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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  weekend before finals. There's other days, however, for which you would ... :30 AM I was sort of fascinated by the sun. Tip for the Successful and ... important piece of information that you will need to memorize for any test. I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  posting with an artist at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, who was interested in working on an floating sculpture by Marta Pan for an exhibition ... Philbrick, from my small apartment in LA and set up a time for a meet and

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  efficiently. Power Electronics is, for better or for worse, about as time ... lab -- how exciting! I've also been working on assignments for my other

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 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 ... folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we updated the admissions statistics page for this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  . I know this because I have been sitting beneath said scale model for ... for a small instead of a tall? SMALL IS A RELATIVE TERM, mmmk?) Let this possibly-doomed-from-the-start experiment begin. Edit: For '11

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  think that it's the most beautiful thing on earth. The reason for this is ... colleges, like Harvard and CalTech, strive for uniform and regal architecture ... , MIT has its fair share of boring buildings as well. Take, for example

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

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

  

  any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did ... admission is tough; with a 6% admit rate, it's especially true for transfer ... and facilitating things for the transfer admissions committee. Congrats

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

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

  

  threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... chainsaw and head for the small dome, we'll fend them off and wait for rescue

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  , nothing that could prepare me for MIT physics. There should have been ... hardest) is best for you. The results of my math diagnostic said that I was prepared to take either 8.01L or 8.01. I opted for 8.01 because 8.01L

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  looked around for prefrosh. None. We headed towards Dunkin' Donuts for some ... Snively?" So much for pretending to be a prefrosh. It turns out that the ... we grabbed our hash browns and coffee we headed outside to wait for

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  's battery had completely drained. I wait 20 minutes for the shower, and then ... Cambridge, to meet some friends for breakfast...only to run into them walking ... classic what-classes-am-I-taking-this-term post. I'm signed up for 66 units

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  is at an absolute standstill. We had an event tonight for the American Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive ... some pictures from this evening: I'm ready for the snow...

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  probably an easy decision for you (at least it was for me.) Hopefully you ... , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a non-profit organization (Teach for America, Peace Corps), work in a lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  're available; this is mostly for the Regular Action selection committee ... . Decision day: We have not yet announced a date for early action decisions. We will make an announcement later in December; watch the blogs for more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta ... showed up for these fireworks. The fireworks themselves lasted for about 20

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference with a gazillion other admissions professionals. Things ... developed for its new Campaign For Students, a big fundraising campaign that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an ... , one of the few MIT microbiology labs, for one and a half years. She says ... and that bacteria allow for easier scalability of a process.”

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  the information session for visiting high school juniors & ... , Friday CPW Registration Help Desk, 1-3pm, Friday "Voting" for Daniel in ... some delayed flights. Don't worry, we'll be here for you. If you have any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  For now, I'll refer you to this blog entry, but I'll be back ... if I sit around and wait for the news, the world around me isn't going to wait for me. I have three months left in my undergraduate career

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  there involved minimal effort. If I could cross campus for a Baker party ... tests and a pset to turn in on Wednesday. 2:03 PM - Roll over, reach for ... night. (The dress was for the MedLinks Dating Auction, which went really

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007