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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  should be fun and positive. The idea of biking popped into being while my ... clarification. The teachers are not the same as the mentors. Mentors are being ... most will not be mentors. To answer to question directly, the teachers

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  ;yield"). This year, our yield is going to be around 72-73 percent. Last year, it ... , it was 64 percent. Unfortunately, this means that we will not be able ... on our wait list via email that we will not be able to offer them

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  ; hopefully this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are ... impossible to know what the yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my ... not be admitted. But remember, any statistic against you (or for you) is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  Before committing to any major choice, I think you have to be ready and willing. As regards me and my decision to be premed, I had few ... . But I didn't want to be the guy who was estimating my position in the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  because you’ll be too busy laughing and being happy. Now he’s at Vanderbilt ... be up and ready for the morning's activities. When did the morning ... wavelength. Danielle and I got to be really good friends. I also got along

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  tl;dr: CPW is awesome. Meet EVERYBODY. Don't you dare be shy. If you stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I ... arm: Your CPW will be less rainy, but I promise you it will be just as

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be ... earlier. Some notes: The Midyear Report is an online form that is to be completed by every student being considered for Regular Action admission (thus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  certainly holds true. There will be times when you will wonder why you are ... try and picture yourself somewhere else, you won’t be able to. One of ... I will be under a rock until further notice, I have taken the time to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  wall makes me feel old. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ... was on TV: But if you aren't so lucky to be so old as I am, MIT's Age ... to studying aging, its effects, and how it can be better understood

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for ... on the waitlist will not be admitted. I hope that you will have another ... attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be admitted from the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  regular action, where their applications will be reviewed anew. Dean of ... record number of applications can be explained by MIT’s mission and ... choice. “We want the process to be as helpful and accommodating to

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... . Budget cuts around the country may be forcing a lot of colleges to reevaluate the number of sports they have, but MIT sports will always be a big

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  So a few days before Halloween I asked you all what I should be for ... rest, and set off to 2.009 lecture (where I would be one of only 2 people ... was going to be totally impossible. Also, my awesome sunglasses did not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  This started off being a comment in snively's entry. Then it branched ... , some of what ends up being said is tongue-in-cheek, but the implications ... being the inverse of how much work you do on weekends. Frankly, some of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  polymer. This innovation would be as simple to use as a band-aid, and would be a huge improvement upon current biomedical adhesives like medical ... working on taking this invention into the clinic, where it can be used to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  shouldn't be taken lightly. MIT, although likely concerned about our safety ... threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... . . . why would there be a chainsaw in building 16? Sure, it's heavily

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  blog and come on - it's not like I'd be able to focus with the sky so ... 'm thinking that there won't be too many people who managed to make it to that ... strange to come to MIT and not have there be Hispanic people everywhere. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  well regardless. My wedding and honeymoon does mean I'll be off email ... colleagues in Admissions will be happy to help you. And not 24 hours after I ... 'll be doing three Central Meetings (and seeing Mitra & Sam!). If you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  was a good target for being changed because, in truth, I was only on the ... -tech school - I would still be on that track. I'd probably have gone through ... people, mostly MIT people. I'll be working in Cambridge, as a software

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  12 hours and counting until CPW. Here are some places where I'll be ... expected almost everywhere in the country tomorrow, I suspect there will be some delayed flights. Don't worry, we'll be here for you. If you have any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007