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Travels Winter break is here!
. So I did a lot of traveling and therefore didn't make much money. So no
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Blog / Hacks
Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.
revoke your admission or diploma (jk) The t-shirt I was planning on ... they say the line doesn't start forming until X o clock, it means the ... spoilers: Don't watch this video if you don't want Book 6 spoiled for you -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...
. (And if you haven't registered yet, please do so using one of those -
Blog / Admissions
Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.
"yield"), we admitted 1533 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly ... elsewhere. We won't know more until after May 1. How many people have you ... -- and I am hopeful that we will -- the odds are that it won't be for large -
Blog / MIT Life
Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.
can't really see in Boston), ran around in the snow, etc. And -
Blog / Admissions
What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.
your interview has been waived, don't worry about it, we understand that we can't be everywhere!] *Even if you are applying elsewhere via an ... you haven't yet given your teachers their MIT recommendation forms, what -
Blog / Admissions
Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!
clash of my exam and i couln't give it. in december i have my exam again for SAT. so i couldn't complete my test on time that had set up by the ... wrote: "If you're applying EA, then the admissions staff aren't expecting -
Blog / MIT Life
I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?
... and though I didn't go quite as crazy as last year, I still found time ... that my SAM: Spaghetti, Apple, and Meatballs didn't win the award for ... should feel lucky that we even get to bake apples anymore." But I didn't -
Blog / Events
MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.
haven't seen in 2 years and they're always like "OMG I saw that picture of ... don't look that cool, that's because Ruth had all these ambitious ideas that I knew I wouldn't be able to actually pull off...) That's me -
Blog / Admissions
Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.
the time I was trying to answer the question, I wasn't thinking outside ... just a sampling of groups at MIT, and don't forget that a lot of the cool hands-on work isn't done with a formal organization [ref: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc -
Blog / About Decisions
“Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…
next wave of applicants. "Just because you haven't heard of a college doesn't mean it's no good," argues Marilee Jones, the admissions dean at ... applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being -
Blog / MIT Life
Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!
to MIT, though, it's gotten significantly worse. Why didn't my mom ... tube, I still don't really believe it. So if you ask me right now what 14 ... , where it's okay that I wear t-shirts and flip flops in December. When it -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue
doesn't look like this: Well I may not go to see the fireworks today -
Blog / Research & Work Abroad
Greetings from Switzerland
matter) makes me want to throw up or strangle the writers, it doesn't do ... gaming the housing lottery. YOU DON'T NEED TO GAME THE GODDAMMED LOTTERY! YOU DON'T ACTUALLY CHOOSE YOUR PERMANENT LIVING GROUP UNTIL ORIENTATION -
Blog / Life after MIT
MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.
This past weekend, thousands of MIT alumni returned to campus to catch up and celebrate. Reunion Weekend is a very exciting time here! I actually was out of town this weekend, so I can't blog about the Reunions -
Blog / Admissions
Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.
A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for the fall semester. More info and data on that when I know more.If you haven't gotten the NBM, please email the Orientation Office at orientation -
Blog / MIT Life
Excitement On The Road Adventures in the Princeton Hospital ER.
So Marilee and I spent much of last night in the ER at Princeton Hospital with a co-worker who ate some shellfish and puffed up nicely. (I won't tell you which co-worker unless he/she tells me I can. :-) But this was -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…
So I suck at life and haven't blogged in FOREVER. =( But! I'm making ... staffed by BC residents who make sure anyone who doesn't actually live here ... bike, and elliptical machine. But I couldn't remember the combo to unlock -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!
for the Dewey furniture survey. (Clearly, I don't have enough work to do -
Blog / About Decisions
The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.
professors teach? Call me naive, but I didn't even *think* about this at a top ... can't teach well!! They're brilliant, of course, in research ... , for the record, I don't believe that 80% of Caltech's professors can't