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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  cast the situation in the linguistic frame of an 8 year-old, the auto ... -E-Cheese: addictively entertaining in the most kindergartenish, brain-frazzling sense of ... humanity. Mankind, trembling in fear of the natural mysteries that engulf his

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  in, I always thought of MIT graduates as geniuses. These people went to MIT and graduated, ergo, genius. By this standard, in two years I need ... walk off, diploma in hand, you'll be hearing this.

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  Rhinoscript, which you can use to program pretty much anything in Rhino 3D, but ... of making weird shapes in Rhino, I decided to use Processing to turn ... that I've gotten the hang of this (note: I've never really programmed in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  where a lot of people sit in a very small skinny rowboat and row super ... , beating Princeton for the first time in 33 years. Sports are perhaps a ... here. If you're interested in athletics here, or student life--or heck

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  in an airport in a totally unfamiliar city. Ask me questions. If you ... in Course 16, I remember that I am hardcore Course 9 and scare people

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  modeled after commentators like Bill O'Reilly. And, to help with context in ... ,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive   If you're interested in ... with the field"]. I finished Oscar Wao on vacation in Germany a few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  , admitting 16, with 14 enrolling in the fall. This season's admits are a ... countries and four continents. The students come from top schools in applicant ... process. She did a great job in helping many students with their questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  entry on 23rd April but I'm in the middle of exams. Very stressful. More on that later. I looked this up in Wikipedia and turns out, St. George ... of us in the comments below. Anyway, I was pretty curious to see what

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  I see that there's been a bit of discussion in the comments about the ... selection committee. We will receive November scores in time, so don't worry ... will make an announcement later in December; watch the blogs for more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  call in any updates. Don't worry if your essay doesn't format as you ... substantial time to process all of these forms that come in right at the deadline. We'll post EA admissions decisions on an announced day in December

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  . But I know that in the end, for you and for me, things will turn out ... colleagues in Admissions will be happy to help you. And not 24 hours after I ... 're in Northern California, I hope to see you, too. Best wishes to all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  CPW is Monday, April 2, 2007. That's in five days! I know you're all second-semester seniors, but procrastination is not your friend in this ... . ;-) ------------------------------------------------------- Shameless CPW Plug #1: Meet The Bloggers Want to meet these guys in real life

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  that the "Sell By" date should be taken in a literal sense - "the milk ... to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little ... brought to you by the letter E! EEEE!") In a perfectly formed and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  . If you are in the regular action pool (regular action applicant or early action deferred), and you are in an American school, please try to ... , and you are looking to send us an update, I would recommend doing so in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  , etc. I agree that it is easier said than done, but I'm in the same boat ... means as much as I'm afraid to press the submit button, in order to have ... to go back in time and correct mistakes or retake tests. 3. A little

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  No. Really. Finals week starts tomorrow, and my 8.01 final is in ten ... -than-attractive (in some people's opinions) art pieces located around campus. Don't look ... me, hiding in the corner.)

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... of course, everything in science is easier said than done. Now for my ... intelligent conclusions. In the words of the late Aaliyah, "If at first you don

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students ... ’s projects, life in Cincinnati, the product design process, what life after MIT ... that does tissue engineering research in the lab of a certified genius

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... stairs. Plus, the amusement park across the street (you can see it in the ... owned- so we go on all the rides in both parks for free on our lunch

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  paper I read in 14.11: Experimental Economics reports that too many choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the ... ? What do people think about this Nike+iPod Sport Kit? Vote in the comments

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006