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  EA, RA, and Transfer Updates Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.

  

  Happy November — it's almost Thanksgiving!  Here are some updates and notes: Responsive Design: Notice anythign different about our website?  mitadmissions.org is now "responsive," meaning it should look equally good…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  Signs that I would someday Do Science can be traced to when I was 6 +/- 1 years old and decided to make a space-themed board game. Here’s a sample…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  If you hang around MIT long enough you’ll begin to notice some phenomena.  Pumpkins being dropped off tall buildings.  Pianos being dropped off short buildings.  Grumkins who haunt the hallways…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  A week ago today, I turned 20. It occurs to me that something weird has happened every day of my 20-year-old life so far (not sure whether this reflects a…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  I’m sitting at my desk in my robe right now. I’m on my 5th cup of coffee. I ate some Count Chocula. Nice visual. For those not familiar with the…

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  ***UPDATE*** If you're taking the SAT on the makeup date of 11/17, we should know this. Please fill out this form, so we can add a note to your file.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  Blogosphere: “Yo, Anastassia, where’ve you been? What’s your freshman year been like?” Anastassia: “Oh hey, you! My freshwoman year has been the FRESHEST of fresh, like the Fresh Prince of…

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  What do MIT students do on a Saturday night? Well, if it’s the Saturday before Halloween – they watch hundreds of pumpkins get tossed off the highest building in Cambridge!…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) (complaining about the ratio of male to female bathrooms on MIT campus) MIT female: Also, BUILDING THREE. Average number of men’s bathrooms per floor: two…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that memo. In all…

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  A couple weekends ago, the average age on campus suspiciously increased, while “real” adults donning excessive amounts of MIT apparel flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I’d almost forgotten what…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the QuestBridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry! You can ask questions for MIT Early…

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  What is a scientific/engineering topic that you find most difficult to understand? I’m going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I’ll explain why later) in a blog…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  My story begins a couple weeks ago at Career Fair…. As I attempted to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center……

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Watch the MISTI film! Interested in international internships? Learn more

  

      MIT Video Productions/AMPS

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact information. If you are having trouble contacting your assigned EC, please email [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]  …

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  “I’ve always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia is my dealer.” (I was looking through my old computer files and found the above sentence of a…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my forehead and trying not to cringe from the terrible aftertaste of the iced tea we both ordered. It…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  On September 24, MIT admissions blogging and His Holiness the Dalai Lama came together in the form of three Unread Message alerts in my inbox. The first, sent at 9:29am,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  As you might have read in my last entry, I had a 6.046 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms) exam this past Thursday. Once it was over, my brain just kind…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012