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Blog / About Decisions
Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…
-decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at ... - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... every year.) Having said that, there are of course many of you to whom we -
Blog / MIT Life
Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.
like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love ... deleting this dud of a post because I had left it unpublished for a month ... of a harsh coughing noise) and "kamber" is really just a weird nickname -
Blog / Events
DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.
. The whole thing took place at the Museum of Science, where we ... It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... rounds). If they lost this match, they would be out of the tournament and -
FAQ / QuestBridge
How do I apply to MIT if I am not selected as a QuestBridge Finalist?
If you applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you are still welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using our application portal. If you are not a Finalist, you must -
Blog / Academics & Research
Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1
Period) at MIT, which offers a plethora of random activities, ranging from ... .46 Neuroscience of Morality and 9.85 Infant and Child Development. The two offerings ... This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions -
Blog / Admissions
Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike
such bill working its way through both houses of the Congress right now ... Bill 968, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) are corresponding versions of a bill ... latest battle in a war which began when the Internet began an age of -
Blog / Admissions
Waiting (is the hardest part)
no more than 30% of our class during early action. We feel that the pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want to further contribute to that by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action -
Blog / Academics & Research
Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.
, Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive efforts to document all of them, I split the entry into 2 parts. Unfortunately, I still don't have all of the photos I would like, but honestly, if -
Blog / How to Food
Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries
Dives! This trip, we're trekking to all corners of campus, trying the all-you-can-eat dinners that each of the five dining halls have to offer. Which dining hall ... variety of food Maseeh offers. As someone who observes a halal-diet, my -
Blog / How to MIT
Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT
going to take a leap of faith and say that most of the people applying to ... Honestly, I think if you ask anyone at MIT, there is something of a ... me long time to learn all of these new subjects at MIT." It is more of -
Blog / Admissions
Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.
- on both sides of the equation. I apologize to those of you who think ... " will get something out of it. Others won't, no matter what I say here. That makes me sad, but I can live with it, thanks to the rest of you -
Blog / Admissions
MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.
Class of 2010 Excels: from Rifle Champion to Water Quality Researcher ... Class of 2010 steps on campus next fall, they will find a cohort of ... accomplishment are already evident in the class: Sarah Dupuis of New Preston, Conn -
Blog / How to Human
Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.
lifestyle, independent of family and old friends, who were now one Atlantic ... manageable, because I had seen much of the material in high school. One of my ... of October, fall semester of freshman year - and it had been one of -
Blog / Admissions
Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.
students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those ... off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college they -
Blog / Personal Projects
10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year
again and again to offer help to them. I was one of few women in the shop ... building project is like a sidequest: fully unnecessary and a lot of work, but also what is the point of the game if you do zero sidequests? I do -
Blog / Events
Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!
caught on fire and flipped over a couple of times but we didn't have any ... that either we'd found a wormhole and ended up on the other side of the planet or that we were in New York City ready for a day of awesome. We -
Blog / Uncategorized
tote bag tour i have so many things to carry
I don’t know how it started exactly–a nice lug of canvas here, a floppy rectangle of yellow there. I tried my best to retreat under the guise of functionality: this one’s dark enough to hold tubes of paint, and -
Blog / Academics & Research
Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures
. ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars ... here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it ... ? Charcoal is the product of incomplete combustion of organic matter. This -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Waitlisted
A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn't accept them all. We have placed a small number of students ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvgV4P6Fzc Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may