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• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  second-semester seniors, but procrastination is not your friend in this ... - if you aren't the sh*t, you're not going to get into MIT. Having said ... " means. It definitively does not mean that we lower the bar for anyone. But

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  . To state the obvious, AI in particular is reshaping geopolitics, our economy, our daily lives and the very definition of work. It is rapidly ... problems. At the same time, it is creating ethical strains and human

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place ... there is high voltage on the other sides of those signs, right? That ... -ed. The "Danger" icing on the cake, however, is a little shed sitting

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  The pre-Spring break week is always a nightmare; a friend summed it ... campus happiness between today and yesterday is the biggest i've ever seen." Why today?  Today is Friday: the most glorious day of the week. I woke

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  'll see when you walk into Burton-Conner is the front desk. The desk is ... checks in and out. The front desk is also where you can get your mail, find ... the game and TV rooms. (More on those later.) The laundry room is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  is redesigning admissions and SFS. Elizabeth and I were both on the ... wanted to transform the Search function. We sought not just to make it ... left side the new homepage is devoted to utility and self-guided journeys

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  search, FYI, is not going well. I feel like I've scoured the farthest ... be in the form of a blog, I thought, "well how can I not?" 1 ... . June 6 is moving day. I was on the phone with my mom the other day and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  the class I was teaching. Which, by the way, is not a bad final project ... around the world. Heading the initiative is Brian Forde, former senior ... the Digital Currency Initiative (DCI), based at the MIT Media Lab. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  collectively climb the mountain that is MIT. They represent all 50 states, 64 ... . Of the students to whom we do not offer admission today, we have placed ... not be able to admit them to the Class of 2024. Turning away so many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the ... is situated in Tribeca, right on the Hudson River. It is pretty ... , rainwater is stored and used to water the garden, wastewater is treated in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  seniors. "The fact is our high school memories are going to be very ... not divide his fellow students over the past four years, Rindone said ... choice. He did not disappoint. The first member of his family to attend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  a house is not part of the basics of college. The first time I ... ’m not doing enough. i hate the thought that if i tell them i have this ... short essay, and I’m not even halfway done with. Now this is just an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  concept is introduced, and the cycle starts again. This class is making ... , which played out basically as the movie portrays it, not the 1789 ... at 9 am.  We're starting with the Enlightenment, which is this era in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The project I've been working on for the past year is my baby, and I've done all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  awesomeness that it is." Tear! I decided to finally blog (weeks after the fact ... :48 PM To: conner 2 I am NOT reserving the floor lounge at 8 PM on Tuesday ... lounge on Tuesday from 8-10 pm for the season finale of veronica mars. Not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  the book, which is "Impossible things can happen because chocolate is ... I don't really like The Eagles' "Desperado," but it's sure been stuck in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  are limited to 8% of the class, not 10%. There's other weird stuff in ... The Tech published an article today that contains some significant factual errors. In particular this statement: "Although MIT limits the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  cards," don't ask why), but this year, the E-3 cards are not green but ... anything is better than year after year with the Pepto-Bismol Pink E-3 cards ... Things are starting to get quite busy! Now that the Early Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not ... ’s shabbos candles. The door handle is a beaver cast in bronze.  [carousel ... take breaks, then left me to it. The forge is surprisingly a good place

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  collectively climb the mountain that is MIT. These 1,324 students hail from all ... fellow mountaineers, next fall. Of the students to whom we do not offer ... the balance that we will not be able to admit them to the Class of 2029

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025