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  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do ... , we're happy to help. One resource we're providing this year is an ... is currently a Ph.D. student at Harvard Medical School. She will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT YO Early Admits 2014!

  

  Alright so my laptop is alive again! :P Sorry for the lateness! > ... in the back!) The second entry is from Emily C., from San Jose ... , and your isef shirt is too :P) What's better, a Gummy Choco tube or a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  This week in verse There's a song that describes exactly what I'm feeling right now.

  

  already 'cuz you went to MIT." That is all.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

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

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  Happy new year everyone! I'm hanging out at my sister and brother-in-law's new house, enjoying the snow and festivities. (By the way, for those who always seem surprised when they find out, Michigan is on the EASTERN time

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  that January 1 is the submission deadline for students applying for ... appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is fully staffed over the holidays and is busily processing all of the application pieces

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  . This is what got me going: Taking "advantage" of pass/no-record. "No ... that that kind of talk, that kind of pressure, is OK especially for ... , incidentally, is actually exactly what you should do. This is because school is

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  entries is because I'm no longer a freshman, meaning all of my admissions knowledge and experience is now a year outdated. Why listen to me every other ... little saying "Getting an education at MIT is like drinking from a fire

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  the application. My favorite spelling error on MIT applications is students who talk about taking "discreet math." Is this math that you do ... look at it yourself. Here is a non-scientific list of the most commonly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is ... that just seemed like gross misuse of the Internet.) This is about how I ... ALBUM IS SO GOOD. DO NOT CHALLENGE MY WORD.) I just ate a sandwich and a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  Fiction, but an appearance on Colbert is always... interesting. For those ... show is a satirical program, poking fun at conservative political pundit ... the interview, you should know that Lou Dobbs is a television

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  'd write more, but I'm still finishing 2 psets), but I believe this is an ... sitting on my desk right now) In the meantime, if there is anything that I ... is the best fit for you, and where you will truly enjoy the next four

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  's subtitle ("And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon") is completely inappropriate, I will be very impressed ... is, you know, eclipsed. Therefore I am going to declare all my photos

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... exam, there is only 1 final exam. That’s right. One exam that counts for pretty much your whole grade. While this is not such a big deal

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  Please remember that January 1 is the submission deadline for ... and for it to appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is fully staffed over the holidays and is, even as I write, busily processing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  human children: sons Ryan and Nathan. This one, I think, is definitely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  totally made my day. Engineers rock. Of course, Wallace is failing MechE and ... on paper. Um...I have never heard of such a thing. 505 words is ... to these people is academic record especially in the case of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  it is occasionally a problem. One guy is drilling holes in a glass ... the Media Lab), and the other is building a tricycle thing (allowing for different levels of recline) for a Mechanical Engineering class. This is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The youngest known meteor impact crater in the world is located in Haviland, Kansas and is less than 1,000 years old. I wrote a ... this blog and is trying to tell me something. So here are the highlights

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006