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  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry ... for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information on this PDF is awesome! If you even have a slight bit of geekiness

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Although robotics isn't a specific department or major, you can find robotics in nearly every corner of MIT. Here are a few examples ... Interactive Robots We even offer free online course materials for students
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  be small -- say, 2 inches square. What I need are your ideas for a ... No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a ... /funny/interesting/amusing/cool/awesome. Here are a few ideas to stir the imagination: What are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred in EA

  

  some additional advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In ... We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: EA Deferred

  

  some additional advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In ... We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  Today, MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, published a story with our current number of applications: 12,440. This represents a 9% increase over ... a dream), Roseanne, Patrick, "me," Analiese '10, Vihang, and Elizabeth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  chat-room-esque in nature, except it's a 1 on 1 conversation, and it's with a complete and total stranger. Most of these conversations consist ... I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to ... revolutionize technology, we must start with the fundamentals and build our way up ... . However, line-like nanowires are much more versatile and are a fundamental

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• FAQ / Testing

  What are the MIT test codes?

  MIT's code for SAT is 3514 MIT's code for ACT is 1858 MIT's code for TOEFL is D021
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  construction and securing details. It was a very windy day, but the medal ... Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  ’t hear back within a few days, then you should follow up with the EC office ... sometimes takes a while to hear a response. Some of this may be attributed to the fact that our ECs are volunteers and have jobs and other commitments

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  check out the Math Department here and its plethora of resources. Here are a few other good math opportunities and resources: Art of Problem ... My friend Shefali '04 sent me a link to an addictive math nerd video

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunes of the All-Night Tool Just a little night music from me.

  

  20 minutes off from working on genetics and thermodynamics to show you a few of the top hits on my playlist right now. Some of these are old ... pretty good for helping me stay up. :) Enjoy! REM: King of Birds Stars

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  I'll admit it -- the "soft core porn" reference in the excerpt for ... of the sculpture entries for Burton Conner (my dorm)'s annunal Apple ... Resident Tutor (GRT) Chris. An apple-and-peanut-butter elephant. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What schools can I cross-register with?

  If you find something that you're interested in studying that isn't available at MIT, you have the option to cross-register at Harvard, Wellesley College, and MassArt.
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  from the band (if different). For some of these bands, choosing a ... colorful Holi festival, AXO LipSync, and the Fierce Forever drag show. But above all else, for most students, Spring Weekend means the Spring Concert

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  Talent Search public session and gave me an MIT frisbee. A year later, he offered me a blog and the task of writing about my life at MIT and the ... research, and enjoying this view from my lab on a daily basis: Campus

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  this MIT News article about her win and a great interview, posted by ... who knows Lilly is going to do a longer interview of her with lots of ... ! And she was ahead by so much at the end that this was her final Jeopardy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a ... year. Our yield was simply too high - unprecedented, as a matter of fact ... to meet our target class size. With that figure in mind, I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  . I'll be back with a real entry very soon! Hope your summers are going ... Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007