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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  Gospel Choir Performing. ABOVE: Mocha Moves (It was really hard to get a ... learned in person. Videos are one thing, but attending a live performance is ... Roots Of A Tree And Not Hate The Tree.” I had never heard it before

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  live with other awesome ladies (provided you're a lady as well)? There ... 's got to be one that floats your boat. Us bloggers represent a nice ... there's Simmons. Every dorm has a good and bad reputation. Our good rep

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  a bajillion pictures - as per female i ... squealing* Yeahhh, MIT! Our boat went kind of slow at first, but after a ... . Yeah, I have an orgo test on Wednesday and a paper proposal due that same

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  to make the world a better place. Another cornerstone of MIT culture ... don't normally do on my blog. I'd like to ask you all to do me a big ... Forbes "Boost Your Business" Competition. Their concept is actually a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  would sacrifice an afternoon nap for a one-mile walk across the Harvard ... was made more memorable by the following episode: (Jeanne and I spot a ... laughing* (A minute or so later: we walk through a narrow passageway

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  A few weeks ago I sent out the call for new bloggers. We had quite a ... who to invite into the elite ranks. Unfortunately that would be a lie, and I'm still disappointed that we couldn't find a place for more of the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  opinion, this is a fact. Just as the sun rotates around the earth ... will be able to find a home here at MIT. Recently, Professor of Music and Media Tod Machover has been getting quite a bit of exposure for

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  , hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in ... running out of battery!), I prevailed against all odds and secured a photo ... 's distributed computing environment, and her likeness has been featured on a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  aren't familiar with it at all and enlighten you. Wolfram makes a ... decrypts, it slices, it dices, and it'll take your dog for a walk. I wrote about it a while back on my personal blog so if you're interested in more

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot ... . But now, as a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  year, we received 15,661 applications for admission, a record number for us and a 17% increase over last year. We admitted 1597 students for an admit rate of 10%, or about one of every ten applicants. We have offered a

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Saturday 3/14 We will post RA decisions online on Saturday at 2pm... or probably a minute before.

  

  ... actually, we’ll probably have decisions posted a minute before 2pm ... students.) To ensure that you will receive a decision online, please visit ... locate you in our system and reset your password within a few days. What if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  Early Action deadline. We've been getting a lot of questions here in the office about the deadline, so let me take a moment to answer some of those questions, and to provide a bit of advice as well. Please be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  can hold moisture, I'd totally forgotten about that!" It was quite a ... a whole segment of my vocabulary that had lain on a shelf this summer ... ...so there have definitely been a few moments of searching my brain for English

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  packed, just in a different way. (Which is maybe perhaps why my blogging ... 've been on for the past two months.*) A couple weekends ago the city of Cambridge was hosting a city-wide dance party in the street, and so we decided

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot ... . But now, as a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  about deferring for a year, and here I am giving you information on how ... a term at MIT. For some of you, this might entail working a part ... worked your pretty little butts off during high school and you need a nice

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 ... a waitlist place, or how many students we will ultimately admit from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As ... have traveled. I think it's a particularly touchy subject because I feel ... such a sheltered life so to speak, and when I gush over the fact that my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  wildfires. Half a million people have evacuated their homes, and more than ... has 646 public schools, with nearly 500,000 students. A thousand homes ... that there must be a better solution to fighting these fires. Maybe it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007