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  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  Early Action deadline. We've been getting a lot of questions here in the office about the deadline, so let me take a moment to answer some of those questions, and to provide a bit of advice as well. Please be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  can hold moisture, I'd totally forgotten about that!" It was quite a ... a whole segment of my vocabulary that had lain on a shelf this summer ... ...so there have definitely been a few moments of searching my brain for English

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot ... . But now, as a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  about deferring for a year, and here I am giving you information on how ... a term at MIT. For some of you, this might entail working a part ... worked your pretty little butts off during high school and you need a nice

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 ... a waitlist place, or how many students we will ultimately admit from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As ... have traveled. I think it's a particularly touchy subject because I feel ... such a sheltered life so to speak, and when I gush over the fact that my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  wildfires. Half a million people have evacuated their homes, and more than ... has 646 public schools, with nearly 500,000 students. A thousand homes ... that there must be a better solution to fighting these fires. Maybe it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a ... universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We ... an interview and give you some advice. This is also a good chance for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton Conner TV Lounge. When one event was over I'd clean up from it, take a 30 ... then set up for the next event. But, from what I hear, you guys had a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  DChen '10 said, "when I left CPW, I was left with a longing to return... and a sense of loss of the warmth inside of me... blah, blah, blah." And while CPW will probably indeed fill you with a sense of warmth and the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... people that I would be going to school with for four years. I also had a ... #4: Explore the campus. Walk around the campus. The fact that you're a

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  stairwell opening into the third floor, there's a mural of our banner with our motto. Sport Death! Here's a view of another room, this time a double - that of Kel '10 and Thom '10. Many of us spend a lot of time taking up

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead ... immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... rumors- at MIT, everything is given a number. Classes, buildings, trees

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... about admissions and instead transform into a cozy place where we can ... ? Who do you think are the last 5 Cyclons? Is Starbuck a toaster? Is she

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  course). Oh Sam. While I'm talking about Sam, I just have to tell you a ... . It's just a few seconds before I'm out the front door or into the ... terribly busy I make a point to say hi. Now, as I mentioned, it's only a few

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining ... a dining hall when I can go to my floor kitchen - or, better yet, when

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative ... AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  , food -- whatever. Bonus points if you ask a question so blatantly ... . Anonymous wrote Awwww.... you were such a drama queen! Here I was thinking ... . In my defense, I'll say that I'm a lot less of a drama queen than I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  care about people - I'm a good dad THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT ... | The Joshua Tree - Death Cab | Transatlanticism TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: - I ... - Exercise - Taking Timur's money in Texas Hold 'Em THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... , Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he ... ... did you know that "a 60-mile bike trip" means 60 miles each way? Really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006