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Blog / Admissions
More Updates from Cambridge It's CPW 24/7 here. We can't wait to see you.
, please remember to fax in your Medical Release Form ASAP. The form came in ... the website as a PDF. You can fax it to 617-253-4076. If we don't get it, you'll have to get your p[arents to sign it and fax it to us at -
Blog / Admissions
Don’t believe everything that you read
of excellence in math, science and engineering will tend to fare well ... Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes -
Blog / Admissions
Busy times
quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4 ... entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get ... me. This morning was a meeting about our new viewbook, discussed in Ben -
Blog / Admissions
Branching out
With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I ... , with no Central Meetings to do, I'll get to catch up with some friends ... crowds. If you're in the South Bay, I look forward to seeing you there! -
Blog / Academics & Research
What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things
. In the fall, one of JPL's Curiosity engineers gave a talk to the Solar ... . One way to bypass this limitation is to launch a telescope in multiple ... , but orders of magnitude bigger. To put it in perspective with today -
Blog / Uncategorized
Be a Blogger 2022!
it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or decide how to ... It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: I am growing an ... 's a million fun things happening in the Kendall/MIT Open Space it is -
Blog / Admissions
For applicants affected by natural disasters
possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so, reach out to us at ... you need to apply in the timeline that works best for you and don ... ’re getting the support they need, and we’re individually trying our best to -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
[Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24
carefree hours devoted just to think. Now, I ponder how the lives of these ... there is so much to be explored. Can we truly model that moth flitting in ... lightning snaps Boston in two. Most people had already run for their Back Bay -
Blog / Life after MIT
Every August a million small moments
staying up until dawn in a cold November, talking to friends. I remember ... rise from Killian Court in my pajamas. I remember my soon-to ... space robots. I remember friends teaching me how to handle liquid -
Blog / MIT Life
Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams
warning: wherever you happen to be, it will get real dusty real quick once ... auto parts store. It doesn't get much foot traffic anymore - what ... and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.
taking catnaps and eating cookies. I've managed to get a few experiments in ... Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... . You would sort of think that kind of time would inspire me to study 5 -
Blog / About Decisions
Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...
time in the last eight years that we have not been able to go to our wait ... sending in, and truly appreciate the time and effort you have put in to ... students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Tweet, tweet plus: swarming, oil spill cleanup robots and virus-made, clothing-embedded batteries
this that makes me so proud (and in awe) to be associated with MIT ... !), I'm looking forward to yet another interesting year. In my plans for ... this summer" post...) Meanwhile, as the summer comes to an end, how was -
Blog / Admissions
The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?
a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the ... ,000 of the "$100 laptops" (currently coming in at closer to $150). One -
Blog / Athletics
Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.
, Helfant lived in Burton-Conner, the same dorm that currently is home to ... ) before he got appointed, to sort of get the definite okay," said Federer ... blog readership will be excited to learn this fact. Adam Helfant, MIT -
Blog / Academics & Research
Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…
binary star passes in front of another binary star, you get an eclipse. The ... with scientists in Chile, Arizona, and Hawaii (if you want to travel to ... UROPers hung up their lab coats to head home, Shaye and two other undergrads -
Blog / Personal Travel
A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized
now that I felt at ease in and around the water. More to the point, I ... how I might be able to take it out to the ocean, perhaps letting it sit ... in the dock, my wandering thoughts continued to hang on each new sight -
Blog / Events
NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors
among "Outstanding Faculty" in the Business Week Guide to the Best ... -foundations of institutional change. In order to change practices that comprise ... coming to MIT, Kate spent six years in consulting at Bain & Company and -
Blog / Challenges
Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here
I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses and doctors are nice and have your best interest in mind. But hospitals can also drive you cRaZy. I'm in the hospital, and have been since