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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to ... lot of work to do. So, when I arrived on campus, I was pleased to see ... a high school senior, I applied to ten schools. I was denied by seven

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all the way from Madrid, Spain, I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is ... to ROCK. I hope you are prepared. =) Also, I found this article today

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going ... only 8 weeks long and amazingly short compared to MIT's semesters. Many of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?

  , manufacturing, testing, and operating a radio controlled aircraft to meet mission specifications as specified in the competition rules. Students on the MIT DBF team ... students, but is also open to graduate students, who compete in the annual
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , I responded to one such inquiry with the following: While there are a ... to read this blog entry that I wrote a number of years ago sharing some ... themself, including whether MIT is likely to be a good cultural fit.  The

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  It's been a bit more than two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline ... . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... Time, we will email all students on our wait list their admission

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  (a) they're pretty much the same person so their banter is fun to watch ... revealed.) So the three of us had lunch today. Allow me to share an example of (a) from said lunch: She: You're a nerd. He: No I'm not. She: Yes

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  This past summer, Hasan Minhaj FINALLY made his way to my hometown on his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... immigration conversations, the Q&A session gave us the opportunity to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Appetizer Prelude to an entry

  

  Real entry to come soon (within a week), this is just to get you ready/anxious. Click here

  • by Snively '11
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write ... this day. Today I am just going to rip a post from Ta-Nehisi Coates - an ... to the starry universe? I mean, seeing the universe as a job? (Not to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  time to make a decision. You are not at any disadvantage. If you have ... "Interview Conducted/Processed" on your tracking system, you may fill out a ... action. We do not expect to have finished processing these materials until

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  this: Mr. Jackson [was] a father figure to generations of young men in ... . Jackson, a father figure to generations of young men in the house, died of ... course, if a woman had to leave the room, all the men rose from their seats

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... . Although the process has never been specifically used to destroy prions, Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   As you can see by the photos, this was a grueling ... covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  ? The colors are so nice to look at... I've cooked with tofu a lot with ... an alternative to pressing the water out of tofu with a heavy object is ... was lazy and used store-bought stuff this time. I had to open a can of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  an uninterrupted 20 minutes, approx. 9 am, my room on the fifth floor ... favors no particular "point of view." We are enveloped by sound. It forms a ... , "Music shall fill a particular segment of the air." We hear sounds from

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  First up, The Economist profiled Professor Gruber's research on ... semester, a class I profiled here. Last week, Time Magazine announced ... . In the photo essay that accompanied the article, they showed a picture

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , after working on a serious blog post for a few hours, I realized what day ... , which is all I needed to "make" a few hacks of my own. Enjoy!     What ... Admitted Student Gathering with a nonexistent limited edition 1930 brass rat

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  for a week of vacation (YES!) - back on January 2. I hope you all have wonderful holiday vacations, and here's to a great 2007! I'll leave you with ... LImelight. (I challenge any other admissions office to a Karaoke competition

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  mind don’t matter. It’s a cliche because it’s true, and we tend to ignore ... means that if you tell a friend you can’t talk to them right now, or can ... it. Take breaks. Take breaks, even if you have a lot of work to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020