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  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  According to the admissions profession's Code of Ethics and ... upon date by which students reply to offers of admission. Following May 1, we take about a week to determine the state of the incoming class, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  ’s sparkle with a curtain of grey. The life of the Frosh shifts. Dulled is the thrill of the first impossible PSet. On sleepy breakfast runs, the Dome is ... MIT, unsure whether the prospect of returning home for the holidays

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  ... and arrive at one of my favorites -- I mean, just look at the pattern on ... a picture for you. Various areas of Building 6's basement are under ... , so keep these in mind. We're almost out of Building 3 as we pass

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  that simulation can give you a better idea of how plasma behaves in a fusion reactor. Then, of course, you build the perfect fusion reactor and ... good at theoretical plasma physics you have to know a lot of things that

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  I did three things on Saturday, and each one of them rocked. Better yet, each one of them rocked in a different way, kind of like a charity ... time she crashed a bicycle in the mean streets of Boston, Ruth Miller was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the coolest parts of the NBM is the Athena Account Coupon. The coupon will allow ... (currently 1 GB), ability to access MIT-only secure web pages, and, of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  For the first half of IAP, we were speed walking to prepare for the ... way! Look at the frozen river! and ducks! and geese! close up of frozen river! 2) We saw Mary and the Witch's Flower, the first movie of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  As some of you may have noticed, the world didn't end on Wednesday like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it ... being annoying to those around me under the guise of it having no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  Boston Public Library - Venue of the Class of 2020 Ring Delivery ... (almost) halfway point of getting through MIT. It marks many psets and exams ... gather in a big fancy place, eat fancy food, dance, and take a bunch of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  I have about 30 minutes before the first midterm of the semester. I just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I always had eggs before a big exam. It's become one of my pre-exam routines

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  tall and narrow, and she curled the ends of her letters so that each word ... my lecture notes, there is a mixture of 1) abbreviated content (normal ... fact that the kid in front of me is taking notes rapidly in LaTeX and it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a ... , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... : dyed hair is a stereotype of my dorm, East Campus (among other dorms

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no ... ... fortuitous signage come back soon! One of my colleagues had a much

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012 ... For the MIT class of 2012 Gender Male 54% Female 46% Ethnicity &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  'm here in Germany, meeting up with tons of MIT interns while staying at ... . It's like a gyro, except the meat of indeterminate origin is slow-roasted for tons of flavor, the bread is some kind of wonderful crispy toasted

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  , depending on the time of my earliest class on a given day, I have three to five hours to do anything I please. The lack of social distractions make ... like I'm the only person awake. In reality, around 10% of MIT wakes up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure ... the luxury of being within walking distance of one of the world ... of the facilities, but rather the character of the people who live in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  very good—some of it comes from a lack of experience, but I also suspect ... ’s Sour album and realizing how wonderfully she captured the pains of first love ... album[/caption] Her music reminded me of what I’ve tried to do for a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  think it was pi beta phi, and standing on top of those low brick walls in front of the house. i think that was the first time in five months that i ... students without leaving my chair. i attended the first week of classes, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors ... over the past few months, you know that there's been a lot of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012