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  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  offense, but the spring weekend performers for the last few years have kind ... speak for himself: "You wanna go to Harvard? I wanna go to MIT. You ... ." Just watch the video - it speaks for itself. A big thank you to all the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  waiting in line for some iced tea this morning the two architecture students ... called transparent concrete. It's really only semi-transparent (for now ... findings, creep could be reduced to the point where concrete could last for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012. Check it out! (If you were looking for the Admissions Statistics, just hold on for a little while longer...) Incoming Freshman Class Profile

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  for launching such bands as Nirvana and The Shins. * Rain Man, Die Hard ... Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking ... ). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  've missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... the meetings, and the schedule for upcoming meetings in California, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record ... libraries to understand cancer and disease, studied addiction, made plans for a new graduate dorm, pioneered a center for synthetic biology

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  for some of the hacks, since the last time I went to the site. Well done, folks! For the curious, there are other sources of information about ... fondness for, among others, the Wright Flyer, which happened during my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010... The deadline for registering for Campus Preview Weekend is tomorrow (Tuesday). I really hope you ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will ... that there will be many students around tomorrow for several reasons ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  the dishes, I cut the dickens out of my finger. Mad props to Mitra for running up five flights of stairs to get some Neosporin for me from one of ... waited for the bleeding to subside. Props also to the Medlinks program at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  see what it was I wrote about one year ago today: For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes: we're reading ... much consecutive meetings from 9am until 7pm for me. This morning was a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I ... . It's working fine for me today, so hopefully that issue has been ... today as if it were still 1/1 - and no, you won't be penalized for being a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  , and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to ... Forest Hills. (For you subway people, we took the Red line to Downtown ... made the trip to cheer for our friends on the MIT Cross Country teams

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  ... Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed ... these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I ... LaVerde's to buy supplies for the MTB party (see pic below). $60 of ice

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  committee for domestic applicants (including students deferred from early action) for the MIT Class of 2009! Selection committee will continue for ... . Today, I'm wearing a tie, which is my custom for days on which the

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

  Busy times

  

  For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes ... -related meetings. Today was pretty much consecutive meetings from 9am until 7pm for ... 's latest post, followed by some planning for Campus Preview Weekend, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  for assignment submission and grading. I like gradescope more than other ... breaking down each question, providing graders with specific components for ... how every single point was accounted for. Regrade requests: If a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  everyone, As you may know, I am not-so-secretly a blogger for MIT Admissions ... MIT students (being, ourselves, awesome) do for the summer. So if you ... part of a special program for undergraduates in physical chemistry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  "? Meet Dr. Radia Perlman '73, SM '76, PhD '88, Distinguished Engineer for ... earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she ... Barlas Radia Perlman had a solution for an information routing problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful ... intended for. I'll also include appropriate [annotation note="Please Note: All of the following discuss mature themes and aren't suitable for most

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021