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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things ... Red Sox Favorite movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sneakers, The ... Name: Matt McGann Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  this class. I'm already 3% of the way to completing 8.07! Don't give up now! (Bonus: Thanks to funding from the MIT Class of '22, everyone in 8.07 received a free copy of The Maxwellians on the first day of lecture. On the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  preference between any of the tests. You should take whichever math test best suits you, and the science test of whichever science course you are taking ... Admissions web sites of all of the schools that you are considering to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  , and it reminded me of the good times at MIT. Well, in Honduras, but ... took in the Fall of 2007 about Development. It's also known as D-Lab I ... the big picture of Development and more on Design; every group of four

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  Naptha trending the front page. I've blogged a couple of times already about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount of experience, learning, and motivation they can give you in the space of ten or

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... [annotation note="What do these colors remind you of? Google? The MBTA ... vector originating from each end of the first segment. Connecting these two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... , you receive another wave of information including the i3 videos made by ... , when the last of the freshmen are moving onto campus for orientation into

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on ... going to one. There's still some happening the second half of this week ... wrote this post with the uncomfortable help of The Most Dangerous Writing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  you will need to be able to pick your seat. I warn you that all of the ... Weighing the Pros/Cons I'm going to use a couple of initialisms here so that ... , or FR) NEVER TAKE THIS SEAT. I promise you the person in front of you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  . Most of the time, there is music in the background. Something legitimate ... . Dancing on tables permitted. At the start of the semester, lounge ... population and mood of the lounge begin to change rapidly. Noise levels rise

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  One of the groups we are a part of is Arts Scholars. This is a group ... sort of art. The group hosts various art-related speakers, outings, and ... the biggest perks of being an Arts Scholar is getting to go on an all

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Instead of doing an overview of the classes I’m taking this semester ... implementation of curriculum, addressing the needs of a diversity of students ... assessment.” What it boils down to is an analysis on the current state of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  , outlook for the future of genomics, and pressures of living up to the hype ... Consortium, led by Tim Berners-Lee (father of the Web). It sounded interesting so he tagged along and got chosen for one of the positions. He wrote a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... ) Today is the day of that loud blog, because last week we officially ... Illuminations in MIT News where I am quoted telling some of the story of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the remaining games with such an intense group of students from around the world ... Here at MIT, with our large population of international and immigrant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas ... Times has an article on the length of the new SAT. Some students and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  Hospital for the meeting, thanks to one of our Educational Counselors who ... of two meetings the office held yesterday, the other being Stu ... moment of silence for the 9/11 victims as well as the Katrina victims. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  of the recent tragic killings of African American people across the United States – including the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery (Glynn County, GA ... Associate Dean and Director of the MIT Office of Minority Education Di

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  whole lot of food: Teamwork at its finest! April browns the meat, Rick and I put together the cheese mix, and Rob (just visible in the top of ... roll of aluminum foil and covered the first pan as Rick stared on in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  and Jordan '11. For many of you, a campus tour will be one of the first ... . Unlike the typical tourist, however, I decided to take pictures OF the tour ... . They are learning about the wonders of Dunkin Donuts and Subway. After

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008