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• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  me...I had never been on a campus tour...before yesterday, that is. It ... telling myself that I should take the time and see what it is the tour ... , tennis shoes, and a nondescript shirt. Is bright red truly nondescript, I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  Today is Day 5, after my laptop refused to boot after turning on ... semester's worth of essays - and music!!) back though!! :( Haha - so this is what happens after your laptop dies at MIT. I feel like this is almost a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is ... evenings before. You see - the walk down West Campus’s dorm row is a (weather ... change from day-to-day, hour-to-hour in fact – one moment, all you see is a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  the heck out! But I'm sure if anyone is learning a lot from robots, it ... dreams because all I wanted is to have any job, and not live in the ... lived on has its own wiki. And an IRC channel. "MIT is the closest you can

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Portland, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound teen is a leader in the school wood shop ... college-going students nationally. The MIT-bound teen insists he is "a ... his parents each got laid off in recent years. Dad Scott Zinser is now a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... imaginary answer. Ex: “7 times 7 is 49, drop the 9, carry the 4 to the next column, 7 times 4 is . . .” etc. My hypothesis is that if your first

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  at home ever since. I've been in my house for what I think is going on the fifth day (fifth? What day is it?? Is it really Thursday???) in a row and everything is really getting to me, so when I was taking a break

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  relate them? Some of my favorite guesses? "MIT is obviously ... from the dome." BUT it is not any of these things. No, MIT hasn ... see, for the first time since 2006, there is FINALLY a hack on the Great

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked. We will ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  (I'm gonna go ahead and spill the beans: This is an entry about IAP. IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to ... while because I went to Hawaii.. oh, I know. Life is just so hard.) When

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  . About my Reg Day. The thing about Reg Day, is that you run into every ... happens to be on MIT's campus. Which is only 2. But still. 100%! Also I just ... (who is now actually married to Adam) feels the need to be all "Sooooo, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  day', which since yesterday is declared to be celebrated every year in ... November) it is designed to raise Latino pride in Next House and was designed ... camera a.k.a. the reason why this is my first post with pictures actually

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  ://webmail.mit.edu. You'll see a screen that looks like this: Click for 123K PDF This is ... e-mail. The service MIT uses, Webmail, is a fairly standard service ... interface is a little confusing, ugly, and bare-bones. The two main

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  sunshine - and that was it. Part of me is still wondering when my next problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of ... Keep pile, meanwhile, is destined for - surprise! - a box of some sort. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  not know, dances are not my scene. One of the stereotypes at MIT is that ... , panicked, and uncomfortable at dances. This stereotype is widely disproven by ... getting onto the ship. This is when Jared '10 and Yuki '11 thought it would

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  technocrats REALLY the right place? Well CPW quieted all my doubts. MIT is ... bar variety, but it is the thought that counts!) of course the crowd in ... it is bright and open, and airy and, if you try you can convince

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked. We will ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  they cycle is coming full circle. I hope reading your decision was as ... acceptance letter is, incidentally, not congratulations. It's actually something like, "On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  have a special envelope opening machine that is pretty awesome; non ... sort of document it is. Documents are then entered into the computer ... after the document is entered into the system, it will show up in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  fall semester, my natural, MIT-conditioned response is to rattle off the ... and relatives is that, “Oh, I'm heading back this Sunday for IAP.” If I ... this entry: what is IAP? The one-sentence, in-a-nut-shell version that I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008