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

  

  in 4) and is even notably lower than it was for this year's MIT seniors ... applications, up 12% from last year. To keep to MIT's international student quota ... that this year's academic metrics are very high. For example, 92% of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  then set up for the next event. But, from what I hear, you guys had a ... . I definitely had an awesome time hosting events for Burton Conner and ... Conner TV Lounge. When one event was over I'd clean up from it, take a 30

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails ... MIT, and that makes you totally awesome. But if you're still waiting for ... be best friends and you don't end up getting accepted, it's not going

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  came up in the lightning round. Do you do quiz bowl? You should know these things! One of the questions was "What is the more common name for ... drink at California Pizza Kitchen) for guessing "leprosy." I don't know, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  that refreshing. For some reason, instead of giving proportionally less ... due earlier. I am not a huge fan of this logic, as it ends up feeling ... straight to the turkey? Although I suppose I've already had my turkey for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  are united by a thirst for knowledge and an indefatigable work ethic ... office--you really do an excellent job--but I think I just came up with the ... Kappa Late Night, a fall talent show for charity sponsored by one of MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  wake up, I record the time I fell asleep and the time I woke up, as well ... schooldays. My Athena locker also contains my schedule for this past spring ... was little, I used to always get a 96-box of Crayola crayons for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  grandfather clock has swung the wrong way, and I can barely pick up my apple ... close to ready, I was tired already. I took a nap. I got up and tried to ... home, and tried to work and it didn’t work. I ended up spending a few

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  have been saving up money for a major purchase you’re likely to quickly ... probably screwed. in other words, by the time he knows to look for the other ... happened. for the most part, each round in bloons tower defense is harder

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  're scared of just showing up to events. Different strokes for different folks ... incredible excited for a lot of these classes, but mostly just the prospect of ... instead of being cooped up in my room. But really the whole point of this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  we gonna use it for?" It turned out that her room in our apartment had too many windows for it to fit on any wall, so it ended up in the living ... this whiteboard for everything. (We're probably a little too proud of it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  hard time. I know it did for me; I read it as a first-semester graduate ... so on. There's The Tech for that. But sometimes, the true stories of MIT students end up creating a change, even if that wasn't what the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  through a ceiling panel and hiding up there. Midnight: time for business ... , clutching a handbag that contained an article for my Science Essay class. I caught up with the bright green track jacket walking ahead (my friend Eric

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  decided to wake up in time for it. We spent the majority of class ... requirements for 6-3 and honestly a class I've been dreading for quite a while ... -S requirement and luckily for me 9.00 is offered in the spring time! I'm really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  catch up for a bit. I also interviewed three other people for another ... enthusiastically, and we set up a time for that weekend. I was so nervous about the ... and our majors, colleges, and years. We ended up talking for two hours

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  around to call for climate justice. At MIT, and other schools in the area ... Hall Plaza, but I made it for the main rally. There were some amazing ... representative for just ten minutes, all just felt so incredibly unimportant

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  pictures on my phone for nostalgia purposes and I came across this: For ... you change your major, how is cooking for yourself, do we hate Harvard ... confused and won’t understand things like my awesome hashtag.) For my year

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  the right students who could be great candidates for our institutions ... process, picking and choosing which colleges they want to apply to. For ... . For the last several weeks, we've now been doing the same. Every day

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and ... people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three events for this week, all of which were made possible by the Dalai Lama

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  Verdes, looking for my debit card with which to pay for my peanut-butter cup cookie ... ink-covered pens and people who were nice unfortunately picked them up and covered themselves in ink as well. Yay! >.< For the sake of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012