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• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  , the conclusion of our transfer admissions cycle, seems as good a time as ... , admitting 16, with 14 enrolling in the fall. This season's admits are a ... year universities and two year junior/community colleges. There were a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  a year, Sacha Yaku will purchase ceramics and jewelry from the women individually. Sinchi Warmi can choose to ask its members to contribute a portion ... a fair price for their work, at least double the price they obtain in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Last year, I piloted an effort to capture CPW through the eyes of a prefrosh, and this ... will be a great opportunity to share your CPW experiences as well as

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  Tonight LSC hosted a pretty exciting event - a screening of a few selections from the upcoming movie "Jumper", as well as a discussion panel ... Darth Vaders up on the stage at 26-100, so there was a pretty sizable

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  Williams College. Long before I became politically conscious, he told me a ... couldn’t locate Tibet on a map. It seems comical, even absurd, that people who can’t locate Tibet on a map would clamor passionately for

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You ... without high-speed internet connections...I realize that it will take a ... been to a Bruins game, but two of my best friends, Anna '08 and Maria '08

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks. Long a ... subculture—providing a deeper understanding about intelligence, strategic ... Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host ... don't, don't worry -- I assure you we have a host for you. CPW invades

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am ... is my birthday, and my age is now a perfect number. Perfect numbers ... corresponds to exactly one perfect number. If you're even a little bit of a math

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type ... wait your turn or become a certain age before you can do anything, like ... is a Strange Place, a lecture given by MIT Physics Professor and Nobel

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• 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…

  

  hours, but I've been studying quite a bit this weekend. Stalling=blog post! Woo hoo! With that said, here are a few of the things I've seen while ... - it is for a class) had been moved to the East Campus courtyard

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  Upon conferrring me my black belt, my sensei also handed me a ruler ... skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... question, and then use a measurement device to validate our hypothesis. But

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  of Sufjan Stevens's because Sufjan Stevens is a proper noun as well as an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common ... apostrophe. So it would be "the abacus's beads." BUT if you have a common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  Requirements (a.k.a. introductory math, physics, chemistry, biology ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my ... shipped online then it's usually not a big deal. Oh...one last thing. A lot

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  't have to explain to all the postdocs what a "blog" is -- but I forgot the camera. Hey, I'm not a morning person, and I can't remember to do ... remember to leave Adam a shopping list, so he could go to the store on his

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  Ruth said: "Seriously, update! A more pictures, less blocks of text ... ? Well, I finally made it home and then spent a lot of time catching up on ... unpacked anything yet. Yeah, I know. I never said I wasn't a slacker. Anyway

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  waitlist became a reality. We worked all day today as a subcommittee to ... decisions for the year, but there were at least a few more. Will we use the waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  : The kickoff was a swanky event (formal attire suggested), with ... for the occasion. More swanky formalwear... at left, Dan '03, a team captain, dressed up for the occasion. At right, Chris Morse, a three

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  A couple weeks ago, Mitra commented on her CI-M (Communications ... project where we would test a feature of the Hodgkin and Huxley model. My ... project was still a lot of work. We had to collect a lot of data, plot the

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  be too spread out? I'm used to a dining hall culture, where you can ... places that bring everyone together?" That's a good question, and one I hear a lot from non-MIT people and prospective students. In order to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005