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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a ... , I turned the page, and went on, shuddering in a rising tide of despair ... armrest of my chair, with which I hoped to compute the difference between

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  day. The U.S. Senate congratulated MIT on its 150th anniversary in ... to: S. Res. 195 Whereas when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (referred to in this preamble as ``MIT'') was founded by William

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  to cancel or postpone the elaborate shindig in Killian Court (check out ... best seats in the house. Right up close, next to the center aisle, next ... of the world", but really, it was more akin to, "Ponchos". We awoke to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  So the annual no-problem-set-fest known as IAP really comes to an end ... the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the Techno

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say ... quite a lot, and I have three finals in the next two days. Blah. Oh, how I ... pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do ... 're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2014!), that ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I ... (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find ... moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  for the Straight Guy performed in the show... and since I was seated in ... East side of the park, along 5th Avenue. The park is rectangle that is 0 ... On Tuesday after work, I saw The Producers -- not the movie, the show

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  decisions. We are just people who once went to MIT (maybe in a time when it was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the ... we do send notes on your behalf to the admissions team so they know a

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One more baby blogger Or blogger baby? I don’t know, is it the same?

  

  .0. When I got engaged to her dad in Killian Court the summer after senior ... hold everybody in the admissions office to that vague decade-old promise ... EC! EDIT: Also, Chris wants me to add that the my husband is engaging

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ; You may log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... -picked to assemble the best possible team to climb the mountain which is ... blog post to concentrate conversation in the open threads for admitted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a quote into an outline of a shape. That is probably the worst explanation ever, but here is the thing I doodled and hopefully the thing itself will

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  Hello to all of you readers! I'm the latest student admissions ... President back in the day. :) First, a trivia question: the name of this blog, A Land of Dreams and Fire, is yoinked from a quote in a fantasy novel

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  on passing the aforementioned 18.022 exam. Final in 8 hours, you'll hear from me after that :) However, in the meantime: Congratulations to ... linked to here on the blogs (although I wasn't a part of the "we", then

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  sure this is condoned. Just to get everybody in trouble, clockwise from ... the background. I got my plane buddy Philip '12 to pull Tim the beaver's tail. The picture was lost (grr), but here is another, courtesy Kevin '12

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  cause the student to shrivel up like a bacterium in Lysol. I remember ... experiment in lab, I chose the experiment every time. I didn't go to night ... for me both in terms of the way I was taught to be a first

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  Probably the most popular questions asked at any information session are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  cream too, and called out to two other people in the café just to ask if ... coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally ... account of my entire summer, but I have to stop to thank the people around

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is there really a Game Lab?

  is to explore, educate, and engage the public by creating ... Can you believe we have a GAME LAB? The MIT Game Lab brings together scholars, creators, and technologists to teach, conduct research, and develop
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during ... many students we can accept. Students who at the time of entry to MIT ... equivalents to estimate your eligibility. Eligibility will be assessed by the