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  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  summer programs. To that end, here is a further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the ... /Mathematics/Engineering Program (HSHSP)Minority Introduction to Engineering & Science (MITES

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  the adventure. I just took a quick trip back to my room so I could grab ... other teams are still working on it! But it's so awesome to be working ... I knew, someone had shoved the phone into my hands to give the answer

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  Happy 2006, everyone! Before heading back to the office tomorrow ... stock market," according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. The new ... Blog Squad, Technology Review Colleges using blogs to attract students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... . You would sort of think that kind of time would inspire me to study 5 ... calendar, which says that it's five days until Christmas and I deserve to be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  , at least it's not as bad as the freshmen on the floor who, thanks to ... big screen in our floor lounge. Anyway, thanks to the apparent lack of ... time to do, including mural painting, knitting, and now... apparently

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Admitted Students A quick update.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into their MyMIT portal for new content, including a Class of 2010 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this fresh comments space for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  decisions to bed. The weather here was so bad that nothing moved on Friday. As ... office) and will be making their way to your mailboxes accordingly. (For ... automatically begin to spaz as soon as you read this. Don't. Just wait and see

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... non-student visitors to the blogs (including parents, MIT students & ... props to the only other admissions blogs I know of: first, the mawrmawr

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Elephants? I see a lot of weird stuff around here.

  

  Well, you don't see this every day. 10 elephants cruised down Mass Ave and turned left onto Memorial Drive, parading right past Killian Court. I'm waiting for someone to put one on the dome. Coming soon

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update A short entry, a quick link, and I become Seth Cohen.

  

  In honor of my trip to the OC, Ben made this for me: And the link of the day: The Art of Problem Solving (more on this next entry) A longer update soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Welcome Back, Kotter year #3 begins.

  

  -Fluids Engineering I 21F.703: Spanish III To be continued...

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 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 ... is rumored to contain all of mankind's knowledge to date 6) Stu's water

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And the Lottery Says…..

  

  Burton Conner. Hi Mitra and Sam! *waves* Just felt like sharing. Right now I'm off to go shopping for random dorm room things, so more later.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in a name mr. sushi - winner of the first annual name bryan's fish contest!

  

  In a close name contest between Groker and Mr. Sushi, Mr. Sushi edged out Groker in a 8 to 7 win, but remember we're all winners here. Katy, congratulations! I'll be in touch so you can redeem your prize.

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... closer to Friday's expected mail date. Also, today's Boston Globe ... stressful competition to get into an elite school is harming young people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  lots of calls today, with many references to my blog. Below are the FAQs ... don't have to send in the midyear report? A. No, you must send in the ... late for extra materials to be reviewed in selection committee, any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt in progress

  

  The Hunt is on! I'll be back to regular blogging, and application reading, and sleeping when it's over...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of ... I must say I'm very excited to be starting the application reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the residence halls/housing like?

  More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first-year students. Housing differs across campus and we want each student to live where they feel best. Detailed descriptions of the undergraduate residence