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• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... before January 1 working on regular action applications for other schools

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in ... seem more than just a little strange to my New England peers. For example ... root for the Colts over the Patriots; and I love playing a little

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  Yeah, I know. It's a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear ... points for anyone who can tell me where I got the phrase). We all see the ... department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  , there is none. For the first month and a half I was here I did not see a ... work. I moved to a shared house in Los Altos Hills (subletting for a ... the dark clouds-- glowing gold with afternoon sun. I squinted for

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and ... jammed up today, and it would be hard for us to meet up. Can we meet Friday? Any time or place Friday is good for me. I'm sorry for the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  list as many as I can. The most popular jobs for the graduating economics ... , different types of companies come to MIT to recruit for corporate positions in ... , health care, etc. And for people who want to take UROPing to the next level

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  systems are actually all around you (and even in you! For example, your ... , proceeded to forget her name, and then called her “Lauren” for the next hour ... hopefully this seminar will give me a good feel for whether this is something

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  recent, unedited, contrasting samples of your best work for evaluation by ... music major for this to be considered (most people who submit the ... any art, photography, or architectural work for evaluation by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs ... part of MIT culture, that they believe in, that they wish to uphold for ... , here. There's currently a new undergraduate dorm being designed for the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  . You know, Ben Jones, there's no category for "FREE FOOD!" in this vast ... student center, and both times involved me being kicked out for loudness by ... introducing yourself to people. For some reason I've never felt the urge to be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  further and now must be stabilized with cables. For those of you just ... on that. I only offer my condolences to him for paying four euros for ... -taking fee. As we sat on the roof for about an hour, a sound crew set up for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  as I have no other use for this absolutely ridiculous piece of ... . (INVESTIGATOR PIERCE, a portly, middle-aged man with a unibrow for absolutely no ... "refined"... or as refined as a name for a pet human can sound. I call him

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  through a book of Sudoku puzzles. For as long as Cristen can remember, she ... student was poor enough to qualify for free lunch. She was the only student ... grandmother made rice and beans "and other Spanish stuff" for dinner. When her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  "death strip" in which you can be shot on sight, houses countless tanks for ... night's torrential rain storm had rendered them too dangerous for her bare ... an advertisement for a World-Cup-sponsoring phone company who has

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing ... , it had only taken us 4 hours for Ling and I to get to Bao's apartment ... an express train. And I don't have to meet my carpool for work until 7

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a ... . It has been 45 degrees and raining for the last week. Yes, this is ... in Pasadena. I felt dumb, but I hung out at Rax's house for a few hours

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  around the world - a Habitat for Humanity event, this year they built walls ... , Long Jacket, but neither made it =( ) They ended up playing for about an ... event and all proceeds went to the Cambridge YWCA, a shelter for abused

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... one here for you. At the moment, it is actually snowing in the 02139 ... . Accuweather says it's supposed to be 40s-50s and mostly sunny for the rest of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  : Design and Manufacturing 1 12:30 - 2 pm: Tissue Engineering for Analysis ... been Quantitative Physiology I: Cells and Tissues for the way it really ... year for calculus, and I must admit when I visited for Campus Preview

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass ... great website of Scott Hughes, my professor for 8.022. I was only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006