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  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  form in plenty of time, thank you very much. (The tenth page was discovered this morning in my scanner. I never took it out after making copies ... which classes you are able to take as a freshman. I took the test in June

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  prototype ready in September for people to ride across the city. Eventually ... project organizers really brought in the community to take part in building ... letting people ride it around their neighborhoods in the coming months; I

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  subtle ideas for science fiction movies is invaded in this film by an ... -legged robot, he returned to the subject in his biweekly "Movie Answer Man ... tissues, but it's always great to see those three letters popping up in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  falling down? It really was sinking into the River Thames, so in 1968, the ... next installment! Typical London row houses When you're in London ... ) Tower Bridge, for comparison A rather progressive afternoon tea in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  Now that I've completed the FEE, it's time for the math diagnostic. I've got my freshman advising application in, as well as my MIT ID card photo and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I ... underrepresented group in American universities is low income students) Trivia. The ... tell them apart from everyone else. (More on homeschooled students in a

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

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all intentions to do so, we will not be using our waitlist. Our yield was even

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  left before 8pm), but in the end, everyone was matched. You have a host ... . Many of you will receive a call or email from your host in the next few ... groups, to find that place where you really do fit in. I'm getting excited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk ... "bridge circuit"), and lots of sailboats in today's gusting wind. It made me really miss sailing. Sailing, in my opinion, is the best PE Class you can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  room for them in the class. It has been our most competitive year ever ... and deny letters each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" ... future. In fact, I received word today that I've been accepted as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights ago we did our traditional decorating of the tree. Just 2.8 miles from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science ... friends in DC. Should be quite nice. I'll be blogging a bit less during this period, but hope to check in periodically since there are some questions I

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

  Selection

  

  Quick update: Right now, the "committee room" (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  I'm back in Boston now with five Central Meetings under my belt: Long ... knee-deep in orbital theory and photoelectron spectroscopy, and I was ... fast pace I had always hoped for in high school, where we weren

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  you must let us know in advance by emailing questbridgeinfo
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  (located in the MIT application portal) after you submit your MIT Quest
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the ... begin a first-year application in our application portal until you have ... , along with the QB supplement, in place of our first-year application