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  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of ... , and that we wish you the very best of luck wherever you choose to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  Did you know? "Nemo" is Latin for "no man" or "no one", and the name of the movie was a little joke by Pixar. And I refuse to bow to the ... storms, so that is the last time I will mention Nemo in this post. It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  " new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came ... obligation, is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of ... work of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). Founded in September 2006

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  semester. Unfortunately this semester, I left the selection of my HASS ... models of policy-making. Considers the significance of the democratic ... Space and Society (M) Focuses on how the spaces of the modern city relate

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... that this will be a very tough year of MIT admissions. The quality of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  . One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under ... , especially in the early rays of daybreak, when the sun strikes my solar ... attempt to answer the age-old question of how hackers manage to access the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  finalizing its plans for the fall semester, the U.S. agency of Immigration and ... capricious and an abuse of discretion" on behalf of ICE. The lawyers ... Solicitor General of the United States. Since then, dozens of other colleges

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is one of my favorite events at MIT. It ... the course of the year in the Infinite Corridor basement, each pumpkin ... to you the enormity, variety, and grace of an ocean of more than 2000

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  rest at the top of a hill of height h. What is the angular velocity of ... involves the moment of inertia and omega (angular velocity (what we're solving for!)). 2) Moment of Inertia. We need to find it. For the wheel

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  waited for the bus, but it was kind of cold so we did the group huddle. My review of the movie: TWO THUMBS UP. ... . Diana boarding the "Knight Bus" (ie the Big Yellow Bus) with her ticket

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  catch the tears that would otherwise run with the ink of your applications ... been answered at the end of it.) ... Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  at the beginning and the end of the course so students can assess their ... perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best ... , tools, and applications in bioengineering and a survey of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  of 1300 GMT the decisions were at Boston's South Station (the main post ... those of you not familiar with the 24-hour clock, or zero-hour, that's 9 ... , you may be one of the 12%. For those not in the 12% - do not despair

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  For those of you who are closely following the Doonesbury comic strip ... June, here are some excerpts: Alex Doonesbury, the daughter of the main ... Cornell. When the poll closed at midnight on May 22, MIT had 48 percent of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I get a copy of MIT Facts?

  MIT Facts is a pocket-sized compendium of essential facts about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, we don't mail the booklets, but you can find it online!
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology ... Rodney Brooks. Call me an idealist, but my favorite of the responses is

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  't turn that sadness against the admissions office, the bloggers, or the admitted students. Things don't always work out the way we want, but I ... shooting stuff out of air cannons, doing a ridiculous physics problem, or

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow Day? No Way! I'm totally counting down the days until the spring equinox.

  

  As you may have seen from Shannon's blog, everyone at MIT woke up to a rather snowy view outside. Here's what my fraternity looked like: Fortunately for me, my first class on Mondays is at noon. So the roads looked

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Elephants? I see a lot of weird stuff around here.

  

  Court. I'm waiting for someone to put one on the dome. Coming soon: my first question/answer thread!

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... Institute where they sequenced part of the human genome. - we walked ... of the most exciting times of the year. There's just a lot of things

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005