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  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  other non-reading work we're responsible for. Sirius asked, "How many ... application becomes complete, it goes to the staff to be read. For applications ... morning, I went with some friends for dim sum at China Pearl in Chinatown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... , they should limit themselves to nagging you to do it, and not do it for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  Housemasters and house government, I have arranged for free massages for Burton ... provide free 8-10 minute massages for Burton-Conner students who sign up in ... ... uh, I could have studied a little more for that dirty little puppy, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  past few weeks, we were finally ready for the football home opener ... -Center pool to cheer briefly for the water polo team. (We will, as a general rule, cheer for any team which asks us to. The water polo coach came in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  diverse class that reflects the values and goals of your institution. For a ... grades and scores. Now that you have controlled for those factors, please ... -qualified, under-represented minority applicants. (Remember, this is not up for

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for ... famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What ... for Burton-Conner, a scholar of the history of technology, and a regular

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  buying one, but this summer it made for a great resource. With my T-Pass, I ... as I wanted. And the big plus, on Sundays I could bring a friend for ... coaster for the coffee I pretend to drink, reading thin newspapers like the

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  thing I didn't get a super burrito, since after paying for the regular ... wanted to talk to him (and he wasn't online). For some reason, he didn ... weeks for a graduate program in bioengineering. This stud sang in the a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  , because individual class schedules for the fall term came out. (My very ... schedule for the next term, but this takes place several months before a term ... 't think it counts as my favorite day of term.) I know for sure that I'll be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  visit him for his 20th birthday. Before I made it there, I experienced my ... actually won a game for once. Highlight of the Game: When the mascot did the ... for a bit because I was leaving the next morning for the Lone Star State

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online ... for fun.) "You can't make MIT love you if you don't [write a good essay ... for a good cause.) ----------- 7/29 EDIT I don't think the admissions

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

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... except for our own voices and some very excitable bullfrogs. There were

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  international math & science olympiads. Competitions are held for such ... them look deceptively simple. Take, for example, one of this year ... team members are tallied for a country team score. This year, the top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  . Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the original blog for us, it has a "default banner" that says "replace this ASAP ... Mitra and put up a really simple temporary design for the time being. So I

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

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  (for which I still owe you the summary, I know) we had a group discussion ... hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair ... : For 108 years now, Tech Night at the Pops has been one of the most ... together for an exclusive concert and a rousing rendition of the alma mater

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

  Schools of dreams

  

  come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... down to the fact that we don't have room for every excellent student who ... choices for college, though. We need to hear more about them. And parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  harvest the cap. But alas it was simply not attainable for reasons detailed in this dormspam I sent out of desperation: I will pay $15 for an H2GO ... resorting to dormspam. Best, Audrey bcc'd to dorms green hills software green for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  supposed implications for all forms of human text generation. For reasons ... . However, it certainly does pose interesting questions for pedagogy ... /W is also the departmental home for the MIT Writing and Communication

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023