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  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  I’m often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental material unless the application did not sufficiently show…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  Hey, cool, my column’s in the Tech! See? My column was a response to Ruth ’07’s column from last week. Two people complimented me on my column earlier today. One…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  A couple days ago, I received an email from a blog reader who asked me, “Isn’t MIT supposed to be super hard? How do you find time to have fun?”…

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I’ve been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England recently. For those of you in regions that do not have four seasons: autumn is a wonderful…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab space in the gorgeous new building, but it’s taking longer to get the lab up…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  Saturday/Sunday was the famous MIT Press Bookstore loading dock sale. Basically, they try to get rid of all of the overstock and damaged books, so they’re sold for drastically reduced…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  (Note: to everyone who has emailed or commented with questions, I got your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a busy week. Yeah, there were…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  I’ve had some great conversations over the past few weeks with folks in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with Richard Rusczyk…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  Posthumous isn’t the right word, but it’s among my favorite in the English language… and I’m so dedicated to you, gentle reader, that I would indeed write a posthumous entry…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  The return of the puzzles. Try your hand at this one. An entry about the three day week that should have been ten days long is forthcoming. This puzzle is…

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  Nobel week is always an exciting time around MIT. Bryan and Matt have done a great job documenting Professor Schrock’s Nobel prize. On Monday, the 2005 Nobels in Economics were…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  Someday I must tell you how I did it. Whoo! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Sorry about that, chief. Basically what happened is that I had to do a…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  Researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT’s Center for Materials Science have completed constructing a scanning tunneling microscope that operates at very low temperatures and in…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  Today I am hijacking Laura’s entry on tests, because a) it’s something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really ridiculous-looking formula sheets…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  It’s time for another Questions Omnibus! (for even more Q&A, check out Bryan’s latest post) Rushil wrote, “I have a question regarding the MIT application. I have made a research…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu’s advice on how to prepare for it remains accurate). A description of the current…

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan “XC is Sexy” on the shirt of a 12 year old, and I figure if it’s appropriate for him to wear it, it’s okay for…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  No, I’m not talking Clark Kent here. I’m talking about the speed of light! I’m talking about what happened 100 years ago today. Don’t tell me you don’t know! (gasps)…

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  4 8 15 16 23 42 If you already know what those numbers mean, this entry is for you.

  

  So I’m a Lost fanatic. Long-time readers know that Alias and The OC are my two favorite shows, but Lost is positioning itself to take the lead. I had lunch…

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  Today’s post is a bit different from my regular posts. As we get closer to application deadlines I know that your anxiety level is on the incline. As a way…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005