBook.) Manisha is just wondering: Hey, I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is ... suspect that interview helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an important part of the admissions process. The interview report is often one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  people who thinks that Stata is the most hideous excuse for a building I've ever seen. And Ruth '07 agrees with me. Speaking of Ruth '07, this is ... admissions blogger- you can never escpae your past. I figure my reputation is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  's response. I WANT IT. (My birthday is January 10th.) Right now I'm supposed ... . 2.003 is basically just advanced physics, you study things that move ... that is. Sigh. It's one of the obnoxiously less satisfying questions you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  to know what the place actually looks like. Right. So here it is, Runaway Rapids Waterpark: This is the kiddie section. It's full of ... bucket when it drops. That thing is brutal. Oh, it's also not too much fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  know what the gender ratio is at MIT in engineering (mech ... graduation. Luckily, the situation at MIT is much better -- I spent a few hours ... & Computer Science is 38% women. And even better, women are the majority of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and ... ." Photo printer is doing nothing but eating paper? "GET THE MIT STUDENT. SAVE THE TREES." 14 x 22? "YO, MITTY GIRL."   My name is Jess K

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  Warning: My life is so not interesting right now. We're all moved ... until this morning. Moving is tiring! Somewhat relevant moving tip: Since ... the summer. This is my third summer in a row in Cambridge, and I wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  I get the feeling that everybody is very jittery about the multiple ... for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... on less than $20 a week. That is a true story. When I got back to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research. As is typical of MIT, the work is ... of MIT's Center for Cancer Research is the principal investigator on a ... program, is the principal investigator on a grant of the same magnitude that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through ... today. Charm School is an annual IAP event in it's 14th year where ... , the "b" hand is where your bread is and the "d" hand is where your drink

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  bright-eyed tourist, however, is going to soak up all there is to see ... about where to go next. This isn't just in travel -- this is in projects and in life, too. I guess getting there is really more than half the fun

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  consensus is that this behavior will begin at least by the two-day student ... .100, Aerodynamics. Although this class is going to be a time sink (Adam walked in tonight after class and said, "See you guys in December"), Adam is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I'm a little exhausted from answering questions right now, so this is ... 't know what the most parsimonious common denominator is yet. So, just to assuage my curiousity, what is it about MIT that draws you personally? I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  school is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after all. Even as I ... recognition is largely focused on the reputation of faculties that have not only ... most important thing is that you're not necessarily sacrificing your

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

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  , but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And ... 'yourself' is this definite thing, like a toaster or something. Like you can know what it is, even. But every so often, I'll have like, a moment, when

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  @mit.edu email as well as some server space with MIT. This space is known ... upload to this Athena locker, only Ben is a crazy Mac user and my parents ... got into MIT, how hard can it be? I totally know what FTP is (file

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  digital animation work on his first film. He is working at Pixar, and is a ... ," is signed "Rebel Scum." A dozen donuts were also left at the scene for ... went to great pains to protect the dome. The material is very light and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  couldn't help but think of Fenway Park and the Red Sox. Fenway, I think, is ... place, like everyone is excited to be there. There's nowhere else like it ... Commencement (graduation), usually the first week in June, is also the weekend of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  in Richmond, VA. I had lunch again at the Steam Cafe, which is turning ... remember" is lead author of an upcoming paper announcing the discovery of ... hole mass. The observation is of a familiar source named SS 433 -- a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005