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  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been ... this year, representing a 13% increase over last year’s record. The deep applicant pool, combined with a commitment to maintaining equity

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  Finally, my first blog post! It has been such a hectic week. It ... subject at a time. After taking tests, I normally go back to my room to take a nice long nap. My room this year faces the Charles River, and we

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  This week in verse There's a song that describes exactly what I'm feeling right now.

  

  Rather than write a real blog entry, I instead urge you to consider the following: An MIT surveyor came upon the gates of Hell, He looked the devil in the eye and said, "You're looking well." The devil looked

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  No class Fridays, the end. (actually the above screenshot is a lie ... who are not engineers! hahahaha! 4.431: Architectural Acoustics. A ... enhancing acoustic quality. 4.502: Design Scripting. A new class, this one is

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  this year - what's your new year's resolution? Best wishes for a safe

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  completely unrelated note, I recently learned a great mnemonic for the stock ... attack by swiping down. So a bull market is one in which the market is moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  So, a few weeks ago, Matt gave me an excellent idea for content ... blogosphere. (I still really like that entry, it's definitely worth a read if ... Engineering) as a major and possibly minor in Course 17 (Political Science

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  [I know this is WAY overdue, since Ring Delivery was a while ago, but ... swear) for eight years at a time, but finals were busy, and summer came ... a steady stream (especially since we no longer have Rock Band in our

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  I should NOT be writing this right now because I have a ton of other ... !!!!!!!!!!!!) This is just a quick update on how life is for me right now (that's what ... Thursday though because . . . On Thursday I have a 9 AM recitation and then

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  'll share a few of my thoughts and observations after having seen 21 this ... - they're affixed to a placard next to the door). Also, we have a lot of ... ) get more than a passing shot of screen time as Jeffrey, the blackjack

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... as a function of admitting, not admitting, and time. Maybe she'll let ... set up before we release decisions at noon. If you're looking for a way

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  students here had dwindled down to single digits. I logged on to take a short ... is like taking a drink from a fire hose," right? (If you haven't, I ... classes at MIT is like riding a train whose speed increases exponentially

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  LOLZ CATS In which he creates one of his own to explain his extended absence.

  

  materials, and Matt already did a great job of addressing that topic

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  I'll begin with a flashback. Scene: On my way back from my daily ... my UROP advisor, Linda Griffith, with a variety of projects pertaining to our central goal of developing a high throughput bioreactor for

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MYSTERY HUNT! Live from Mystery Hunt!

  

  It's going great!!! More pictures and quotes and all the good stuff coming soon. I'll let you know that part of today's challenge involved me eating an entire box of cookies and a bag of sun chips. Needless to say, I

  • by Bryan
  • January 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  The PBS show NOVA scienceNOW had a wonderful story last week on MIT Professor Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group. It featured not only her robotic "children" like Leonardo and Kismet but also her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  actually made me wish that I had been born a size zero woman so I could rock ... , WILG also makes me wish I had been born a size zero woman when they hand ... way. And I was going to write a blog entry saying basically, "Anybody

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here, but I think it's probably best if I share information that is of interest to you. So if you don't mind, post some topics you'd like to hear

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006