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  2,822 applications

  

  So, after two entries that seemed to relax people a bit, I do need to ... was also reported that we plan to take fewer students this year during ... half from now, after all of the folders have been read. That's when we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those of climbing animals. There are also new recipes for poisons, thoughts ... afternoon. This is the weekly magazine The Nation. This is the first half of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  year's 10,466. Down the line, the statistics are nearly identical to last year. It's another strong applicant class. The reading of domestic (US ... action) for the MIT Class of 2009! Selection committee will continue for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  to play the acoustic guitar. 89. I hate the feeling of failure. 90. i ... is true about you. 01. I have a cell phone. 02. I am addicted to diet ... 't live without music. 11. I want to be famous. 12. I spend money i don

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  . As of tonight, we have finished processing all mail and loaded everything into our system. If you have applied to us Early Action, please ... ’t panic. We have not yet begun to review partial applications. But we will

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  front of me, because somehow that made it easier to believe that i wasn ... . staring into the charles from the bridge brings to memory, the six of us, in ... the bridge but us, and the world narrowed down to the six of us walking

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  is the best opportunity I have to go abroad. College is one of the most ... to cover the program costs. So aside from travel outside of Madrid, for ... of cultural exposure. After class, we were free to get lunch at the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of people and poets and activists, and to see students caring about social ... ," a night of spoken word, collective art, and informative camaraderie. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to ... On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the ... some examples of characters who are former MIT students: James Clayton

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  ?) paper was due on Friday. In addition to the two communication-intensive (CI) humanities classes you have to take as part of your 8 class Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) requirement, you have to take two

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  current number of applications: 12,440. This represents a 9% increase over last year's 11,373 applications. So, the results of the guessing game ... ,000 applications. The mean of all guesses was 12,323 (not bad!) and the median was 12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike ... 3rd week of school, but you can usually get something ridable for ... can't wait until then, I suggest going to http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt begins tomorrow A fun puzzle to solve.

  

  The annual Mystery Hunt (history here) begins tomorrow at 12:17pm in MIT's Lobby 7. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here one of last year's most clever puzzles (this was just one of 114

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I will continue with the series of photo entries -- they take some time to put together, and I haven't been in front of a computer much. Hope all is well and enjoy these fleeting weeks of summer :-)

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  record, I can't believe what an incredible group of people you are, both academically and personally. You are the best of the best. I wish we had enough room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  . Some friends from MIT, UC Berkeley, and NYU took care of waiting in line ... accomplished my IAP goal of seeing a celebrity, since Jai Rodrigez of Queer Eye ... pretty late, but this weekend I hope to see Avenue Q with a certain

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  's deadlines are almost certainly different. So many deadlines! It's easy to forget everything that's going on, and sometimes you're not even aware of ... , I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more: schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005