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  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  In a recent post, I wrote, "Our yield was even higher than we ... (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about ... , "Hmm...I know you can't tell us yet, but when you do, can you let

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... Massachusetts to Malaysia and many places in between. We can't wait to welcome

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT ... quite successful, and I applaud them for it! Let me tell you a bit about Kevin Gillespie and J.R. Hildebrand. In 1997-98, a student named Kevin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  ……errrr uhhhhh……you know what I’m trying to say. MIT is cool. One of the things that I did not know about MIT before I began working here is that the students here absolutely LOVE music. While 75% of students participated in

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  expected almost everywhere in the country tomorrow, I suspect there will be ... 12 hours and counting until CPW. Here are some places where I'll be ... , Friday CPW Registration Help Desk, 1-3pm, Friday "Voting" for Daniel in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L ... you haven't taken a literature class at MIT (which I haven't), you ... chatted with us students about literature, science, and our summer plans. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  It's Saturday night at MIT, and I'm taking a break from reading in my ... combination of Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) and (I Just) Died in ... entry; see my previous live entry, in this very same room, just six months

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  I've stopped listening to Jenny's cozy destress vibes playlist while [annotation note="bloggers: i'm looking at your spotify wrapped and taking in ... , [annotation note='I suggest you go practice logging in there now, so that you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  Before I say what I have to say about video, remember: Blogger applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  the world. I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re ... We were all saddened by the news of Marilee Jones' resignation. In ... truthful. And we must hold ourselves to that standard. I want to reassure

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  before I left, I set up a webcam in the office, looking out over Killian ... Times' Hurricane Tracker, which I've embedded in a woefully insufficiently ... I've decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... first environmentally advanced apartment building in the US. The Solaire

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  Having read MIT applications for a long time now, I know that MIT applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out for good opportunities, and when one recently appeared in my inbox, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must admit I'm a bit sentimental about this particular commencement. The Class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  -worker were mingling in front of another Nestle frozen novelty dispenser as I ... basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was ... forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco light shows, a visit to the doctor, a turtle race, and ring spinning. In ... wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I ... out with McDreamy...there are plenty of Patrick Dempseys in the business world, I'm sure.) A lot of MIT students enter their senior year without a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  're talking ages ago, so long that I almost forgot it even happened. Before we ... with some visual cues. Remember now? This was all back in February ... night on May 8th. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that was a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that ... , or maybe I'm more apathetic than the average person in the face of ... you to apply to MIT in the first place – wherever you go. And I believe

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  this in a single semester. However, I can honestly say that it was the ... eyes closed for this part so I didn't really see it in action, but the ... course reviews. ~150 Number of students in the class. 1,200 The number of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018