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  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My ... system is missing something? First, do not worry. We do not assign blame on ... will not look at your application unfavorably because it is missing an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  hope is that the students who are reading this will realize they're not ... , and home state or country. There is no prize for "winning" except that I ... it will be hard to chose. Send your essay to me; my email address is my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

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

  

  campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50% participation in donating. Sadly, I don't think our theme is as incredibly awesome ... more Martin will give, so make your gift right away!" It is pretty

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  full report, which is 42 pages (42! Ha! I just noticed that!) here. If you don't have time for that, you can read the summary report, which is ... ) does things like writing policy documents, which I think is more fun

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  . Because the truth is that your SAT score, no matter how high it is, is not ... 20 points on the SAT, I will guarantee you that there is something ... someone is going to look at your application and say, “Oops, well, if only

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  ? (If there is any at all.) There's no specific upper-bound, but MIT doesn ... Junior in Michigan who is considering applying to MIT next fall. Recently ... math and science competitions is "absolutely essential" to be accepted to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  International Development Network (IDN) Crafts Fair in Lobby 10 Though today is the Crafts Fair, Friday is the International Development Fair itself ... through the fair grounds. "The annual Fair is organized by the MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  about 2.001. 2.001, Mechanics of Materials, is pretty straightforward ... forces always equals zero, or else you did it wrong and life is unhappy ... were wondering about my programming issues (why is d+=1 legal normally

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  think it worked out to around $4.50 per person, which is a steal ... specifically. But it's college and they say this is when you're supposed to ... make letters display, and his goal is to make a display board out of an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  know how to do is stick their noses in books and that older doctors dread ... no idea what I'm going to do, but medicine is definitely a possibility ... response, My daughter graduated from MIT in June. She is currently in med

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... all students of the room/suite in which the guest is staying. The host student(s) is (are) responsible for the conduct of her/his guests including

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  apologies. =( So here it is, a long overdue update about everyone's favorite ... volunteered to help out the following year. (You know how it is, when you're in ... happened, but the bottom line is that now math kind of freaks me out a little

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  Director of Admissions to Associate Director of Admissions (yes, this is a ... you may want to check out. One is for the animated TV series O'Grady, which is a lot of fun (and you can watch the episodes online!); I'm hoping

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a ... . What happens if the tracking system is missing something? First, do not ... unfavorably because it is missing an application component at this time. We will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be mistaken for anything else. Jane asked, "I always wondered....why is MIT ... While this is a much smaller percentage of the class admitted early than

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  The thing about short weeks at MIT is that they're not really all ... work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly ... -Thanksgiving dinner last night. We had two turkeys! In this picture, everybody is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  's Wok and Noodle Diner for a birthday dinner. Betty's is right behind ... night is when one of the more interesting parts of the celebration began ... first secret is revealed So over the course of the day on Monday, a

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  This is a tale of two college kids from two completely different ... my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is ... ridiculously good skiier (that really is him, by the way). I'm from a beach

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all ... , etc... There is no typical MIT student." Well, no offense, admissions ... awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a ... score is 0 (meaning that more than half of the test takers earned no points), and usually is 1 or 2 (yes, out of 120). Here's problem #1 from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005