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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  : The people. Hands down. The people at MIT are not what I expected them ... River is awesome, and the fact that MIT is right on the riverfront - couldn't be a better location. Also the fact that Boston is such a young

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  is the uncertainty? Polymers, believe it or not, involve a lot of ... was not and is not easy. There was (is?) a point where the thought of ... describe the distant future. However, that distant future is now, which is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior ... tomorrow. The really great thing about coming to Cambridge is that we’

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  not their name will appear on the bracket is a mystery. The teams that ... the season is basically broken up into three mini seasons: Preseason ... postseason went. The NEWMAC Tournament Our first tournament is the conference

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  - but only because, as is so often the case with vacations, I return from ... digging out from under the work that accumulated while I was not working ... certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is combined with an amazing fireworks show, and is televised nationwide. The ... and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below: Okay, so I'm not much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  playing piano, not violin, and there is nobody else in your section; the ... summer. One thing I've noticed this summer is the presence of what I will ... to the singer, which is somehow impossible despite your best efforts

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  The fact of the matter is that MIT is just plain cool. This is not an opinion, this is a fact. Just as the sun rotates around the earth ... that I did not know about MIT before I began working here is that the

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

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  have some waitlist admits. Whether you stay on the list or not is a ... really want to be here.) 3) Is the list ranked? No, not in any way. 4) What ... will MIT take from the waitlist? Is it true that you haven't taken any

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  the moon is a planet or not. me: well, the moon is a satellite of the ... : can you connect me to the science department? me: this is a dorm, I don ... On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked. We will ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... -- approximately 2.9% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

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

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  . Life in college is not how she imagined it. The Frosh had many dreams for ... ’s sparkle with a curtain of grey. The life of the Frosh shifts. Dulled is the thrill of the first impossible PSet. On sleepy breakfast runs, the Dome is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  the only one in my programming class who takes notes on paper, not on a ... is Peter Reddien, seriously the boy-wonder of Course 7 (biology ... profs dress the same. Eric Lander is the exception - he always wore a blue

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.

  

  Please remember that January 1 is the postmark deadline for students ... Application Tracking. Our records office is fully staffed over the holidays and is, even as I write, busily processing all of the application pieces

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  Hi Everyone, The Office of Admissions is closing for the holidays next week, and is not accepting emails or answering phone calls. The ... interview is not a required part of the application (and students whose

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  from the german word for "shape" or "form". the famous example is kanizsa ... course, there is no such triangle drawn. the background is of the same ... perceive a triangle. this is a gestalt effect. we can then imagine the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  : Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... : Chemical Engineering), who is at MIT on the Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate ... the Stata Center. "The Student Mural Project is a competition open to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  ring is known as the Brass Rat. Why? Because it is made of gold and ... North America and instantly chose the beaver. The beaver not only typifies the Tech [student], but his habits are peculiarly our own. The beaver is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  , everywhere at once, and that there is only the present time for it, not the shadow of the past, not the shadow of the future?’ ‘This it is,’ said ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022