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Blog / Hacks
The Proposal One part hack + two parts romance = Lobby 7 love!
Many hacks at MIT celebrate something: the 100th anniversary of this, the debut of that, the screening of this, the inauguration of that, etc. For example, last week, some people constructed the following to -
Blog / Academics & Research
A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions
to medical school" Definitely! A lot of people at MIT (about 10%, I ... dropped out some classes at the end of a semester because they took too many classes at the beginning. How many credits are appropriate not to drop out a -
Blog / MIT Life
See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like
; it wasn't very polite at all. Shoot me an e-mail or comment or -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
MIT References
Westinghouse prize when I was 12, big deal. Published at 19, so what. I got a double doctorate from MIT at 22, chemistry and geology. I taught at ... , the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, ok?" At least they -
Blog / Admissions
Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…
"MIT" - but I suck at shaving. Hope you enjoy anyway. The real shave will -
Blog / Admissions
Everybody’s Reading Applications!
reading application files today at the Diesel Cafe, I realized that a woman -
Blog / Academics & Research
XREG
MIT on a moment's notice and still do an okay job. And people laughed at ... class at Harvard, in the Graduate School of Education (all Harvard ... -level Management courses at MIT, as there's no restrictions against it, and really -
Blog / Admissions
Likelihood
differs from many of the schools who employ them. At MIT, we read and ... committee. At some other schools, some admitting is done on the spot -- when ... , sometimes months. A regular action applicant at one school might be reviewed -
Blog / Admissions
The ratio of people to cake is too big.
applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read at Diesel Cafe. Reading is kind of like studying: everyone needs to ... the daily, updated events, news, and research at MIT." Thanks! I don -
Blog / How to Human
Jargon
Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me ... Activities Period. The month of January at MIT, and the most fun time to be on ... understands it at all. kludge - [rhymes with "stooge"] n. (1) A Rube Goldberg -
Blog / Admissions
(Q & A)^(n+1)
of a school abroad. My question is: Will this letter put me at a ... always welcome, and wouldn't put you at a disadvantage. existential ... taking classes for credit at a local university? What should they do about -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Biological Engineering major
of you waiting for the BE major, it looks like it will be approved at -
Blog / Admissions
App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…
Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still ... though. He's been doing it forever and he's amazing. He'll look at files ... meantime, I read applications at my house, in the middle of the woods. I used -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Lewis Music Library Tra la la
visit MIT), leave a comment at the end of the entry, k? According to the ... Institute Professor at MIT. Listen to the song at http://libraries.mit.edu/music/facilities/Veni.mp3 See the song at http -
Blog / Admissions
Love that dirty water
're in one of those areas, I hope you'll come see me at one of my meetings (you can RSVP at this link). Yesterday was a pretty good day. For most ... at the meeting you attend you hear us repeating some of Kim -
FAQ / Interview
What is the interview process?
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FAQ / First-year application
Does MIT have any age limits?
courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is the Koch Institute?
-faceted group of investigators is at the core of the Koch Institute’s mission to -
FAQ / Life and culture
What does the Office of the First Year do?
The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that enrich and support undergraduate education at MIT, and serves as your first year headquarters as well as a resource during your undergraduate years