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  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... acceptable). CDs will be forwarded on to the music department for evaluation. Your musical talents are something unique that you bring to this process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be afraid if you see something unfamiliar." Whatever happened to fair dealing ... 've said that I don't care, that I'm immune to gloom, that I'm hard through

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by ... will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about

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

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  Association Committee on Student Life is proud to present MIT's second ... Study Abroad programs from England to Australia offer students. Add to ... ever-important ventures into all the diversity the world has to offer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  means that I get to wander around and run errands and do fun stuff (like ... curl my hair before class, but today I had to bust my rump to get into lab by 9 AM -- I needed to run some gels and generally be a productive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the ... pretty darn big. Keep in mind that in Baker, the rooms are designed to hold

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  Longfellow Bridge Newbury St. The new way to spell Greek food at ... - J.P. Licks Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard ... Steady hands are overrated Killian Court - Back to MIT =)

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  , Senior House, and Random Hall all came to Kresge Oval with slingshots ... , so I decided to go home early. Tonight across most dorms, in-house rush is going on, and then tomorrow, freshmen will get to use me as free

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  ant06 wrote, "is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who's teaching you a subject you are not planning to further pursue, as against the ... care if recommendations come from the subject you wish to major in or not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 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 ... are different options you can follow to study multiple fields. For two

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  Yesterday, I got up early, despite having gone to bed late the night before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of Sarah '08, who organized the trip. Also, because I wanted to have time

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in becoming an MIT student???" I'd be happy to answer your questions (or direct you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  not while friends are on vacation in Maine and only get the chance to ... to their houses for a weekend. Joe lives in Portland, which is "Maine ... well as a fantastic place to spend a weekend. So, I ended up taking

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome

  

  Welcome to the new blogs server! I'm currently at my summer ... fan), but I can make random references to geography and pop culture. And ... , and down 24 to Berkeley. I had dinner in a lovely Italian restaurant

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse ... tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to ... pleasantly surprised to find some breaking news. While attempting to

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  've seen both of them present before on other topics, so I knew to expect ... case. Need blind admissions have allowed more students to have a chance ... students from across the country and across the world routinely apply to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  Thanks to Kiersten for being my 4000th comment! Also, thanks to Jeff who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT ... prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to ... choosing only 100 students quite difficult. Already we've had to make

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes ... 's mad as hell because he didn't need to waste 2 months on ISEF research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4 ... entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get ... to take this class; it's really awesome. Are there any classes you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005