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  intentions to do so, we will not be using our waitlist. Our yield was even higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni relations. Selection is based on outstanding academic achievement as well as a
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to ... , transcripts, etc.) using a third-party service.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  things. I present to you as a case study the company LiveScribe. So this past weekend, Snively and I were invited to be a part of a start ... . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  admission today, we have placed a small number on our waitlist and informed ... . I'm closing comments on this blog post to concentrate conversation ... to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you

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

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  series, hosted Noam Chomsky, an MIT Professor of Linguistics, to talk on ... emotional bias with a scientific eye, and to daily question and reaffirm our ... with him (and they have a perfect right to do so) but rather than

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  ?) paper was due on Friday. In addition to the two communication ... CI classes in your major: CI-Ms. I invite you to join me on this ... analysis of natural disasters on natural resource firms) and a 10 page

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  in economics on a pre-med track, and the schools' econ departments are ... even gave me a refund on the deposit. Slightly over a month of classes ... to weigh in on their stories?

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time. Class has been going well. It's a significant effort commitment, but it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in Haiti, but I'll do my best to try to summarize. We just got back from a ... about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a special treat (or perhaps a trick) near the Great Dome. I saw the hack this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  they put a ring on it :D" - My friend. (I was going to make the same joke ... position right now to a lot of people: my past teachers, my professors, my ... buy your own. It weighs a lot on your finger, too! On days when I'm not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  competitive applicants will provide one from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities, social science, or language teacher. We also require materials from your school counselor (typically including your transcript, a school
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  to the entire Admissions Committee to make a decision on (more on this ... States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on the Indian subcontinent in the film. Peace has been on my mind a lot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Panic! MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday, October 31 from 6:00am until 10:00am EDT for essential…

  

  As the message on MyMIT says, MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday ... the browser to finally submit your EA application. Rest assured there ... completed. Go ahead and sleep in, read a book, watch some cartoons, finish

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 30, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  decided to make a super-retro 8bit blocky construction / run away from ... 't anything else to this post. Minecraft is a fun silly game in which you can do ... released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  , on my way to the Student Lounge off the Infinite, I saw that this hack ... - it is for a class) had been moved to the East Campus courtyard ... hours, but I've been studying quite a bit this weekend. Stalling=blog post

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  Hmm, I was under the impression that summer was supposed to be a ... many MIT students) am a little bit on the masochistic side... I work like ... . Although I have been watching a great deal of Law and Order this summer (it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  unless we have sufficient information upon which to render a decision ... team has worked incredibly hard this year to process a record number of ... they couldn't bear to send you a single email. Apologies for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  national sense of patriotism, or a common commitment to individual liberty ... not listen to people who promise to make Mars safe for human habitation ... be skeptical of promises to revolutionize transportation from people

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016