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Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue
, but in a few minutes I will watch the Germany vs. Italy semifinal match
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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 -
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 -
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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! -------- -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Blog / Admissions
September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!
driven/flown a long way to come to a meeting, I hope it was worth the long ... telling you aboutThe MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchA ... ticket' for MIT admissions. With regard to KVPY, it certainly has a lower -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind
this weekend, so I probably won't get a chance to post the solution until ... ? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times right. I need a -
Blog / MIT Life
Class of 2009 note #2
lottery will run June 1-17. As a historical note, I helped to secure the ... important to you in a living environment? Where are you thinking of living -
Blog / Admissions
Welcome MIT Class of 2009!
Happy May 2nd! With the final responses in the mail by today, it will be a little while until all the dust settles and we can tell you more ... attention to them. Short entry today, since I must run to a College Fair