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  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  Having read MIT applications for a long time now, I know that MIT applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out for good opportunities, and when one recently appeared in my inbox, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  in squalor, but Second Degree Squalor. Most times when people laugh I ... was currently in a state of 1.2 class squalor. That warning was all I ... DID YOU KNOW? In Burton-Conner, if you keep leaving your suite messy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  , that “alumni relations” are “not considered.” And I can tell you, from ... from? After a little academic archaeology, this is what I found. In an ... meritocratic to its cultural core. In fact, I think if we tried to move towards

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  . In fact, joking aside in the previous thread, I honestly don't know yet who got in - with rare exception, I couldn't bring myself to look ... Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in ... that I was an MIT student definitely helped me get hired. I arrived in ... construction outside my window. On one of my first days in Lausanne, I visited

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  refused to go away. I remembered that in middle school, copayments for each ... Now with my internship going into its 8th week, I figured I should write something about what I'm doing. =p This really has nothing to do

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  Over the next week (or so), I'll be publishing newspaper articles I ... 'll start with an article about the awesome Eletha Flores, and I've got about a week's worth to follow. At the conclusion of this series, I plan to

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

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  -III conference in the country. "We are hopeful that Daniel can fill our need as ... experience what it's like to live in a place where it snows. "I know it's one ... -year starter on the Bloodhound football team, has consistently ranked No. 3 in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not here! This actually made me LOL

  

  I'm hosed. I don't have time to write a real entry. Suffice it to say, I found this video funny. What happens in this video will not happen in a conversation with any MIT student. Therefore . . . you should

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  Probably the most popular questions asked at any information session are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  at Umeqo. I went with my friend and old roommate Anji after tucking in ... Techfair is here! Held right before classes start in the Spring ... biggest names in technology, student designers, innovators and entrepreneurs

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  paintballs. I hadn't played paintball since I was in high school almost a ... , I knew we were in for a bumpy ride. The weather conditions were far ... was stationed outside of the prison, patrolling the perimeter. I was in

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  Last night, I watched an award winning cartoon about snails, "Les Escargots." One of the things I promised myself is that this year I would try ... 's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  about how awesome she is. She's also very heavily involved in WTP, the program for promoting women pursuing careers in engineering. Maybe I ... This will be short, because I'm about to start another 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  get an email, and I'll post another entry so you can have any ... materials in the admissions process, and those materials can be tracked on My ... . Finally, I hope you'll join me in saying thanks to the entire Records

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  and I had in New York last weekend, but I'm not going to write it until tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by voting against Rick Santorum on a beautiful sunny Wednesday last week in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  Chris Peterson once said, "rfong is a good photographer, and in order ... to my favorite MIT band, Rolltreppe. I've been living under a rock ... these guys until I went to saxophonist Dylan's Emerson Scholar recital

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!

  

  Sorry for the absence, I've been busy (lame excuse, sorry. The actual excuse is that I'm tired of uploading my pictures for this blog because it ... important. I've been building a robot for a class this month and it's now

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  So I began this entry on Sunday night, but am just getting around to finishing it now. I'll share why. So at home, we had a little pipe burst in ... pretty big sport at MIT. This is one of the few sports that you can just

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005