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• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  [EDIT: It has been noted that the photos in this entry don’t show up in Internet Explorer. I’ll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I suggest converting…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  At a press briefing at the White House on Monday, MIT President Susan Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a “truly historic” new level of federal funding…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  College Fair! v2.0

  

  Hello everybody! I’m still alive, I promise, just not at the computer. I will, however, be at the computer tonight from 8:00PM EST to 10:00PM EST to answer all of…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Meetings… I hope you'll attend the event near you.

  

  Each spring Educational Counselors all over the world hold events for admitted students. The events are designed to provide you and your families with an opportunity to learn more about…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd ’11] It is probably a well-worn maxim that writers write. That is, there are many people who are interested in writing. A lot of people periodically have…

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  One year ago, in the mush of schoolless boredom known as Spring Break of junior year, I got into MIT. “Got into” is here used idiomatically in the superficial sense,…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  (the tagline is my favorite line from Wicked, hahaha – how “philosophical” it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of midterms! Although I’m technically…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the things they pushed aside for psets before.…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  It’s always exciting to get not just a three-day weekend, but an entire week free from classes! Back in high school spring break was in the middle of April, but…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  [by Danbee Kim ’09] It’s familiar. It’s even more familiar when a dark screen flashes the large bulky letters at the same time, or when it’s associated with it’s mascot,…

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  Hello MIT Class of 2013! Here are some things that admitted students should do, now that the entire class has been admitted… Read Chris Su’s Entry: Chris wrote an awesome…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  We’re Linux! "Aha, Linux beats paper!"

  

  Congratulations to the future class of 2013! I’m looking forward to meeting you over the coming weeks through the blogs and, of course, CPW. And now, here’s a cute little…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  First of all, Welcome to the MIT Family! (click to see full version!) 3. Go on Facebook. Now. Join this group. Go “Facebook official” with MIT! ;) 14. Sometime soon,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  I just wanted to say that please don’t give up hope, and I know that each one of you possesses a talent that will make you stars at wherever you…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu. decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account.…

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Admitted Students

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2013! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means…

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Waitlisted Students

  

  In the near future, we’ll have some advice and information here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to discuss anything waitlist-related.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  Every year it happens and every year there is sadness. Please don’t turn that sadness against the admissions office, the bloggers, or the admitted students. Things don’t always work out…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009