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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  -aid-specific questions and unfortunately I'm not equipped to answer them - please send them

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

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  Hi folks, First I just wanted to give mad props to the kind folks who have submitted photoshopped Evie/Sawyer photos in the last entry. They are amazing and are giving the admissions crew some much-needed cheer

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt begins tomorrow A fun puzzle to solve.

  

  way, will be a six-letter word. Good luck, have fun, don't cheat, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  I begin this entry with a photo of the aftermath of one Saturday evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin and I drop it off the Green Building which is 295 ft, how far will the

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  Each Wednesday, The Weekly Dig (my favorite rag) hits the newsstands. It's generally a mixture of pop culture and local political coverage with a healthy dose of comedy thrown in. So when I saw a headline about a

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  , too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved ... midnight. Dissecting the puzzle: Title: Come and Ride It Discussion ... Events "Follow these directions and you'll find your way." Discussion

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  Actually, I didn't start this joke. It was started by my 8th grade 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

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

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  show, the cast brings some virgins to the front of the theater and has ... theater, and discussion group. We were joined in the audience by many others in similar attire to mine, as well as a stormtrooper, a ninja, and an 8

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  funding for the very first i3 project, and several of my very close friends

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  Seems very quiet around here today. The students are all on Spring Break, and somehow it feels like the whirlwind that surrounded the mailing of decisions was ages ago (due to the fact that last week felt so very

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.

  

  A few of you are starting to receive your decisions. To those of you who were admitted, CONGRATS. You completely deserve it and you should be very, very proud of your accomplishment. To those of you who didn't get

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  It's definitely the busiest time of the year for application reading (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks ... to take cruft again and make it work again, or do something new and ... Activities Period. The month of January at MIT, and the most fun time to be on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  Well, you heard it here first. The letters are in the mail. For the record, I can't believe what an incredible group of people you are, both academically and personally. You are the best of the best. I wish we had enough

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  . Applicants should enter their recommender and counselor (or equivalent
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (i.e., five terms) of college may not be eligible because of our residency requirements. If you have been enrolled in
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  their best: A love letter to P-sets Michael C, '16 and Psets from hell
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  New England Football Conference crown and were selected for the 2014