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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

Blog / About Decisions

About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

So we all know what tomorrow is, and we’re all excited about it. Honestly pi day is pretty awesome, but that other thing that’s going on will be occupying many…

by Chris M. '12
March 13, 2009

Blog / Academics & Research

This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

DID YOU KNOW? About 25% of my blog posts are partially written while doing laundry. (The “Did You Know?” opener is a throwback to the olden days of MITblogs, circa…

by Yan Z. '12
March 13, 2009

Blog / About Decisions

This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

My grandfather used to tell a “story” about how when kids came home on their first vacation they thought their parents were so much smarter than they had been before…

by Kim Hunter '86
March 12, 2009

Blog / Academics & Research

Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D-Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor importance (biking for fun, blogging, sleep)…

by Kim D. '09
March 11, 2009