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• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... dreaming about big envelopes the way you used to dream about reindeer. You

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  the financial aid tracking portlet in your MyMIT account. If you have any questions, please contact the financial aid office directly via ... directly to the financial aid office (contact info above). Thanks! (I'll turn

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but ... 've just begun. :-) As soon as I know the official day, YOU will know

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  I participated in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP) this past week. Though the acronym sounds awfully like UROP, the ... MIT students have the technical background and overall smarts required

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... attendance. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year Everyone! See you in 2006.

  

  've caught up with the latest blog questions in the last entry...) See you in 2006! :-) B. P.S. A big thanks to Timur for the Santa Banners on Matt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  application will once again be considered by the committee during regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular action applications. We will admit the best applications we can during regular action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  a far better job than I could of keeping the masses in the know about the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter-programming. Behold in Awesome Wonderment the pace from which I execute MIT Admissions

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  received this email from the Committee on Academic Performance (links are all mine) According to our records, you have not completed the General Institute Requirement in Physical Education. The requirement includes

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  's actually the second question on everybody's mind. The first one is "what are ... now. The real reason I'm writing about this is because it's on my mind ... 's above the healthy limt of "zero." So I figured now would be a good time to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links takes me to the school and Yahoo maps. Interested in attending the Sept ... ). You can review the list of meetings at http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  Huckabees Ben: Hero Matt: The Hebrew Hammer Mike: Wet Hot American Summer Sam: "Strangers With Candy", Season 1 Shana: A Mighty Wind Allison's Dad: The Sound of Music The Sound of Music went up against a bye in the first round

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  Changing World Technologies, you take a turkey, cut off all the meat and stuff that non-vegetarians might eat, then take the carcass, throw it into ... . To summarize, But, oops, Chester, looks like when you heat the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  ), was no longer in working condition. By the way, did you know a 60 mile ... "burgeoning center for ... arts and culture ... maintaining the warmth and ... product upon the American public. So, gentle readers, look for a couple

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... you and your lives. Because I do not work for the CEE or for MITE2S, I can't talk too much about the selection process or answer any questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  -wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get your letter by March 18, please give us a call. Right now, the decision ... being put together in parallel with everything else going on. If the mail

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  -year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university level. The transfer application is intended for students who have ... by the time they enter MIT.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge that combines battle strategy, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. Student teams aim to write the best player program for the
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  employment, and 49% of the Class of 2024 went directly to grad school. The ... ,438, according to the most recent Graduating Student Survey.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  Salman Khan '96 (18 & 6 and Class President!) and MEng '98, started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more