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• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your ... , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With wind in their sails, and aided (on a rainy but not-so-windy day) by ... captivating creatures. They were much smaller than I expected them to be, but I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  first: Prepare a double layer strawberry and dark chocolate cake, and ... they want) (it's pretty much the most amazing cake i've ever seen) From ... with your offering. The truth is, Baxter never really left you. Search

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  Have you ever had your car pulled out of a parking lot muddy field by a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It ... Feat Of Heroism. With a "hey, this is also 12 volts," he pulled out the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... in an auditorium and celebrating a man that is the American dream. You ... ? How could I miss something as paramount as that? (Turns out I could. Two

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  's housing system is the best around, and Caltech has a similar system I admire ... where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long ... should I be doing right now? Schedule the interview now (today is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  high. (Last week, we were getting over a hundred emails a day…) While you ... you back to zen calm state sooner :) ***AN IMPORTANT NOTE***: A lot of ... the Early Action (EA) deadline. We know that there’s been a ton of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  Just a reminder...there are a lot of new UROP opportunities for IAP, here's an example of a cool project: "Sociable Robot Applications -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  stands for Freshman Arts Program – is a weeklong FPOP (freshman pre ... a big sign. And this is what we get on the GroupMe at 2:31, when we ... ’s probably clear from our avatar, but we are going to be blogging as a duo

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  explored a jungle (my living room) with a cape (a fitted sheet), and ran ... started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... jungles to enthusiasm for a very real internship - far away from home and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  . One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under the Great Dome, overlooking Killian Court. It's a beautiful view ... river to — past the giant catapult.    Yes, there was a hack - a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school's curriculum and community. Many international schools don't have a school profile. If your
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  , to the point that I sound like a drowning male frog through a voice ... that I've decided to live my life as a boy, and will be getting a court ... much to report (besides my first oral exam in Japanese). There'll be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  . We [annotation note="I know this looks like a large number, and it is ... with care, and it is final. I know this can be a difficult decision to ... admission to MIT. This is an unprecedented increase of approximately 62% from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  actually happened a few years ago, which is why the rule was implemented in ... Pain for a post-On The Air engineer training (me)/post-radio show (her ... word about my job until mid-May.) "Be a camp counselor!" said Peach. "I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  As I mentioned in my last entry, Change.org is running a competition ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia ... a message, loud and clear, that we don't need to rely on dishonest

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  As it's been nearly a month since I posted (yeah. I've been hosed. I ... old joke, which I will not tell you." "If I give you a colossal drug ... entire class on won't apply anymore." "You can tell this is an integral

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  me that the world is a beautiful place. It's easy to forget that when ... holidays because a lot of our extended family doesn't live within a drivable distance. However, the one tradition that my family does have is our annual

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  ) -- The marching band is supposedly going to kick off the festival, although ... feel bad something fierce that I'm not working the CPW desks as much as ... :00, 2:30, 3:00 or 3:30 for a fun-filled tour of the Tester Lab, down in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006