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• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  weighted against one. I don't know which envelope you'll find in the mailbox ... open up to you, wherever you end up. Best of luck to you all -- in admissions, yes, but more importantly, in life.

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  giving a lecture in the Dowse Institute in Cambridge, and shall have time ... man read in a very distinct voice quite a pertinent and touching reply ... lively interest in the matter, and I think will help it substantially. I

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  Last week, six of MIT’s most illustrious professors gathered in 26-100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke ... the dinosaurs). After fighting two world wars over it, in 1946, the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Date 2011 Decided to announce the announcement of decisions.

  

  decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use ... in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a decision ... beneath the log-in box on the right. We are MITLeaks. Expect

  • by MITLeaks
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  extraordinary contributions in a variety of areas. When I was skimming through the ... present Dorian and Ben. Khalea's video is also in a link on her profile page ... ! ______________________________ On a personal note, I must say that in addition to being super

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  MIT. Howso? Well, 18 is the number of years in a row that the Nobel ... 't believe me? Check out the timeline. This year's Nobel Prize in Economics ... ", or the costs attendant to searching for employment in down labor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm ... next few hours were spent lost in the whirlwind of glorious endorphins ... Cormick at about 11:45 pm, naively thinking that I would be in bed by 1 am at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high ... even more by saying that there are many ways in which I am a “typical MIT ... what it all means!) But in many ways, I’m really not your “typical MIT

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  students from the waitlist in a 3-round process, and previous years were very similar. We'll know more about how this year looks in a few weeks. The ... students, if any, could be admitted from the waitlist, while in parallel

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  MIT goes APE. Not your average Sunday night.

  

  Hello all! I’m just popping in to show you guys a video from an ... /hip-hop/rap group: FM’s songs have been featured in “So You Think You can Dance ... Weekend. Last year, I waited four hours in the rain to see N.E.R.D. I would

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  the deadline? And in the same envelope? Am I in trouble? Let's take the last question first. No, you're not in trouble if your materials haven ... to happen: The document arrives at MIT Mail Services (in Building WW15

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  I have a friend named Charles Guan '11. He was my lab partner in 2 ... in his Facebook profile that led me to believe something big was going ... websites that I check every day. They are, in no particular order, xkcd

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  It was sometime during Act III of finals study week, in the pressure ... -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... , procrastinatory research project that I adopted in the dwindling time before my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day ... opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the ... zen-like to compose your thoughts in 140 characters.

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  mercifully scarce in a job that regularly involves glorifying the trivialities ... wish: to pluck the wings of a fleeting moment, spread it out in the sunlight, crystallize it in glass forever. Sometimes I succeed, but it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  visiting campus, but it was also my first time in Boston/Cambridge. Here is a ... getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to ... time to chat in the Office of Minority education, where I was able to get

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are ... coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My ... Report"-esque gadget, which she demos and describes in the video. Check it

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  in different weeks so that you have one or two exams to take every two ... the scheduling for every exam and you get three exams in three days ... = awesome. Exams in the same week = not). Now I have my own theories on why

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  it before, here, and I'll probably blog about it again sometime in the ... Hasbro to see if they'd be interested in producing and manufacturing them ... was that a museum in Lowell, MA was interested in displaying Electro

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009