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• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  only contracted to move the cannon here for CPW, and we respect the speed ... hacking history comes to a close. I, for one, was quite impressed with the students behind "Howe & Ser." For the memories, I've below tallied some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  username/password information for MyMIT, this at least allows you to call the Office of Admissions tomorrow before we close for the weekend at 5:00pm EST ... to see BSO concerts for free?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  successful when designing. Four Bar Linkage: This year's contest table for 2 ... "), numerous machines for textile manufacturing and an automatic page turner for

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the ... Mathematics (HCSSiM)Honors Summer Math Camp (HSMC)Program in Mathematics for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  -week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  ." cool, eh? There's no website yet for the project, but you can check out ... Archimedes Death Ray myth. For more on that, you can look here, or if you ... enough, I was walking down the Infinite on my way to study for one of my

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.

  

  Please remember that January 1 is the postmark deadline for students applying for regular action admission to MIT. This means that you should have ... will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 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 / 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 / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  were empty.  The cats were begging for attention for the first time in what seems like forever, as their owners left them for hiking mountains ... MIT, preparing myself for the UPOP Spring Team Training Camp.  UPOP, or

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  for the scholarships. Craighead will attend the Massachusetts Institute ... he "felt this was the place for me. I felt comfortable there ... 's leading scholarship program for African-American youth. "This year's group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  . You can still drink it for two weeks after." I have a strong feeling ... following would have been a wonderous experience for both of us. It really is ... to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  sense? Same. I want to hear about how you're afraid of growing up. I want ... weeks, as the semester has built up, the value of checking up on people

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017