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• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  my laptop, taking it from wireless connection to wireless connection on ... spite of this picture and my vast underqualifications. Additional

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  my team in last year's Mystery Hunt... The Hunt kicks off in MIT ... . Of course, we also solved many puzzles (my quickest solve: Take Me Out

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

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  in the background [of the stack of applications]." I need my music ... applications for most of the rest of the day, listening to my new music. Tomorrow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  Lots of people thanked me for my application advice, for which you are all very welcome. I hope it helped you chill a little about the ... me a hard time about my lack of costume. That said, let the tomato

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  for you, a la sub sandwich shop) on my way to the T. Descending the ... couple of hours before my returning train to Boston was to leave, so I made

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the semester, because later when classmates google the class number, they end up at my blog. If that applies to you, um, Hi. 14.41 Public Finance and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  don't have any problem sets due until next Friday.) My entry spent most ... just switched to Course 9 from Course 5, which in my humble opinion was a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for ... spend my last official night of summer--tomorrow, find out what exciting

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  five-year term as Class of 2000 secretary. My first Class Notes deadline was this weekend. As I was writing it, I realized how interesting my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  to make a shorter list of my own, of things to do before you graduate ... consider this list biased toward my own subculture. Guess what? I don't care

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  't English. What are my testing options? A. You have two options. You may do ... take my exams? A. If you are applying for Early Action, you must

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  rain cloud above my head (see my life as a cloud) and bring horrible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the College Confidential message boards), I've noticed an abundance of ... things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  Last night the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club sponsored a demonstration by the Korean Flying Tigers, and since half of my floor is in the club, I ... on my fluid mechanics final. The show alternated between variations on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  against us so my miniskirt didn't flare up too much in the front, though everything below my waist was just a little bit nippy. But actually, I don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  (legal) spots, you might ask? In my opinion, they are: 5. MIT dormitory ... watch the fireworks in my next entry. Another secret of the Boston 4th of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  to you, is one of my favorite parts of the year. Developing new ... some snazzy new stuff on MyMIT. Wrapping up the Class of 2009 and

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

  New York, New York

  

  backed by data, I went to my hotel room, counted the words in those essays and put them in an Excel spreadsheet on my laptop." [...] He was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  As selection continues, I wore my blue & gold tie that I bought in Richmond, VA. I had lunch again at the Steam Cafe, which is turning ... Kathryn Willmore, as well as my subcommittee partner today Mari. I also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Mira Nair came to speak last year and kind of offered my friend a role in ... the way back to my office, I spied another movie event poster that might

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005