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• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  to the right, you'd see MIT and the Cambridge side of the river), and ... . And this one comes from Evan '10, who attended the Discover Nuclear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  math, and now it's paying off. He's preparing to leave for Boston on a ... verbally and mathematically precocious youth. His teachers say it's amazing ... math and chemical engineering. [n.b. also see the story's homepage for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Am Not As Lame As I Appear I've just been feverishly at work on the new website...

  

  Mollie starts tomorrow and I needed to get things to a certain point so ... applications (thanks!) and I have a file with all of your questions which I ... .S. Nance's 40th birthday party was off the hook. He had a stretch limo and

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gotta Catch ‘Em All! A DUCT TAPE COW!!!

  

  'm not completely sold on the idea, but I did see this cow, and the artist ... and I are best friends. My 2.007 car had a few couple strips here and

  • by Bryan
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... down the last 3 feet of the slide and crash into a continuous white spray

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I saw fireworks from the freeway… Happy 4th!

  

  (Name that tune) Clearly today is July 4th, and thus the festivities ... it. Last year, some friends and I celebrated July 4th by barbecuing at the Baker BBQ Pits and then watching the show from the amazing roofdeck

  • by Bryan
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  , Germany, Poland Group B: England, Paraguay, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago Group C: Argentina, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro ... , Ukraine Congratulations to Star, errhode, S&Mer, Jared, and Jules, who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  Today begins a weeklong event at MIT called Senior Week. During Senior Week, we celebrate the graduating class and provide them with their ... Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  's still been done for a couple weeks now :(" And Anonymous wrote, "Why have ... package on the April 1st date we were told?" Joe, I'll look into it. And ... financial aid answers for some other commenters, and I'm sure I can help you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  students around 5pm Eastern time, and working our way west until around 11pm ... ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT ... pictures and reviews to me; I hope to post some here. Finally, if you have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? One of the top 20 Scrabble players in the country, and ... red with something other than my own blood, and you will be astounded. I guarantee. Okay, because of this unprecedented, and quite frankly, somewhat

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  both domestic and international applicants. We have received greater than 2,500 international applications and nearly 9,000 domestic ... competitive year for MIT admissions. Between the early and regular action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  New Year Notes Miscellaneous.

  

  , here are a few notes... Some folks from MIT and NIST further confirmed ... , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette And finally today, a little trivia contest (props to ... most popular male name and the most popular female name of students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  finals in the department of urban studies and planning, she's exploring new and diverse artistic endeavors that MIT students typically don't have time to do, including mural painting, knitting, and now... apparently

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  I know that you all hate us right now and I don't blame you. I would ... didn't know. I don't hide things from you; I never have and I never will ... want to spend a lot of time on the boards and the blogs, but a guy can

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  office) and will be making their way to your mailboxes accordingly. (For ... automatically begin to spaz as soon as you read this. Don't. Just wait and see ... ! Many of you will be deferred. And many of those who were deferred will be

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  ) Take a look at the countless academic and cultural prospects that over 25 ... country, experience a new culture, and intellectually challenge yourself all ... : MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) CMI

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  : the people, the housing system, hacking lore, Mystery Hunt and IAP, the ... character: Nekobasu? Advice about applying to college/MIT: be open and honest about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  headlights, no rearview mirror, overly tinted windows and no windshield wipers ... friend and SEVT member Ben Glass '07 had somewhat of an explanation:   ... before finishing July 27th in Calgary, AB. Check out the schedule and best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 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 ... grow up, to learn from each other and to trust each other and to actually

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005