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• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT student tonight, there are plenty of other opportunities to do so. Don ... Washington, DC). If you went to one of the admitted students parties, send your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire hanger into the socket and expecting my robot to come to life. Professor

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  fifty-three minutes, and I want to take a nap. Since that is not really an ... wonderful and rewarding career, is not really a nine-to-five type of job ... watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  Until Mystery Hunt 2006!!! Here's a little puzzle to get you ... cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either black or white (unbeknownst to them). Then, they will be asked in

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  -world adventures and social-engineering, and they use 'hax' or 'haxxed' to denote the ... , common phrases that are more specific to these non-computer hackers are ... on a roof or behind a door that is supposed to be locked does. however

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  . The first thing my colleague did when Mail Services called him was to ... it to the front page so more people would see it. None of this makes it ... certain folks to stop with the cheap shots, I would really appreciate it. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  telling you not to worry, to think about other things, to just trust that it will all work out -- yeah, right! I know you're going to be thinking about nothing but MIT for a while. Hang in there and feel free to weigh in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  Things are starting to get quite busy! Now that the Early Action ... big stacks of folders to evaluate, still with summary cards (or "E-3 ... rather canary yellow! Okay, so this might not be so exciting to you, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... 'm having to study quite a bit because I haven't learned anything about plants ... plants! I hate you! EDIT: I sent my personal statement to the professor

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... acceptable). CDs will be forwarded on to the music department for evaluation. Your musical talents are something unique that you bring to this process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be afraid if you see something unfamiliar." Whatever happened to fair dealing ... 've said that I don't care, that I'm immune to gloom, that I'm hard through

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by ... will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  Association Committee on Student Life is proud to present MIT's second ... Study Abroad programs from England to Australia offer students. Add to ... ever-important ventures into all the diversity the world has to offer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  means that I get to wander around and run errands and do fun stuff (like ... curl my hair before class, but today I had to bust my rump to get into lab by 9 AM -- I needed to run some gels and generally be a productive

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

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the ... pretty darn big. Keep in mind that in Baker, the rooms are designed to hold

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  Longfellow Bridge Newbury St. The new way to spell Greek food at ... - J.P. Licks Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard ... Steady hands are overrated Killian Court - Back to MIT =)

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  , Senior House, and Random Hall all came to Kresge Oval with slingshots ... , so I decided to go home early. Tonight across most dorms, in-house rush is going on, and then tomorrow, freshmen will get to use me as free

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  ant06 wrote, "is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who's teaching you a subject you are not planning to further pursue, as against the ... care if recommendations come from the subject you wish to major in or not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... are different options you can follow to study multiple fields. For two

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  Yesterday, I got up early, despite having gone to bed late the night before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of Sarah '08, who organized the trip. Also, because I wanted to have time

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005