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• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure ... say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... you respond to me, be sure to read the post by Dean Marilee Jones on the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  During our Independent Activities Period (IAP), essentially most of ... semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester of several language classes is available in condensed form: three hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  . And if you can handle putting all of your life-changing moments down on ... Once, when I was younger, I poured the entire contents of a carton of milk down the drain because it was past the "Sell By" date listed on the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  know many of you have been anxiously awaiting news about our wait list ... on admitting students from the wait list. However, this year, we saw an unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us ... video game which allows players to build constructions out of textured ... Classic, where Classic is focused entirely on construction while Alpha

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  ? Surely I provide plenty of material on this blog), event planning, and ... prepared by a gourmet chef. The retreat was a mix of bonding and business ... of exams have started, yet about 70 girls attended. Some activities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  schedule. Remarkably I’ve started feeling rested on seven or eight hours of ... At the start of the semester a close friend of mine gave me her loft ... -averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  Eden on the grass and she slept off some stress in the sun. This time of ...   In the midst of some version of the thesis struggle described in ... our calendars strain under the weight of obligation. Spring is short

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  ***UPDATE*** If you're taking the SAT on the makeup date of 11 ... applications all of November into December. We have not yet determined on what ... interviewer. Do not worry, we are not shutting down the application on November

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  which I ended up submitting a total of 26 regrade requests on questions ... largest was 20. Of course, 2.2 points on an exam is worth a lot more to the ... respond with a message of their own explaining their rationale. I ended up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  lived in a boarding house in downtown Lausanne. There was a lot of construction outside my window. On one of my first days in Lausanne, I visited ... Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  available to join her as part of the next group on Friday, November 18 at noon ... ...that you get invited to have lunch with the president of MIT. Bryan, President Hockfield periodically has lunch with a small group of 4

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  both of our busy schedules, we started scheming of red pies and balloons and some kind of sacrifice, obviously. Planning began. What I had was two cans of red spray paint and one can of black (from Bad Ideas Weekend

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2029, which ... it took to try. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us, shake it off, and get back up again

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of the presenters for Pink Team, but I own two pink articles of clothing: a ... 've been offered four dresses to try on. Just seeing them in my room fills me

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from ... tickets were being awarded based on a lottery system. I entered the lottery ... pics for proof At the end of her show (which was great, as expected

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the morning, will bring me a box of chocolate (Twix ♥) and offer me a hug. I've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  Hi folks, It was truly AWESOME to spend lots of time with all of you ... update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to ... TV, who worked tirelessly during CPW to capture our various events on video

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  about some of the measurement and instrumentation tools that mechanical ... as velocity profiles in a pipe or internal pressure of a soda can ... part of MIT's DARPA Urban Challenge Team. So today's lecture focused

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006