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  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  I’m sitting on a JetBlue flight from San Francisco to Boston, listening to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack (Hans Zimmer AND Stephen Schwartz. Oh my goodness.) The couple to my…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  Oh how the months have passed- from fall season to finals season to flu season. Even our poor school representative, number man, has fallen ill; don’t let this be you.…

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  I met Will and Kristina in very different parts of campus. I was psetting at Next House during spring semester of freshman year when Will popped up and started speaking…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  Fun fact about me, on days when I don’t have much to do, especially late at night after watching a couple episodes of my favorite TV show and curling up…

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  It took me a while to internalize that a grade is fixed but one’s reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time; frankly,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more details about the Regular Action deadline. Other than a few hours of downtime on December 31st,…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  Hey Everyone –   Alot of questions and stress about documents and such on the blogs the last few weeks. Things like: "I sent in my scores awhile ago, but…

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  ***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience – feel free to post…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it’s late in the college application season–the deadline is near and the pressure is on–but for all of you who are still typing away at your application essays,…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  I’ve been home for almost a week now and I’ve done nothing but sleep gratuitous amounts and eat animals I wasn’t aware still existed while lounging around in the most…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  Hi Everyone, The Office of Admissions is closing for the holidays next week, and is not accepting emails or answering phone calls. The office will reopen on Tuesday, January 2nd.…

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  I got an e-mail the other day from a deferred applicant, who said that getting into MIT would have been “the ultimate recognition of all the effort I’ve poured into…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   I had a great time this past November reading your applications for early action. Truly.…

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  Last Friday afternoon, I – like many of you – learned of the awful tragedy that had occured that morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. I got…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  Hi Everyone, I was just taking a look at some of the questions on the open blog threads, and since there were so many questions regarding deferred applicants, I thought…

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted in EA!

  

  Congratulations on your acceptance to the class of 2017!   This is what you look like right now –     Go ahead and introduce yourselves. :-)

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred in EA

  

  We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in…

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted in EA

  

  There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible and impressive students. For those of…

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  At the end of fall semester, I look forward to one thing. No, it’s not finals (Common, who enjoys those?). It’s the 2.009 presentations!!! 2.009 is the Product Engineering Process…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  are you stressed/anxious/ [emotion] about finals/decisions/[noun]?  here are some adorable dogs. also, me as james bond.

  

  Are you looking for true love at MIT?  Are you not willing to leave your dorm room or talk to anyone in real life?  Then this latest MIT innovation might…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 13, 2012