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  11,231 Applications

  

  applications this year, both record highs. It is shaping up to be an extremely ... to find room for all of the many, many terrific applicants. But it also ... (this number will probably change slightly by the time we get to selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  ®). Here's the scoop - it's not sent out by admissions, rather, it's handled by the ARC - so my knowledge thereof is a bit limited. I just spoke ... enormous pile of folders they have waiting to go out. So here's what I can

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  window. All of this (except the fireworks) is pretty true to what we ... to hunt them down.[/annotation] All of this is realistic as well, I ... DTYD is supposed to look something like this... [video width="320

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind ... , cultural preservation is extremely important to me. Given that my dorm is now ... sort as a high schooler, it's kind of crazy to be fiercely passionate

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  carousel and, to my delight, it was the first one out! My parents and I left ... . Yum. No pictures though, it wasn't on my plate long enough to photograph. After dinner we finally made it to our actual house. After a rather

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  'm still stressed and busy, still without enough time to do it all, to keep ... . After grabbing dinner, desert, and groceries in Chinatown, it was back to ... take the long way to walk back home. It was already dark, but today was

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  premise of Reawakening is that our hall has its own dark god, Krotus. Krotus ... feeds on our suffering. Hey, it's MIT, you need something to feed on your ... pretty white dress and a crown of black roses, and is being led to the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  it's bad to eat within 2 hours of going to bed, so late at night when ... right before I go to bed, and it's fine. Why should I wait 2 hours? Farhan ... this! One of the most common questions I receive about MIT is about its

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  this is what worked best for me. It's typically better of a supplemental ... . Then, I took each important part and allotted it to a specific essay ... point to an essay. Don't worry, you can move it around later, but just put

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  class, it is a media studies class, we do listen to music in and out of ... . For this, we were assigned to listen to Hi My Name Is by Eminem, What ... acquainted with (J. Cole, Kendrick, Big Sean) and it was really surprising to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  note='this is me speaking to myself lmfao']let’s calm down a little bit ... , and dialogue to tell a story a theatre production is… y’know   ... share and suddenly bring them to life on stage. It’s as if someone pressed

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  math and MIT. I now hope to meet more applicants. Come visit! It'll be ... got to hear all about it. Here's a pretty cool time lapse video of the ... rest of the MIT faculty is also rather incredible. I got to interact with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  have enough real ones to make up for it. The Bay Area is pretty conducive ... , but team size is 15-18 students rather than 2 for 2.09. Near to 2 ... to 2.12, Introduction to Robotics. 2.007 is indeed a robot competition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement ... count the number of people who watch the webcast, it is the most attended ... is tonight! Every year we blog about 2.009, a capstone course in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... to take that opportunity away from prefrosh. What they forget is that

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  discoveries. They linked to two great articles, one from Wired Magazine and the other from PBS. It's somewhat strange to think that something that is so ... around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  cousin, and my best friend all made it in, so it was my turn to follow suit ... LED Matrix on my dorm door, how I’d bring my cooking to my friends. It ... at MIT, and thus I made it my goal to transfer there by the end of the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  geek (like me), it's hard not to be fascinated by perfect numbers and ... A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am ... is my birthday, and my age is now a perfect number. Perfect numbers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007