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• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  So you got into MIT. Congratulations!! Today is December 13, which means it’s exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In honor of that anniversary,…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the Inside Scoop To:…

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  Robert Langer, an MIT Chemical Engineering professor, is one of the best-known biomedical engineers in the world. He holds 500 issued and pending patents and is in the National Inventors…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  So, if you’ve been deferred, you may be asking, “What now?” Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn’t just a “polite rejection.” Your application will once…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Admitted Students The Class of 2011 directory.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2011 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this entry’s fresh comments space for…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted An open thread for admitted students.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this post’s comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates. (Later this week, look for new stuff on your…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred An open thread for deferred students.

  

  In the coming weeks, the blogs will have some thoughts & advice about being deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this post’s comments space to discuss anything deferral-related.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   This year, we received 3493 applications for early action, 13% more than last year. We…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Candyland @ MIT Not your average gingerbread houses!

  

  My dorm’s study break tonight consisted of a Gingerbread House Making Contest. Armed with candy, graham crackers, frosting, and ingenuity, seven teams of Baker House residents built architectural masterpieces in…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  Classes are saying farewell as it’s finally starting to feel like winter around here. I’m done with yet another MIT Wednesday, consisting of setting my alarm for 9:30, blinking and…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  So this is a big week. This, is not only production week for photography class (exhibitions for final projects are next monday), which is pretty stressful since I’ve been unbelievably…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to campus on Monday and spent two…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  While You Wait… Like robotics? Like the Rubik's Cube?

  

  Like robotics? Like the Rubik’s Cube? Check out this video that someone sent me. Discuss. (Sorry for the short post! Back to selection…)

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The entire state of Wyoming (population 509,300) has fewer people than the Harrisburg, PA metro area. OH WOW, it’s been a while. I’m real sorry; I’m just…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  I’ve recently had a number of startling revelations: I’m almost halfway done with my Junior year, there are only 2 weeks left until Final Exam week starts, and before I…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Brought Something? Um, no. No, we didn't.

  

  There was snow? I kid, I kid. I stayed up for most of the night with Colin ’10, Nina ’08, and Timur ’10 waiting for it to snow. A couple…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don’t know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don’t…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing Snowflakes Back It's finally winter.

  

  IT FINALLY SNOWED!!! Pictures etc coming soon to a blog near you. 3:27 PM – The snow has ceased. There is little to no evidence of the little snowstorm that…

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  As Ben has noted, we have begun the early action selection committee. We’ll be working throughout the week, making decisions and preparing to release them on the web and through…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  A couple weeks ago someone asked what I did to pass the time while I was waiting for early action decisions. I know there’s no real way you can get…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006