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  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  Following last year's tradition, here is a few applicants' moment of fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card, and I'll add you to the post. :) It's kind of a fun way to meet your

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... supermarket down the street. Granola bar of unknown provenance. 12:30 PM: Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  readership of each entry decays pretty rapidly. The ten most recent posts have ... main page, you can find it two places: the personal archive of the ... colorful navigation bar at the top of this page. That's one of the great

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to ... certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus ... Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  . Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving ... this morning, but we’ll ignore that for the sake of sensationalism). In case you aren't convinced of the collider's sinister intent, take a look

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  students? [answer at the end of the entry] Beginning Sunday until the end of ... to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in ... , Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Virginia. For a complete list of sessions, click

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  My most vivid recollection of a July 4 celebration came from a book ... . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... series of puzzles for the heirs to solve. At the end of the book, after

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  week of spring classes has come and gone. I spent last night finishing up ... novel) and, of course, finals. Easier said than done? Yeah, just a little ... forward to this weekend. Earlier tonight, a handful of friends and I went to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of ... behalf of the society. During these sessions we had discussions with ... demonstration of the Air Force Drill Team, Hooahh! The Air Force Association

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  By Maggie Liu '12 So, first of all, let me start by saying that I ... completely blown away by the diversity of the campus life. I knew that MIT was ... by the prospects of attending such a seemingly homogenous academic

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  production of Man of La Mancha and I got seated right behind the sound board ... mysteriously lit by the glow of the microphone rack who constantly shuffled their ... was actually a result of a few kids scrambling around behind the scenes

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  A month and a half ago, I posted the first part of my series ... happily around campus, letting wave after wave of indolence wash over me. My ... instruments) side of things. I just finished drafting a proposal, and since I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  aren't expecting. I plan on doing a bit of that myself actually, so hopefully you're up for it. As you may or may not already know, it's kind of ... ! For hundreds of wide-eyed freshmen who have never seen significant

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  . Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may ... Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at ... have heard of some of his books: Einstein’s Dreams (1993), Good Benito

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  I said I'd do it, no? Many of these websites won't have information ... some of you may want to look into, what with summer often involving large amounts of free time. Let's start off with the Center for Talent

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... meeting the entire 1,000+ person freshman class. Here are a few of the FPOP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  , supplying 45% of the nation's mushrooms. California, in second place, provides ... of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome, but I'll leave you with a few thoughts of my migration southward. 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  Monday schedule... even though it's Tuesday. Just think of how fascinating ... fabric of reality, that if it changes its schedule for even one day without ... . "Intrinsic Aptitude" Summers '75, President of Harvard, resigned! This was so

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  better portion of my eighteen years. I'm back at MIT now -- got here the other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I'm glad I had a time to see my parents, friends, and get a taste of home

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006