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  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  I know that you all hate us right now and I don't blame you. I would too. In fact I do. I know this doesn't make it any better, but we really ... say "post it in Ben's blog so they know." As soon as he told me I moved

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in ... . The group we admit in the next few days is going to change civilization ... and over in my head like a broken record: "deferred is not rejected." It

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you ... ...I live in Burton-Conner (W51). Akash lives in Simmons (W79). That's a ... '08, who lives in my suite, and had a sudden craving for garlic bread

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  's probably not all that terribly different from the SAT II in biology, but I ... unless they are in my dinner.) Luckily, I don't think the test will be of too much consequence in my graduate school application, since I already

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  will limit myself to 12 words in each caption. By the by, the entry ... men's team doesn't take offense. In the stands! Clockwise: Bill

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  It's been a nightmare of a weekend. We are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference, with limited internet access, and the MyMIT server ... are still in Cambridge, but needless to say, trying to coordinate all of

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

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

  

  can't really read it, but the white banner in this picture is for American University in Cairo. ---------- Also check out

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

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

  

  UROP. Basically, my lab is moving to a new building in a few weeks (more ... derivatives involved. (I feel like noting in here somewhere that, thanks to most ... moving over in a few weeks, and our head lab tech had asked me to stop by

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

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  Another busy week of classes has come to end! To celebrate, I went with a few friends to the Collegefest in Hynes Convention Center (it ... Advantage Card and $10 if you don't. Anyway, if you're interested in getting a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in admissions. To tell the truth, I didn’t know one could have a career in ... environment so much, in fact, that I decided to earn my master’s degree in

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  The weather in the area has been simply glorious over the past week, so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston ... Common Ice skating at Frog Pond (in a few months) Sam does his best

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

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I'll finish up this entry when I'm safely and comfortably back in room 224C ... favorite character in the novel. Still, I don't get what's up with all these

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Welcome to Round ... 's taking with an upside-down pen So - what's going on in this picture? As

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  Truth the next semester.) Anyway, our 21A.453 class had only 3 students in it, and we met in the Anthropology Department's conference room for ... "pre-med" track, so you can major in anything at all and have access to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  As part of my desire to make this blog more interactive, and since you readers are so ingenious, I'm asking for your help in designing my ... the artist whose design I choose, *and* send you some MIT memorabilia in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  class and do research in any department; "nerdiness" and quirkiness aren ... show through in your essay(s). Share your goals, interests and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  don't begin until 10am. In the meantime, there's a "pre-game show." This ... of families in attendance took lots of pictures. Inside the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  -related parenting advice you'd give to your own parents if you could go back in time? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  . Majerle's has been named the "best lunch spot" in downtown Phoenix, and we ... family. Majerle's is located at 24 North 2nd Street in Phoenix, just one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  which enables women in poor communities to "get back the eight hours a ... are being transported to clinics in remote locations  ...and a

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005