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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  . Regardless of what it looks like, this is a tribute to our institute, not a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “MIT Abounds With UROP Students” A photo spread about student research.

  

  The most recent issue of MIT's student newspaper The Tech had a nice spread about summer UROPs. UROP is MIT's Undergraduate Research ... learn more about MIT. You can read more about UROP from a student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 profile A ststistical look at the incoming freshmen.

  

  Here's a look at this year's incoming freshman class. Over the next week, we'll take a look at some of the individuals in the class... The MIT Class of 2010, by: Gender: Male 55% Female 45% Ethnicity: African

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  question is however, do I celebrate at: A) Toscanini's B) JP Lick's C ... distance of the 'Tute. Get the Scoop here. Joke answer: Pi a'la mode.

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue

  

  , but in a few minutes I will watch the Germany vs. Italy semifinal match

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  This past weekend, thousands of MIT alumni returned to campus to catch up and celebrate. Reunion Weekend is a very exciting time here! I ... . Instead, take this time to read up on a few MIT alumni that I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for the fall semester. More info and data on that when I know more.If you ... 're waiting for a reply. Ditto on the comments/Questions Omnibus. It's still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Thursday

  

  Date) 6:30-9:00 -- "Three tongues of the Muse" -- A tricultural poetry night with dinner, live music, and dance The event will include: -A full

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 389 applicants -- approximately 3% of applicants -- a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  confidence that you will be admitted to several great colleges, and a letter ... you again get a choice: where do you want to go? Remember that no matter

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action ... -qualified applicants is a daunting task. I'm excited about the choices we've made, while

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day

  

  Center Lobby 6 kinds of pies a la mode Share your thoughts/comments/rants on campus dining Help make a difference on campus! --------

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful ... write a more thorough entry soon, after some sleep. Hang in there - only

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  Responses to Comments: A: Hey Laura,stupid question : I just wanted ... ? So, we're going to backtrack to a little over a week ago. If you remember from the Mario hack entry, I was friends with a bunch of people

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year of the Origami Dog A beautiful folded-paper version of Evie the dog.

  

  Following last week's Lunar New Year post, Joanne got a beautiful gift: an origami Evie. The most amazing thing about the piece is just ... me among the very impressed. MIT is a great place for origami

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened ... is more than 40,000 application pieces to be processed in a very brief

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  It's that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with ... community. (This last one is a bad idea - with such a low admit rate, it ... . It's a vicious cycle. Even when I'm hanging out with my kids, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Leadership & Double Dare 11 pictures of the leadership conference, and 16 pictures of the Double Dare sex challenge

  

  lunch in a banquet hall in the Hotel@MIT (Note, this is a link to the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  ...I probably slept instead. I'm not much of a baker, anyway. There was plenty of ... freshman dinner... We had to cook for about 30 people, so we started with a ... mixed, it was time to bake it. Hence the name "baked ziti." I grabbed a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  calling our local Fox channel. I really wanted a live person to answer the ... ?" Unfortunately, I had no such luck and ended up leaving a message on an answering

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005