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• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  confronted with this question. Totally foolproof. Trust me. I'm the inspector

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice

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

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  documentary that I've still told you nothing about minus the fact that I'm

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  beautiful. I was amazed that I actually got a decent picture. I think I'm

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  ) - Admittedly, I'm a politics junkie, so this HASS-D/CI-H was right up my alley

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  only run like that when I'm being chased!" --a security officer, as Matt

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  activity. Do you think I'm overreacting to have found this a bit appalling? I

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a 5th East alum, primering the room into which I'm supposed to be moving (which was her room when I was a frosh). The room should have not only been

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below: Okay, so I'm not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by Chicago economist Steven Levitt. He received his PhD from MIT in 1994, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the New York Stock Exchange (maybe I'll see fellow MIT alum and NYSE CEO John Thain '77). On the bus ride down, I was reading today's New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  about the MIT workload. I'm sure I could get it done, but would it be at ... " wrote, "I'm someone who was also worried about the social environment at ... and i'm sure that they have more than enough fun to compensate for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  For those of you who commented in the last post or emailed me, thank you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading applications as well as giving a presentation on MIT & admissions to a group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  , including at the only other college I'm aware of that has an admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  come out of my mouth: "I have no idea why you weren't admitted." I'm glad

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  ), which I'm currently reading. So, I sit here on Amtrak with the book, and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  early. If you're reading this, what are you waiting for? In other news, I'm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  Instead of writing only about student life, I'm gonna try to write about some cool places on campus too. If you have any particular places or things you'd like to know more about (or see photos of, if you're unable to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  that I've returned from a long time away, I'm getting ready to head out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004