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• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  , thousands of pieces of mail a day. Between the US mail and processing delays ... This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal ... of admissions decision letters. Joanne writes: Having worked in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  15.27182 – Lecture Anatomy 101 Prereq: None, Units: 1-0-1, Lecture: M EVE (11 PM-midnight) (iHouse), NO FINAL

  

  Practical introduction to the theory of lecture seating. Revolves mainly around the Oasis Model of Lecture Seating, along with practical applications to demonstrate the concepts. Emphasizes applicational examples, such

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 23, 2008
• 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 ... factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  commissioned from MIT, of whom more than 150 have reached the rank of general or ... group and two hours a week of a hands-on, cadet or midshipman ... MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  've got this awesome little command and control center in the corner of our ... tells me that there are 115 people!), and probably 1/4 or 1/3 of those are ... official Hunt website, and they call you to check your answer. As the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star! And—more importantly—celebrate with your community and dear ones. We hope you feel like you’re on top of the world, and we’ll have some

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Somewhat Random A little news bite.

  

  6 came out. And I also wore rockstar sunglasses when the Goblet of ... unrelated to MIT...well yea, but since finals are over and my brain is still mush, I'm allowed. It's really only during the winter and summer breaks

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2006
• 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

  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
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  and classy. Here she is, with the face of Krotus, the Dark Lord of 5th ... t-shirt or turtleneck and didn't come from the Army Barracks store on Newbury Street could fit on the palm of my hand. So I puzzled for a while

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  . Because school systems vary outside of the U.S. and many international ... school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... you submit the results of any external examinations, such as
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  ring around the barrel. Of course, it was not going to stay forever, and I'd heard rumors of Caltech coming to claim it. The Monday after CPW ... . Because it was 6:45 in the morning. And I'd gone to bed sort of later than I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  . I still cringed at Mufasa’s death, and by the end of the second volume ... , and while trying to figure out “behind-the-scenes” of the committee ... nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  't uncommon; people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences Favorite things about Boston: Museum of Fine Arts; the T (subway) is cheap and clean ... : interesting and brilliant people; students of every major can take nearly any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  Point Karaoke HELP! The board of directors will be here in a minute, and Arthur ... from classmates, and keep your finger on the pulse of life at MIT! You ... sunk a frosh! Play a game of battleship where you're the ships and the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  .com/watch?v=XgNBgyziNrA&t=455s livestream of me posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers ... high standards and great autonomy; the blogs are a specific example of ... that they can shout dinosaur facts at me with the help of some CADding

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  students from the waitlist. As such, it isn't ethical to keep all of those people on the waitlist at this point, so we will notify hundreds of students that they will not be admitted from the waitlist, and wishing them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those students in the middle, about three quarters of the applicants, were deferred

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  One of the coolest things about building and studying computers is ... hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred of these doors in the house, and you ... of two parts: a big ball in the middle and many much smaller balls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024