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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... hosts?" Adam was matched up with our starter child (who is Timur, yay ... one here for you. At the moment, it is actually snowing in the 02139

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... this new era where communication occurs rapidly and information is only a ... there's tremendous economic pressure to suck you away from what is perhaps

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... blog seems to really resonate with many in cyberspace. It is hard to ... been active since late August 2005. It is no exaggeration when I say that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... ever, Ben's birthday is not New Year's Day. Anyway, here are my games ... . Round Three: You can only use hand gestures. So, the idea is that in each

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  luck on finals! The reason I'm writing this entry is that by now, those ... general. A lot of you talk about getting into MIT as though it is your goal ... have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  First, I will note with some sadness that it is currently raining ... . It is apparently supposed to continue snowing later today, so I ... attendance. In case it is confusing why I should care about this, I work in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  down. She says: "MIT is not just a university - it's a concept, an ideal. The group we admit in the next few days is going to change civilization ... and over in my head like a broken record: "deferred is not rejected." It

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  professional responsibilities and ethics. A required on-line evaluation is given ... design knowledge. Matt notes: 2.007, a robotics competition class, is perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best

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

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

  

  Ambreen wrote: "What is the rationale behind question 'what ... - remember that we have no quotas for majors, which is why you apply to MIT ... ?" Nope, and nope. If you've designated MIT as a recipient, there is no need

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  fun?" I think this is a very interesting question to pursue. So one ... -nighters six out of seven nights a week. Here's what I say to that; yes, MIT is ... recitation. The 7 is a little bit more amorphous. Some problem sets are easier

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  , considering that this show is always in danger of cancellation, I bet it's actually the second question on everybody's mind. The first one is "what are ... now. The real reason I'm writing about this is because it's on my mind

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  /brain and cognitive sciences major is that I frequently don't have class on ... UROP. Basically, my lab is moving to a new building in a few weeks (more ... is scheduled to open within the next month. My lab, as noted above, is

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

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  was AMAZINGLY inspirational, and columnist Dave Barry, who is always ... some ways is more of a textbook than a menu - covering every last detail ... Harvard Admissions Institute. The first day of NACAC is mostly social. Some

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Buick Regal — not the whole car but about 200 parts (which is about 1% of ... one year — the EARC is our league with the Ivies and a few others). I ... it is more cool that we entered everything. I love racing, because it

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  activities. In other words, Orientation is in full swing! This also means that REX is over already. MIT is so hardcore that they give you less than 3 ... there. Like I said- MIT is hardcore. Convocation was Monday afternoon (I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... matter what your major is, you have to get credit for 8.01 (Physics 1), 8 ... requirement is more complicated than that, but we won't get distracted by that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  As you may or may not know, my job this summer is turning turkeys ... Maillard reaction. This is a non-enzymatic browning reaction which is usually ... , and seared meat, but in this case is responsible for huge, gummy brown

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  , the old series about the now rising juniors is worth a read. Back to ... is the Assistant to Dean Marilee Jones, with the comment "Great story for the blog." If you know Ellen, you know the best thing to do is to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  ABC has a new reality television show called The Scholar, which is a ... lifetime is about to come true for one of America's best and brightest high ... 't know: that the executive at ABC who greenlighted to show is an MIT alumna

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  static recently, I know. This is because we've been working hard behind the ... that "colleges are looking for." Absurd. And supposedly the girl is a ... is that I read it immediately following our pre-selection meeting, in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005