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• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum

  

  open forum for you to talk. ... There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.

  

  competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 12% of applicants means that we had to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.

  

  open forum for you to talk. ... This year was the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting just 12% of applicants means that we had to turn away many, many

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mnemonic Contest Winner Congratulations, Shawn!

  

  Start spreading the news! The new mnemonic for the planets is: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing. Congrats to Shawn for winning! If you'd like to redeem your super awesome prize, email me at

  • by Bryan
  • September 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  , but I couldn't explain the proof to someone on a walk. And because (for ... between points and lines that Andi alluded to in his post on duality (though ... the math stuff, you can scroll on through to Part 2 where I talk about

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  in, so I decided to apply early action. My dad went to MIT for ... to weigh in on their stories? ... to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  . Which brings me back to my point: if, for an instant, you are inspired to ... lawn perfect for napping on, or my friends late at night, but I can enjoy ... Yesterday I met with Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about writing. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  54, was built on stilts in 1964 to circumvent Cambridge’s height limit ... the airborne pumpkin have to come to terms with its identity* before ... cold, wet pumpkins for the sake of simplicity. This past weekend’s wind

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  , probably because I had to much work. Do you always wait for the longest day ... , apparently the residents were strapped for cash one day and decided to sell the ... this term, wrote an opera based on The Great Gatsby that was premiered at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  !. Actually, to be fair, these were also for Freshman Dinner (alluded to by ... Porter Room Win as much as $500 for your floor, the most prize money ever! Apples will be provided by your GRT on Friday, October 21. Entries are due

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  rush. At CPW, everyone seemed to be working on something, and that may ... translate to a variety of actual careers. I'd tried my hand at menial labor on ... said to send info on opportunities that may not have been posted to urop

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  always worked through those conflicts, and we went on to achieve some ... to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I have three sisters. And while I love all of them dearly (am I allowed to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  LOT. Just as you would wait at Disneyland for two and a half hours to ride on Space Mountain, I wait for 8-12 hours to get front row at a ... you will get. I'm writing a separate blogpost on my tips and tricks to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  most awkward conversations I'd ever been...well, witness to. There's a little thing called small talk that people substitute for awkward silence in social situations with acquaintances. Two women waiting next to me

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and ... to talk rather than do. On more than one occasion, I've taken on more ... to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  soon as I got on my lunchbreak today was run back to EC for clean shoes and socks. Anyhow everyone was hoping for the drizzle to let up ... of the world", but really, it was more akin to, "Ponchos". We awoke to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  , with the tools I need to take on anything. Would I have felt the same ... I — all of Class of 2019 — had been looking forward to this day all semester. I even downloaded a countdown tracker on my phone, reminding me

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  I’ve been doing more reading recently, so wanted to share! “Detail ...  Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring Marianne and Connell. There’s a sentence in this story I keep coming back to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  practical to know how to ask for help, how to focus on what you can improve ... ! my friend got to visit while she was working on a 2.009 (a senior Mech ... to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

  . Anyway, I scoured the internet for reliable sources on Gary Wang’s life ... Cross-posted on my Substack here. A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon Gary Wang’s newly-created Wikipedia page. Gary Wang, for the uninitiated, is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023