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  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  , but she has accomplished more in her 17 years than many people do in a ... individuals in the community who have had an uncommon impact on the lives of others. In Ramanan's case, the Red Cross is honoring one of its own. She

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  talented peers from 49 countries as partners in learning. Talent and accomplishment are already evident in the class: Sarah Dupuis of New Preston, Conn ... advisor and his work on airplane water quality has appeared in more than 100

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  . :-) I just saw Omar '10 in the Infinite and he mentioned that housing ... for an entry to this effect in the next couple of days.

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the time. So it was seriously hot on our second day in München. Thus, with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  ... that's cheerleadery, isn't it? Jess '08 Well-- I'm in Italy studying architecture in the Veneto Area (around Venice)... mainly the work of Carlo ... are you doing this summer? Interning at JPMorgan in Investment Banking

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  last minute changes, and then submit your final registration in Dupont ... through it myself, but the basic idea is that your advising group lives in ... students in seminar based advising, but typically your advisor comes to your

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

  

  I'm in Boston until the end of next week for some meetings for the Committee on Academic Performance, but guess what, NO PROBLEM SETS! And thus ... concerts? Tomorrow, a local radio station here in Boston is sponsoring a free

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…

  

  As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers - but I couldn't show you a picture until they'd been distributed. Now that I'm no longer in danger of ruining the surprise, check

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Activate Party Mode! Auctomated dorm controls at East Campus.

  

  From the same file as the Disco Dance Floor... it's the Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (MIDAS)! MIDAS is an elaborate automation ... dorm room in East Campus. The room is now 199 square feet of customized

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  -qualified applicants, because we truly believe in you. And, in the process, we grew very ... choice is yours -- which school is the best fit for you? We knew coming in ... choose to enroll somewhere else. That's a statistic. But zooming in, there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  , and send in the form to be run in the housing lottery. The form is ... % of students got their first choice in the summer lottery and 26% got their second choice. August 26 or 27 -- Arrive at MIT and put stuff in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for ... there? Well, there's beauty in the breakdown. At 5 AM, I'm leaving Burton ... Philadelphia. After a 6-hour nap, I'll wake up in Philadelphia and prepare to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in ... that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal ... common in my field, but it needs clarification. No one is ever rejected by

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  Well, I'm back in Boston, slowly recovering from jet lag, and am ... tomorrow. I already had a test today, in 7.28 (Molecular Biology), so I'm not ... undergrad four years ago. I am also adding in some reasons that I didn't know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I ... (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find ... , course 14; I was born and raised in New Jersey (no jokes, please), but I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Professorial Help Thanks to the faculty.

  

  professors assist in choosing the class. In previous years, these faculty ... in the Boston Globe a week ago. Check it out: ...Sadoway, a professor ... in the cadre of engineers and scientists who come up with solutions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it ... . In other words, if we feel that a mid-year report is needed to make a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  director of MISTI, MIT's international studies program. The course is held in the same room as last term's writing class, and is held in a similar ... , asking questions about the trends in everyday communication we take for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  /09/06... ------------------------------------- Many people wrote in with concerns about the application tracking portlet ... . ------------------------------------- A few people wrote in asking if I accept personal email and what my ... -by-case basis, because until I'm in the committee room with the rest of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in attendance. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005