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  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21 ... tic-tac-toe lottery was seriously flawed. It took a few hours of ... of secretly plundering the game, he decided to go to the Ontario

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  install a billion types of software. Over the last few weeks, I've had to ... ’s calendar and wanted to follow up with mine... Look at that sea of blue ... : lots of stuff to do ahahah me: yeah man i'm iCal-ing right now x_x Wendy

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  where it just rains. This week is one of them. It has been raining pretty ... some reason, a school full of engineers has some serious problems with ... it as a shell jacket too, because it can rain any time of year (as

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  of events for August, Boston has been graced with cloudy skies ... saving time for last-minute decisions. Oh, and grab tons of free food. It ... plenty of opportunities to do so during Orientation: - Wednesday

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Disappearing (or life goes on) .

  

  've started a personal blog here. Best of luck to you all. Don't be a stranger

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends and family could tell you, I'm just a little bit frazzled when packing to go to or from MIT...so I would, almost inevitably, forget one vital

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date: Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:10 AM subject: Snow snow snow. So I'm from West Michigan, which gets some of the most snow in the US, right? Our standards

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda ... , and, worst of all, undermining each other in the quest to gain ... right-hand corner of the page. – Find the "Social Entrepreneurship

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  weeks of reading to be done, so as long as you get us the copies in a ... that all documents include your name and date of birth on each page. At ... , the teacher may fax a copy to us. If they need another copy of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  he has befriended hundreds of MIT students, alums, and parents, not to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and is currently emailing all waitlisted applicants. A brief overview: Of the 629 students currently on the

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  , Biology as conceived by Cambridge is about knowing a vast set of facts ... about Cambridge students is that few things stand in their way of enjoying ... at Trinity College, where I randomly met five members of my own college

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  Hi folks, Jess sent me an email a few days ago making fun of me for ... apologize; we've been working 7-day weeks since January reading all of your ... those who meet all of the following criteria: You have applied for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  of the following criteria: You have applied for freshman admission (not ... .mit.edu. Will there be any indication of my admissions decision in my MyMIT account? Admitted students will see the addition of the Admitted Student

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  those of you applying this year and for whom English is your primary ... may choose the second option for non-native English speakers: Test of ... must submit one of the following: SAT Reasoning Test, ACT Plus Writing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Status Deadline to schedule interview for EA applicants extended.

  

  updates as I receive them. Edit: As of 11PM today (thursday) the MyMIT site

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “MIT Abounds With UROP Students” A photo spread about student research.

  

  The most recent issue of MIT's student newspaper The Tech had a nice spread about summer UROPs. UROP is MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, and is the oldest and most extensive program involving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  I am back in the office, did you miss me? :-) St. John was awesome, but not as awesome as MIT. Consider the evidence: Sigh. But a week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 MIT Admissions Statistics Summary statistics from the past year.

  

  waitlisted 30 admitted from waitlist Middle 50% score range of admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  band." So even if MIT "wins," she might not be MIT Class of 2010 after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006