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  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  . For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting to attend 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II) office hours, but instead I found ... week and is open to people of all levels. Jason Ku, the president of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  If you don't go to MIT, when you think about "hacking," you probably ... caffeinated soda and delivery pizza. If you do go to MIT, resourceful rooftop applications might come to mind. And either way, it wouldn't be hard to assume

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  I have multiple things to admit here. 1. My arms kind of hurt from ... thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went to Harvard Square for ice cream tonight. 3. I'm not feeling

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  Class of 2010 Excels: from Rifle Champion to Water Quality Researcher ... passions. Zachary Bjornson-Hooper, who wants to study bioengineering to ... . Renaldo Webb, a Marrero, La., native who plans to study subatomic physics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common ... headed over to the Garden stripped down to my underwear, and, well ... pictures). Well, it seems okay to me and my gigantic jaw. Oh my God

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  Science and Physics at MIT. After graduation, he took his skills to Microsoft, but has since moved to Las Vegas, where he became a professional ... one DVD set about Texas Hold 'Em: Ed recently spoke to the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of ... so proud to be at MIT. According to the project website, the ... innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid-to ... saw the aurora borealis. I'm a little too sleepy to blog about all of ... it was no longer saleable, but still--wouldn't it have been better to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  Heya! So, from 7:00 PM on 7/11/05 to 7:30 PM on 8/8/05, a total of ... something to write about on my blog someday. Kind of. Over the past year, I've been trying to give up certain things and routines I take for granted so

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  worlds. Actually, it's a story about going to a water park. But the reason ... UROP this summer, two of which were federal holidays) -- we decided to ... , and our friend Mark, who used to live in our suite and now just lives on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  mine and I decided to take advantage of free dance lessons offered at MIT ... the count, it's not that hard to follow. By the end of the 1 hour lesson ... well) Aspiring ballroom dancers learn to dance the Foxtrot. That's my

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions ... means that I am writing entries about what it's like to be an MIT student ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  Hampshire to discover that my laptop, where I store one bazillion pictures of ... 'm just not in any condition to compose a proper blog entry today. And unlike some people I know, I'm just not willing to release a mediocre

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  to eat. For more blog entries that begin with great food recommendations, browse on over to Mitra's blog (this week: Thai food at Chili Duck). After dinner, it was over to the Boston Common Theater, Boston's largest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate ... , admissions officer. At the reception, I got to sit next to Julian Wheatley, a ... progressing Mandarin studies, and he pointed me to his new OpenCourseWare 21F

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a ... and somewhere to stay this weekend. This afternoon, Salvador, Amy and I ... lecture hall 54-100 (capacity: 294 persons). Not all hosts were able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational opportunities. It is always interesting to read your stories, to learn more about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  applications to fill out. Then, of course, there are regular applications to complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships ... to win some. When I was in my last year of high school, I was pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of filing to be done. Doing all that filing reminded me of Being John ... Cusack's character, Craig, after being unable to find work as a puppeteer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005