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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  all, I checked my exam grade for 18.01 on-line. Then I started running ... most of it for her. We hurried back from dinner in order to make it to ... Stuart, who, aside from having a great name, works for MITMedical and is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  -1pm, Hotel @ MIT The UFLC will be a forum for active student leaders ... opening. Suggested donation of $5 for students and $10 for non-students. All ... programming and instinct, give us tools for taking action and options, and offer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  for the moment, it was not that fun to clean up. OK...begin the real ... . For those of you who don't know, Head of the Charles, is a regatta where ... . Also, this year was the second year for Row-a-palooza, a series of free

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links ... ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a ... Choice of Major website. Sara wrote, "For the next Omnibus: - Is it ok to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  for you, please let me know! First entry: Hello, world First Omnibus ... plan to enjoy a Happy Blogiversary celebratory bubble tea. Thank you for ... last year. This boba's for you!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  Medical Report and the Supplemental Medical History for Varsity Athletes ... long! These were all due August 1st (yesterday, for those of you who are ... required for all incoming freshmen, so I hope everyone met the deadline

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... 'm away, Ben will be posting for me a number of blog entries I've pre

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?

  

  know what's going on around here, so this will be fun for me as well ... secrets So - what's going on in this picture? Points will be awarded for creativity, not just for the right answer. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian Court for the MIT Commencement ceremonies. For the curious, here ... Admissions Marilee Jones! Above, Marilee is preparing for an interview with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  Thanks to Kiersten for being my 4000th comment! Also, thanks to Jeff ... uncomfortable for some in the culture industries, which aren't accustomed to this ... with a digital video camera, a Web site and his or her own ideas for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I'm in the American Southwest... Yesterday, I had ice cream with some of the MIT Class of 2009 folks who are here for ISEF: From ... Inexpensive, New Technique for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Today, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  November through late February (for this problem we'll say November 1 through ... January, and 1 in February. All else being equal - for applications for

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  ) They are mailed via regular mail for domestic students and via DHL for ... likely receive the NBM® a bit later to allow time for this. 4) The vast

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  you considering? Leave your thoughts in the comments... For those of ... coming up quickly for you, too, and I hope that you've found another school ... provide that country's second largest city. For example, if I said United

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  . Went back to my office for the first time in 2 days; checked email. Akash ... Google Maps for an hour or so. Met up with Lorelle and headed to the BSU ... for dinner. From there I headed to the Mr/Miss MIT pageant in time to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  fantastic applications, the highlight of the day (for me) was my making mango lassis for the staff, to go along with the Indian food we had from India ... set to go for international selection, less than two weeks from now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  that has come before you. I'm wondering how your affinity for the web ... you as it might have been for my (pre-internet) generation of college ... advance for any thoughts.

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

  Welcome To Room 3-107 Hope you like the new site! It incorporates a lot of your feedback and requests.

  

  Well here it is, the reason I've been hiding for the past couple of ... syndication in various formats: RSS, Atom, etc. Check the right-hand column for syndication feeds. Changed the design to allow for easier reading of entries

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2,822 applications

  

  nearer. Look for me in the crowds Thursday morning at the Macy ... the weekend reading applications! No Thanksgiving break for us admissions officers... Anyone else have interesting plans for Thanksgiving?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  fulfilling for me. Many thanks. As you may know, I do my best to answer every ... personally). Read on for lots of Q & A. Before I do that, though, I'd like to ... this year). Stu's blog posting is closed for comments, but some replies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006