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  Answers to some questions

  

  Matt does! And I'm starting to get more comments in general - I guess my ... asked, "Now that the Interview Information is posted on the MyMit website ... /call my EC? Just "Hi, my name is Kathleen and I'm applying to MIT... I would

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... chip. My project was to find out how to remove those wires from the chip

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  my harrowing adventures tutoring writing for the Media And Technology ... you why you're here at MIT in the first place. In my case, having ... children in my day. Ok, that's the boy's side of camp, but that cabin

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends ... . I think you'll be fascinated (as I have been all week). My personal

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  longer unthinkable." So, just as my classmates did research with Prof. Lander (who was my Introductory Biology teacher; you can also choose to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  /she doesn't make it. In no way am I comparing my feelings to those of a rejected applicant - I know that my feelings do not compare. But at the same

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times. Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy ... -related question: My advanced-placement-English teacher received an overwhelming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  Today's tie: See for yourself below! An eventful day! Today, my subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... cultural show put together by one of my favorite students (okay, I have many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Anna’s Taqueria

  

  joints. Here they are making my carnitas super burrito. Mmmm. Not pictured: my horchata to drink. The other thing we love about Anna's is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  ... though, due to my time restrictions during application season and the number of questions, my answers must be brief (sorry for the brevity). Will ... you please comment about the Campus Preview Weekend? My son is planning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  the office, giving my eyes a brief rest from all of the applications ... nearly a week in email)... Shabin asked, "Will my family's finacial ... unsuccessful attempt an excuse): "My family cannot afford the application fee

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  making adjustments and enhancements to the application that generates My ... current goals: #1 Videos Portlet MyMIT just partnered with MIT World, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and recommendations - and in many cases I was dead-on - which means that my "calibration

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  endless loop. Welcome to season 18 episode 98 of my life: “Hala’s Escape ... lectures, but for the routine that came with them. I wanted my Google ... every morning, sprinting out of my dorm with a Belvita in hand, sitting

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  As MIT Admissions’ one and only “jockblogger,” I have decided it’s my task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock ... it.  I learned that MIT was a jock school by living in it. I saw my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  predictions from my decisions. (i.e., if I don’t finish this assignment now ... will convey my thoughts to those who end up reading this, and whether that will have consequences on how my blog impacts those people, and so

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  with various displays of creativity and mischief. These are some of my ... .), but my favorite instance was a particular rendition of “All of Me,” by John Legend. I was sitting on a nearby couch, eating my lunch when it

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  . Winter meant my dad starting the cars 20 minutes early before we all piled ... . Living so far from friends meant that my siblings were my main source of ... long navy peacoat adorned my shoulders in place of mismatched gloves and

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  paint with five other girls in my sorority. Further down the bridge is a ... bridge? Not even an hour earlier, I was minding my own business, desperately trying to Courseroad and reorganize my junior year, when I received

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  my last concert with the mit ohms, my a cappella group, happened ... . then i built my first sound system, connecting the 5 av mics to the av ... years of my time in college of course 5 mics wasn’t enough, so we also

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023