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  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot ... consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  began at Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week, including ... experiment at MIT several years ago has now taken hold in the campus culture ... put MIT at the forefront of the growing number of colleges that are al

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  Trivia: This year's admit rate was 11.9%. What was the admit rate for my class, the MIT Class of 2000, when we were admitted in 1996? [answer at the end of the entry] Probably the most popular questions asked at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  , building 56. It sits right at the end of the infinite, next to the NEWLY ... there's nothing special about it. At all. Oh, completely unrelated

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  there are many students who will get into graduate school at MIT. Transfer admission is a small program at MIT. Transfer students, though, are

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

  Two Cool Projects

  

  a fair price for their work, at least double the price they obtain in ... teammates were big winners at this year's IDEAS Competition, taking home the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  issue of the MIT International Review at http ... producer at the History Channel happened to read it, contacted Zahir, and

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by this at the local supermarket: The signs say Happy St. George's Day ... another MITer at the time and neither of us knew what St. George's Day was

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  &A, will run about 90 minutes. You can RSVP at brownmityale.org. In addition ... admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale.org. I know that many blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  at MIT realize that a zombie invasion is a serious threat, one that ... chance at survival. If we are forced to take action, grab the nearest

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  seminar. Tomorrow I have class at 9 AM until 4:30 PM, at which point I go

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  Hi all, I am here in the office preparing the blogs for the post-decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at ... set up before we release decisions at noon. If you're looking for a way

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  are at the beginning of Easter term so there’s panic over the last ... ;m sitting at home while writing this. Most of the other people on the

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  exam study days. From my desk at Hayden Library, I watched the snow fall ... is at an absolute standstill. We had an event tonight for the American

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• 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…

  

  story about some people whom he’d met at Free Tibet rallies who ... – oftentimes the victims of rape or incest at the hands of family ... Emerge the old-fashioned way: one trip to Sri Lanka at a time, one lecture

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  my limit comes at babies. I love kids, I really do. Really really ... -goo-eyed at infants with their little-itty-bitty fingers and toes and their tiny ... know. Keri dropped her double major; my hardcore physics friend at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  After reading Chris' blog entry about Thanksgiving at MIT, I thought I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although ... at the International office!

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the ... ? I should also warn people at the beginning that this is a long post. I ... lights division. My friend Chris '09 and I rented a Zipcar for a day at

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 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 Graduate from MIT." I immediately taped it onto my wall and I've been ... at Legal Sea Foods. I don't remember this particular occasion, but this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  one, bro, and I caught a f*cking bad one.' "At long last, thanks to his ... romantic hearts, all at the same time. It's an unwinnable three-front war ... esteemed professor is going on tour and will be reading at the Brattle

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007