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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge that combines battle strategy, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. Student teams aim to write the best player program for the
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  determined. Applicants will receive the email about a week prior to the release
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT prefer public school or private school?

  have different resources. It's our job as admissions officers to sift
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  Students participating in dual enrollment programs or taking college-level courses while in high school apply for first-year admission at MIT. If you apply to MIT while you're still in high school, you're considered a first
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U
• Blog / Events

  media we’ve been into recently musicals, food videos, memes, and misc.

  

  In our last post, we mentioned that we were next going to blog about ... -December. Yesterday, we thought to ourselves, “so what should we blog about now ... consuming some content lately that has brought us joy, so we decided to make a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 9, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  turn to this hobby time and time again when I picked it up at the ... remember going from trying to knit a simple square to designing intricate pixelated designs on my laptop to recreate in fabric. I couldn't stop. I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  everywhere, without ever having to focus. Marshall McLuhan * * * * * for more ... intriguing: data sonification of wikipedia edits - by the world according to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  to campus, which are highly visible even while his labor is not. As ... not more, important than doing the same for innovators, I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  cpw at pika a continuing experiment in cooperative campus-previewing

  

  to Hippie Stereotypes, DIY clothing workshop, telephone pictionary ... to finish off the weekend. If you're a prefrosh, come by! If you're not

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , which is all I needed to "make" a few hacks of my own. Enjoy!     What was the best April Fool's Day prank you've pulled? Love to hear in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  Earlier this week, Morgan O. (G) invited MIT EMS and our campus police officers (who unfortunately could not attend) to see the place where ... there to see Boston and Cambridge from a completely new perspective.

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  I can't believe I've been blogging as an admissions officer at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  One week from today -- on Monday, October 8 -- the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden will begin to award this year's Nobel Prizes ... pick to win a Nobel Prize this year? Vote Now on Facebook The "nominees

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  What up, y'all? I don't go to MIT anymore! ...okay, so I work here ... ! Nice to meet you! I'm Keri Garel, class of 2010, and in the blogger world ... of the Sport Death shirt that at this point it's probably cheaper to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  money to help support their continued research. 1st Place won $500: 2nd ... . I promise to get a better camera for my future productions. ;-)

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  LMC (Live Music Connection). To be brief, the MIT LMC is basically a ... (Live)) . In addition to talking about MIT LMC, Kevin also gives his

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  . :-) BUT I had to share a particular incident with you today as I was walking ... effective nonetheless. I want to see this movie now. *Nombre is actually

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009