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  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  had a dream where I visited Snively at his school. I walked in in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  rights. Oh, and in case you're wondering -- this number has nothing to do ... ,550,336 applications). Leave your guesses in the comments, and good luck!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  I have tests in all my classes in the next few days so I thought it was a good time to take a quick survey of what you want to see of coursework at MIT (maybe it's not, I don't know, I'm running on empty here

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  So over in the world of UROP, things were pretty exciting this week. Now here's how the morning started. I'll admit that I don't read the ... taught by a Nobel Laureate. Freshman in 7.012 this term have the privelege

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  So one of the best aspects of being in Boston for the summer is all of the free cultural events that you can avail yourself of. One of the ... sponsored by a local radio station. It's like a drive-in without the car

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  January? That tall man in the middle is none other than John Williams! He ... Memoirs of a Geisha. The paragraph in the program that listed other films

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  At approximately 4:30pm today, we did something we haven't done in 4 years: we notified 30 students by email that they have been admitted from ... waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  divided the lecture hall in half and told us it was time for audience ... the Association of Student Activities (ASA), and is majoring in Course

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the ... . And you should know that. It also resulted in me getting this delightful

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  stress in GPA competition At MIT, whether or not your school offers class rank does not affect our decision. And at schools like the one in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  aka HST.541J. One of the major topics in the class is the Hodgkin and ... data in a million different ways until we had our "AHA" moment the day

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and ... 're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  So typically when people hear the words "fraternity party," they think wild and crazy kids in togas. If by togas you mean suits and ties ... have been my choice in shirt and tie combination. Basically, each

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that ... and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  , Bachelor's degree in Marketing Favorite things about MIT: I love the MIT Dome ... , which are actually similar. Favorite cartoon character: the monster in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  not use the scores in admissions decisions until it is satisfied with ... very moment, I'm in MIT Room 10-250 with 500 or so other people listening

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  students via the DHL website (our shipping company), in essence publishing ... bumping threads on the third-party sites in an effort to minimize the damage

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across the country with a pregnant wife and a toddler (good times). Sorry to be ... , and am blown away by the humanity of this community in response to his

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

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly wrote, "I just wish the bloggers themselves posted more." Well, there have ... 've demonstrated in the comments. And we'll defer 5 out of 6 of you, and sadly, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  well. We want to see that students are involved in things because they ... 't have any required classes, but a strong academic foundation in high