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  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  , I would recommend considering cutting down your essay; it's your call ... report. Regular action results will be released in mid-March. I hope this ... answering phone calls (and I am on vacation!). The office will reopen on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  ? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most ... my class, the MIT Class of 2000, when we were admitted in 1996? [answer ... colleague McGreggor Crowley '00 and I had applied this year, perhaps only one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  For many years I have written these blog posts from a cubicle in room ... now, and for you, too. I said this earlier in the annotations, but ... longer there, ask me in the comments about the hidden vault in the secret

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  . One evening, I had my head in the sky for SEVEN HOURS straight: one hour ... Observatory. There, I sat outside in the snow, huddling in six layers of ... to find the Beehive Cluster using a map (that I read in red lamplight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  media we’ve been into recently musicals, food videos, memes, and misc.

  

  — So rested he by the Tumtum tree      And stood awhile in thought. I ... heartstrings. We love how hopeful it's tone is! It's a very I ... phrase "I am confusion" in conversation and we both use it occasionally too

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  kicked in; I'm allergic to pretty much every type of tree you can think of ... [/caption] Being in the middle of nature was SO peaceful and relaxing. I've never ... [/caption] I'm really thankful that the arboretum is still open even in this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  engineer, I went to the Boston Pops last Thursday night. Happy 125th anniversary to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)! This is how lovely Symphony ... January? That tall man in the middle is none other than John Williams! He

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... while everyone else was frolicking in the snow or relaxing at home, I was ... !) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!

  

  To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  This isn't about cross-registering at Harvard. I was thinking about cross-reg, but I didn't want to overload myself this semester. It's about ... Orientation, when I decided on a whim to get a Harvard library card, which is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem ... room (with a TV!! except I don't get to watch TV that often...) - In ... years, I have experienced a fair share of field trips, including a couple

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  only take a second, and I haven't blogged in so long that I got pushed ... (CONGRATULATIONS, Class of 2012! I'm way excited to meet all of you, and also not because you make me feel old. But I'm mostly excited

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  class. In fact I'm in an Athena cluster right now, supposed to be working ... which eventually does research in a UROP, but surprise surprise. I won ... 't really like home that much I decided to stay at my boyfriend's home in DE

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1 ... blogger training manual that Lydia and I send to all the new bloggers during ... ’s like to be in a Sadoway lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Hello everyone! So should I introduce myself or talk about the 2009 Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... apply. That being said, I have to bear the bad news that we're primarily

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  I see it the way I do. I was born in Yokosuka, Japan, but I don ... and science early, and I get hooked. Sometime in 2000 I read about relativistic time dilation and fall in love with physics. In 2003 I'm a high

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... steel container. In complete darkness. Walter watched, amused (at least I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  of how the Bohr model shows up in real life. Thomas Kochan ... and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... by eminent faculty on the latest educational developments in MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the past year went well, what didn't go well, and what I could've done better. But, as much as we can learn from ourselves, I believe we can also learn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015