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  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  MIT Admissions has extended the deadline for applying for regular admission to January 3. The freshman application can be submitted through MyMIT. Additional forms, including teacher recommendation forms and the Secondary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  UROP investigating the genetics of tuberculosis at the Broad Institute the freshmen in my fraternity the Class of 2012 in general ... Brass Rat in the spring this upcoming summer :) this weekend! Plans

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  into MIT wanting to do the same thing as when you leave without even ... the most of your MIT education." After three years of eclectic classes ... the institute has to offer its students.  If there's one thing I learned

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More Updates from Cambridge It's CPW 24/7 here. We can't wait to see you.

  

  I've had fewer strange dreams lately, but the pace is still frantic here as we prepare for nearly two-thirds of the admitted class of 2011 to descend upon the MIT campus... CPW Events Wow, there are a lot of cool

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  I was thinking recently about the mixed messages that come through ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that ... of "tickets" to be able to do the thing you want to do, you have to

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  the next 2 days, which you math geniuses out there should know works out ... there, watch some kids and can't do all the cool stuff... Being a ... take the slides down when we switch shifts? Way cooler than taking the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school

  

  Note: I am shamelessly stealing the title of this entry from Sam '07 ... . The weather at MIT has been delicious the past week or so. My friends ... ), it has rained for 25 of the past 31 days. (And apparently it is a good

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  After two weeks of pure torture (that's what MIT is in the end, don ... course, I did nothing of the sort. (That's in the true MIT spirit as well ... .03 pset. I unfortunately feel like this is going to be a theme for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  fold clothes. I promise that the repeated act of folding one sleeve over the other proves to be a mind-clearing activity. So while stuffing clothes into the drawer this week, I realized that since I've come to MIT, I

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the Columbus Zoo. I managed to make my annual trip to the zoo last summer, but ... disadvantages, it's worked pretty well in the past week or so. Friday night, Adam

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 place to watch the fireworks in my next entry." Without further ado... 1. From a homemade floating vehicle on the Charles River. Enterprising MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  One of the biggest events of the spring at MIT is always "Spring Weekend," and the highlight of the weekend is the annual Spring Concert, where a national musical act performs on campus. The headliners for this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Anna’s Taqueria

  

  , because today is the grand opening of Anna's Taqueria on campus! Anna's Taqueria is perhaps the best know Boston restaurant of the variety "cheap AND ... quesadillas. It today opened its fourth restaurant in Boston, in the MIT Student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  Even though MIT decisions are released on the same day every single ... treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in the face. The initial (terrible) script I spat out was heavily

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  I can see from the comments that many of you are, quite understandably, very anxious. I've seen this twice a year for the past four years ... things a little... It was one year ago. Decision letters were in the mail

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  Think cannons are awesome? Check out this hilarious article from The ... : 15 CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Several members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology chapter of the Theta Tau fraternity are in campus-police custody

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  The Ultimate Showdown The Laptop vs. The Desktop So you ... laptop or a desktop? I too faced the same question 3 years ago, and thus, I'll share my thoughts on what's hot and what's not. So I'll make the

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"... Favorite commercial: Intel and its support of ... programs, including a nice shot of MIT's own Elena Glassman '08 winning the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Saves The Pact God bless Stu's hairy face.

  

  Just when I thought I couldn't make it through another minute of the ... Officer and Director of the Educational Council, has become my new bearded ... here. MAD props to Stu for saving the pact.

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 1, 2005