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  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  admitted to all of the colleges on my list. I was also really lucky in that parents really trusted me and my decisions. Sure, they talked with me about ... look at a school not already on my short list. Their advice was helpful

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  . This puzzle is courtesy of my friend Evelyn, '07, Course 6. Prima Donna ... and through. But every time it matters all my words desert me, so anyone

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  my Philly school visits. I visited Girls High (Alia's alma mater), then ... day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... that my mom has moved back, I'd really like to get to know the city

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  had throughout my life. Throughout my time at the 'Tute, I have heard ... ." One of my greatest role models is my mother, who went back to work three weeks after I was born. I had a nanny who looked after me, even when my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  So on my way back from my BE.370 recitation, walking down the Infinite, I heard a loud boom coming from Lobby 10. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that not only was there the booming, there was FREE FOOD. Cue the

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  take my healthy lifestyle to the next level and train for the Boston Marathon. Granted, the marathon isn't until April, but I have my work cut out ... minute and a half so he could watch my "gait" and determine my pronation

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  the lack of meaningful updates recently; my life has been tremendously ... out from that. Sunday, my friend Jacob from high school came down from ... can probably use to buy a comfortable chair for my room from the online

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  When I got my first guitar at age 3, I immediately began dreaming of playing with (and for) other people. This dream took many forms when I got ... , and many of my friends played instruments in the orchestra and in

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  happy to be at Six Flags. My group spent the first several hours in ... coasters. But when I was eleven, my parents got divorced - and when my autistic twin brother came up to visit my mom, he wanted to go to amusement

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  where I lived my freshman year. Here are a few pictures and videos from ... other humorous conversations, me and my friends decided to discuss baby

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  As part of my desire to make this blog more interactive, and since you readers are so ingenious, I'm asking for your help in designing my new banner. (That, and I've hit a creative roadblock.) I am

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne (Jo-Jo) Chang '03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  Just when my 2-year-old finally starts sleeping through the night, we decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I ... ? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  . Glenn Fleisig. That was a name that caught my ear. At left, Red Sox ... turned to my friend Google. I found: A nice video story about Fleisig and ... engineering, and figured I'd devote my life to being a mechanical engineer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement, but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my ... the new cycle, it's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team of

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  by the ARC - so my knowledge thereof is a bit limited. I just spoke with my friend who works in that office, however, who showed me the

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  faculty commitee.I have sent my research papers with my app. will they be ... answer any questions about it." But I'll break my rules only slightly to ... . One of the things my school's college counselor said was big this year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received lots of calls today, with many references to my blog. Below are the FAQs. Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection

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

  The mail, and more

  

  . When your application pieces are processed, they will be posted on the My ... knows my research capabilities as well as what I'm like as a person far better than the professor, though offered to write me a rec. My question is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005