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  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  MIT. You can always check how your essays look in the PDF preview, which is more or less exactly how the PDFs are generated for us. A note on text ... *Correction as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is Math fun at MIT?

  A lot of our students select math as their field of interest when applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the best on the planet. Mathematics provides a language and tools for
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought I ... : ...not a single person, the entire length of the corridor. It was a bit ... people DO sleep! One of the best parts of selection is the massive amount

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  how convenient a subway system could be. Also, I hate driving, so public ... in Arkansas was an old-fashioned tram system in Little Rock, and a ... every stop on the T without leaving. The T is central to the college

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... lose, end up dancing, and having a good time. Funny how these things work ... I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  .341 project last fall.) All right, maybe "gorgeous" is a bit of a stretch. I ... happens? This is something I care about a lot and really want to do with my ... quite a few reasons, one of which is summed up in some faux-sage advice in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  There are many like it, but this one is mine. My spork has been high ... . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My spork is titanium, light, and little. But what’s not little is the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  literacy and cognition. Fundamentally, a good admissions officer is not ... time now, and it is the task for which I am paid; I am basically a ... Trashion program. 1st Place: Alissa B. '16 Alissa is a junior studying

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  it: having a career that you love is awesome. If you love it so much ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying ... blogger now, but he's worried a couple of times that focusing on math is

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  . It's like a gyro, except the meat of indeterminate origin is slow ... , Fumo tue.   Forgive me if the conjugation is a little off, but it ... is a new Die Hard movie coming out this summer. But seriously, check

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  a much more human way. (Frankly, email is just not very human ... individual level as much as possible. Marilee feels that delivering a decision ... 't need to tell you that MIT is very different from all other schools. A

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We ... . I'm also a lot busier and, like I said, stressed. Luckily the Lab for ... that yes, it is true hot chocolate (chocolate + milk). What, you think

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  is a non-profit organization that partners with communities in ... Sorry I haven't blogged in a while -- I've been hosed with the deluge ... buddy Tiffany, a Course I junior with a terrifyingly robust sense of work

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  (Class of 2007's Ring) The Brass Rat is MIT's class ring, which is ... each class's Rat are chosen by a Ring Committee, or "RingComm," a group ... at MIT, Mitra '07 was a member of her class's RingComm. It's all kind

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  -year-old a short bus ride away. One day, while I was explaining how to add ... . How does your brain use your eyebrows? How many cells are in a panda ... . I was taking a bath (not really sure why this detail sticks in mind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  surgeon. 9:28am: A parent's question: "How important is it to choose a major ... campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... : "Living and learning at MIT is not a spectator sport." 9:24am: President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  Pandemic, a biology lecture series on the coronavirus that anyone in the world can freely attend. One of my colleagues sent me a notice about ... description is below: This class exposes students to the study of history for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  , all the time" and to a large extent our office is that way too. We ... comfortable shoes and a jacket or sweater. Boston is a great walking city and I ... the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  start and run a successful, developing business." How poetic. Another ... . And—here’s the kicker—my team’s product is a physical therapy device ... !']If you weren't able to secure a ticket—worry not:[/annotation] there's a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on Web ... for a while.] The double :-( :-( is my Friday. 2 - 4 pm ... . 2.ThA - Undergraduate Thesis How to write your thesis 101 2.A35

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006