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• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  reflecting on what has inherent value to you, relative to your own aspirations ... Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... response because I was subsequently asked to rate the pie on a scale of 1 to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live

  

  your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision ... were admitted: welcome to MIT. For those who weren't: keep on trucking. I ... applicants who applied for entry during Fall 2019. You may access your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little after 9. My "hi" to my coworkers died on my lips as I looked at their ... to get something. When I turned around to return to the building, I saw

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  you will bring your full focus to bear on completely crushing whatever college you attend next year, or whatever else you choose to do with your ... : every year we hope to take students from our waitlist, and we are excited

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging ... on to do terrific things for the world. We will have more news about

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  . you'd seen plenty of photo already.) Your feedback is important to me ... was a good time to take a quick survey of what you want to see of coursework at MIT (maybe it's not, I don't know, I'm running on empty here

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  goes on, as we add pieces to the collection each year. Selected students ... Friday are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student ... following May. What a way to decorate your room! Whoever said MIT students don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  action needed to be taken by you. You are at no disadvantage of your ... more you need to do. I assure you we will have your scores in plenty of ... "Interview Conducted/Processed" on your tracking system, you may fill out a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first ... in area 05:32 AM CDT on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 By NICO PLACINO / The ... Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  the heirs that the race is on to claim his treasure, and leaves behind a ... . 3. Get to the Hatch Shell early and get a wristband for the night ... time (I think someone danced to this on America's Got Talent though

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  to dorm dinners. My friend and I had wandered to Bexsley on our first ... I realized that he had to work on a P-set due that night) and ... had come to MIT CPW with excitement but also deeply rooted stereotypes

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  semester is going to be class heavy because I'm doubling up on HASS classes ... resources and help to be found. On top of that, the lecturer, Professor Terman ... counterparts. Japanese is an interesting class that keeps you on your feet with

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  finger as crowds amassed on the sidelines to see what the commotion was about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental ...   On Friday, I'd had it. I was coming off of one of those weeks

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  incoming freshmen to the new curriculum. And 6.001 doesn't really have a ... . And just to put their own stamp of approval on the class, some hackers ... 't really like the new curriculum, but for the most part, it seems to me that

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  things, I'm on top of things, because everything I need to do gets done and ... , which was weird in the sense that I had to actually get up from bed to ... anything, trying to get things done but never really starting. In the process

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on ... hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... , and water = the 3 food groups?) They encouraged us to rub and smell

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I'm here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs ... . I'm going to try to semi-flow this debate, keeping you updated on all ... audience. Only the Hamentashen side is getting little stickers to go along

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  admitted, do you guys get to just relax until fall travel starts up again ... 've likely seen on Matt's blog, we went to the waitlist today and offered ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  overcome their fears, to just pour their hearts out on the internet (rip your ... tinged with a deceptive dearth of day to day drudgery (how do you get a ... meaning of the word love with chicken noodle soup and shoulders to cry on

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  couple babies! But how did the little spiders get all the way to Lobby 7 ... Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010