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  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  I participated in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program ... attend a one-week session where we work in small groups, along with a Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4-5 reading days each week, we ... meeting about our new viewbook, discussed in Ben's latest post, followed by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Superbowl Discuss.

  

  I am currently a bit overwhelmed with work & application reading, but I'll return next week with the next Q&A and other new content. In the meantime... Superbowl: discuss. Who are you pulling for? Who

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Year of the Dog Happy Lunar New Year!

  

  Happy Lunar New Year from Evie* and the entire Office of Admissions! *Evie is the dog of Associate Director of Admissions Joanne Cummings, and is my favorite pooch in the world =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! The bloggers' holiday pic.

  

  Just a quick note to say happy holidays from all of us to all of you. We hope your vacations are fun and safe, and that your 2006 is super. :-) P.S. All questions to date have been answered in the previous entry...

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  So about those flip flops… snow part deux

  

  See my last entry about No Flip Flops Looks like the snow has finally arrived for real. Woke up this morning to these sights in tree-lined Brookline. This week: look forward to entries on designing a wind

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  Much like my one-time alter-ego Javert, I've always seen things in a ... myself, "Wow, you're so dumb. How do you even, like, get dressed in the ... 've taken to opening it up through computers in my lab via athena

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  November Scores

  

  To anyone who's been worrying about scores from November tests geting to us in time for EA selection, here's a bit of good news - we got 'em! They'll be loaded into the system tonight. Now stop worrying! ;-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing ... classes in which that problem might potentially be addressed: 14.64: Labor ... I've always said I don't believe in linear time, but this is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  usually in such good condition that you can't even really tell what's wrong ... and a half hours in the pouring rain to lose a field hockey game. Bleh ... her read my books. We have a symbiotic relationship.) In other news, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by Pepper White, the author (who was a masters student in course 2 at MIT ... takes away from the Institute. Hence tests. In Laura's entry, Eric asked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in ... majors. Tina '07 (light pink) lives in Baker House, and Christina '07 (hot pink) lives in Spanish House. Here, Christina hugs Kevin '07, who

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 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

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  between 15 and 20 percent of MIT students graduate with bachelors degrees in ... , because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad ... marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one ... encourage you to participate in all of it as Jessie and Mollie have both also

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon ... ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my ... to be on the Burton half of the building in a double, but my room had

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... . In order to double-major, you need 270 units beyond the GIRs. So in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  , and seared meat, but in this case is responsible for huge, gummy brown-black polymeric complexes that stick in your reactor and prevent you from operating ... hardcore organic synthesis to building a giant cardboard box in which to ship

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  representing 65 teams from more than 50 schools participated in the first "P3" competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 ... advance sustainability in the developed or developing world. There were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005