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  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been admitted to the MIT Class of 2014. There were 5,684 Early Action applicants this year, representing a 13%…

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2014! Go ahead and introduce yourselves.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum

  

  We’ll have some advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum

  

  There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of incredible students. For those of…

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  Hey all, I’m sorry you haven’t heard from me in a while; I’m working on passing the aforementioned 18.022 exam. Final in 8 hours, you’ll hear from me after that…

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  GOOD LUCK Everything happens for a reason.

  

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  • by Celena C. '12
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you’re feeling the stress. We’re feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection process…

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  Following the old tradition… Go and change the world! Buena suerte! :) —- Some things I learned this semester: Here’s a fun experiment. How do we perceive emotion? The faces…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants, decisions will be posted. For regular action applicants, the deadline is approaching. For admissions officers, there are many,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions: Wednesday 12/16 Decisions will be available online; be sure to verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  MIT Admissions plans to make Early Action decisions available online on Wednesday, December 16 at 9pm EST. When decisions are released, simply visit decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of informative, interesting, and often inane e-mails. As she does a great job keeping up with her inbox,…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.

  

  2.671 is an AMAZING class (that many people dislike, for reasons that are totally beyond me) and I’ve been having a great time in it. I’ve been writing lab reports,…

  • by Snively '11
  • December 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  8 Hypotheses, Mostly Non-Testable: 1. Today I accidentally punched a friend in the head while gesticulating the angle between a wall clock and the horizontal. In an effort to convince…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  It was my freshman year, not long ago When I arrived at MIT, complete (it has been near three years, how fast time flows!) With happiness and excitement replete Looking…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  WE FOUND ALL THE BALLOONS!!! WE WON WE WON WE WON!!!

  

  YYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME JOB GUYS!!!! WE WON THE DARPA CHALLENGE!!!!!!! CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

  • by Snively '11
  • December 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and accomplish what needs to…

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must say, it’s very nice, but when my girlfriend came into my room she inquired “Where’s…

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today’s edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the article mentioned, were…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Traditions What's the point of going through the motions if not for tradition?

  

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  (One sentence executive summary: If you’re willing to support an amazing example of what MIT alumni can do after MIT, please click here to cast your vote for Ksplice in…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009