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  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  took place in the early nineties. It was meant to motivate us and remind ... you need to turn in work, and chem majors...do things like that to simultaneously affirm and cast doubt on their claims to coolness. But hey, they

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  up and running than everyone thought it would, so I decided to come ... .) Brain and Cognitive Sciences (or BCS, or course 9) is a small-to ... . Upper-division classes tend to be small (20-30 people), and grades are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of ... Kirsten (my attempt at cutting a piece was awful and too quickly consumed to ... be a fun diversion for you as you wait. And for those who are not

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  mine) According to our records, you have not completed the General ... successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a total of 8 Physical Education points. It was your responsibility to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  grading systems. We want you to know that we accept whatever grades your school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... assessments, or something else. In some cases, you may have the ability to
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  third freshman blogger, class of '15, and I thought I would take a second to introduce myself. And because I'm bad at narrating my life, we'll go ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer ... school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  waitlist. Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students ... aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer (it ... school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  waiting. And we know - it's a ton of waiting. So to make the waiting ... College apps are done! You did it! You'll probably never have to ... ://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VAlYwWWb7kMKZL904QOLv?si=KqyWGhCITIKEXmsToGnK5w https

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date ... for getting school off were really high- and even WE would have had a ... going to drown in snow on my way to class. If I never post again, you now

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  2010 (if there was a newspaper article about you, feel free to send a link my way). It's nice to read about MIT MMX like celebrities! Today, we'll start with an article about the awesome Eletha Flores, and I've got about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial-aid-specific questions and unfortunately I'm not equipped to answer them - please send them directly to the financial aid office (contact info above). Thanks! (I'll turn

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  math teacher, Mr. Bob Cohen, who had a strange fondness for referring to mathematical concepts as "puppies." "Alright, so then we factor this puppy and find the roots." "So, similarilarily, we have to complete the square of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 30, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  students to attend than ever before. And I'll be working with the web team ... this poster, printed it out on 11x17" glossy paper, and affixed it to his ... happened next. And later, when I popped grinning by Mikey's office to ask

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  month Ceri blogged about the MIT Maker Faire. Earlier this year Dawn and I ... students at MIT, and next week she and I will be presenting about our Maker ... technically creative students ought to pitch their projects to colleges. Last

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  then, haha) My experiments are working! And as a result, I'm about to ... my current streak of lab luck. After my blog last week, both Chris and Anjali '12 showed me some particularly well-chosen and accurate comics

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  . And hey, while we're all waiting for the Opera to show up a little ... Media Lab, which is great for me because it gives me an excuse to go visit what I brazenly call The Birthplace of All Things Good and Awesome (I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  sophomores and juniors to hear from three great universities all in one place. Each school will talk a little about what makes it unique, and will also ... California and the Mid-Atlantic states. Details can be found here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009