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• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  school report and transcript haven't shown up as processed yet. Is this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  me up on my suggestion, writing, "I've got a door for you, hailing from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  , being a veteran FIRSTer up in Canada, was thrilled about this. Her

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  the problem sets live up to their names a bit more. They're problems

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab space in the gorgeous new building, but it's taking longer to get the lab up and running than everyone thought it would, so I decided to come

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  (Also see Bryan's entry) The first full week of October is always an exciting time to be around MIT, because it is Nobel Prize week. For me, this week is routinely characterized by setting my alarm to wake up super

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

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  catch up with my MIT colleagues for a couple nice dinners. We dined Friday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  I always wanted to be. We came up with some funny ideas for satirical

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  brain, you end up making really tragically dumb mice. This is sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  parent of a freshman. Her birthday is coming up soon, so I was hoping you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  journey :-) If you take the stairs to the left up one level, you arrive

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  organization runs up against technical barriers that seem insurmountable, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  catching up on email and various projects I'm behind on since returning from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  score was low and suggest what features you might change to up it. One

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  too many menu items that I just end up ordering the same thing every

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  ). Favorite TV: The OC, Alias, and Lost are the only 3 hours I give up for TV

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

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  we keep running up against is that they want to be treated just like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  ... the good part is that it's like riding a bike and you can pick it up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  The Associated Press has a nice story about "Gap Years" that has been picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn.com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San

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

  The Scholar

  

  look her up the next time I'm in Southern California. Anyway, the first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005