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  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  nearly half the length of the Infinite Corridor (does this mean the line ... office tomorrow, assisting with the last parts of our process before ... Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  . Is that one of this year's end-of-the-world scenarios? Not exactly ... B+, you might feel robbed. But enough of the preemptive ... the days of yore - the good ol' pass/no record days, which are now a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  touch sensors embedded inside. Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface. On the ... " digital palette the software provides. The idea of I/O Brush is to let the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  family was “The Game of Life.” It’s a bit like the mobile game BitLife, I suppose. You start as a young adult, and walk along the pathways of life ... money as possible over the course of your life. There's a bunch of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  If you missed part 1 of the Fredventure, be sure to check that out in ... ="alignright" width="225"] A top-down shot of the rainforest. I'd never held onto my ... hike around in the thickets of the rainforest. At MUSA, we were split

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  revolving door of chalkers started helping out. I made peace with the dust ... the sad chalky nubs of what had been to decorate milestone squares like ... after his purchase, the price of blue tap doubled, so clearly the sellers

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  smuggled out of dinner. Now, you may be wondering, is the above: 1) a ... questions. One could certainly argue that the connotation of the word “singular” creates a tone of loneliness and isolation that contributes to the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of ... There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of ... There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of ... There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring of advice from a wide variety of students and alumni and brings up a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  game which actually relates to the name of this very blog. It's like ... check out the Math Department here and its plethora of resources. Here are a few other good math opportunities and resources: Art of Problem

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  the first year they're holding this event, so I really have no idea what to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on covering: History of Diversity@MIT 1861 to present Cross

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  President Susan Hockfield

  

    To: "All Members of the MIT Community" From: "Kathryn A ... for Susan Hockfield   To all members of the MIT community:   ... Hockfield on her first day as president of MIT.   Monday, December 6

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  My hometown is a real-world manifestation of the phrase "the wrong side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In Middletown, NJ, the residents on the south side of Highway 35 look down on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!

  

  lots) of mail. (The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that our early ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... pink) There are many, many applications to be reviewed. I know some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  have to experience the torture of filling out infinite applications again ... of stress from this job-hunt season. In just under 4 weeks, all the ... culmination of the first three years’ hard work is going up against the dice of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  At the end of my last entry, I was sitting in the Tampa airport ... price of a subcompact. Dude. I opened the door and was flooded with "new ... all of the places I'd be traveling in the next five days, some of them

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  opposite side of campus. At Building W97, the Theater Arts building, I took ... whole at MIT). I focus more on the struggle of drawing, a selection of my ... , for the larger part of my life, I’ve thought of myself as very bad at

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  the final numbers- aka # of applicants, # admitted, # waitlisted. i know ... can. Alice McLorec asked, "When is the RSI letter of notification going ... to know how many will be accepted for each of the three, and when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005