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  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to [annotation ... those personal essays. I recall really having to dig down deep into what ... that you've learned a lot about yourself, and we also hope that you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  flashing at different times and then for one moment they're all flashing at ... in different weeks so that you have one or two exams to take every two weeks or so. But then there is this one week that just happens to fulfill

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to ... This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a ... to take that opportunity away from prefrosh. What they forget is that

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  Musical kids yet, either) Tomorrow, I will get to have breakfast with the ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to check out the projects, and finally a reception (now with fabulous prizes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  -powered prism and sprays rainbows down the walls. While adjusting my standing desk and settling into my morning routine, I looked, as I so often do, out through the trees, onto the lawn, past the enormous catapult, and across the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  . (Oh, and it's got facts and stuff on it.) With that in mind, here's to ... the only way it knows how: through imitation (as flattery), and a hint ... -styled notification at the end of the Infinite, I challenged myself to find as many

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  yourself, donate $100 to the ALS Association, or do both, and then publish ... and full of personality and they're breaking the stereotype of the university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... . During that interview Hersh - who I think it is fair to say is somewhat

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while ... prototype and expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several ... compartments throughout the ship and compress it to manage onboard weight. The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LOOK AT MY NOTION!!!!!! 🌱 my notion is very pretty. i spent 5 entire days on it so pls notice…

  

  ="108321" /] please direct any ardent praise to [email protected].

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  It snowed on Saturday. Here's what I woke up to on Sunday. [caption id="attachment_50082" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] needs more l o o m i n g  s h a d o w and weather-dirtied window[/caption] And here

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  deadline is November 1, and the Regular Action deadline is January 1.You can read more about our application and admissions process in the Freshman Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Odds ‘n Ends There's a video. And a SONG. Your lucky day.

  

  ! Yay! And I made a video for you guys. Double yay! And I pulled out ... , Spring 2010) for the feature I like to call "Obligatory Doodle": Okay

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  makes 3 current or emeritus faculty (Diamond, Robert Merton PhD '70, and Robert Solow) and 9 alumni (including Diamond and Merton) who have won the Nobel Prize in Economics (more have won for Medicine, Physics, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...

  

  I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of orgo I've got a pain and I know ... , past finals week A sweet escape, take me away Take me away, to better ... of orgo I've got a pain and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh oh oh Do

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Monday Fun @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  Check out this picture... looks normal, right? My friend took this picture with his cell phone last thursday and sent it to me. The text that ... - a major highway. Okay then! And then this morning, McGreggor sends me

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taste of the Middle Ages

  

  My 21H.927: Economic History of Work and Family teacher, Professor Anne McCants, ran an IAP event entitled "Old Food: Ancient and Medieval ... sorry I missed it -- it looks delicious. I'll have to settle for visiting

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On my way…

  

  , and I have a few things to finish up here before heading home for the ... Turns out that Anthony isn't the only one who loves Amtrak. I called them yesterday and their very friendly customer service people helped me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all intentions to do so, we will not be using our waitlist. Our yield was even higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  Decisions will be released mid-December for Early Action and mid ... letters as soon as the official release date(s) and time(s) have been determined. Applicants will receive the email about a week prior to the release