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  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  people that I would be going to school with for four years. I also had a ... you try it. I can't say how many things I would have missed out on if I ... explore things that I had not seen before. So don't judge a book by it

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MISTI-India: Community Health Internship The MISTI experience of Gilad Evrony '07.

  

  were not at MIT. I backpacked through north India with a friend of mine ... from 50 years ago had still not reached most of the world's population. I ... Banerjee who run the MISTI-India program and told them that I was looking for

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  total! A lot of my friends ended up joining frats freshman year, so I thought it would be fun to show what Greek life is like for them. (You can ... connected – literally you can cross from one roof to the other – so it takes

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection ... really warmed my heart at a time when I was quite nervous about my next ... Wednesday, I finished my last final at 3.30 pm. From 3.30 to 12.30 am, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns ... mango juice in a turd mug. I ordered a House of Poo Poo variation of pineapple fried rice. It wasn't a large serving and tasted average, I'd say

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school, community, city ... the situation? I can't emphasize this enough: make sure to review ... )  Also remember that all applicants can now apply for either

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 ... a waitlist place, or how many students we will ultimately admit from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United ... is visible from Boston across the river. MIT hackers have long used the Dome as a medium of art, commentary, and celebration. The Dome has been

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  MIT alumni have been responsible for some of the most revolutionary inventions in the world. Radar, modern lithium-ion batteries, canned soup, and the spreadsheet are just some of them. Today I found out about a new

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  drawer was a copy of our newspaper from when Obama was elected. I lol ... and ready for a tough summer of hard (but enjoyable) work. I start ... college, you're doing it wrong. I had a double Wilbur with double cheese and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  to do this for me. Later (in a silvery package) I received an official ... change from a D to a B, shhhhhh.) I'm excited to see how the institute ... week before I got into MIT early action, I was rejected as a Quest

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  For the sixth consecutive year, we will admit students from our waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll, but we do plan to admit 26 students from the waitlist. Today, around 3pm

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  actually a lot of fun since, for one, I was interested in my thesis, and also ... -to-last week of the semester, I set my alarm for 11 a.m. instead of 9 ... same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  , but will not rule it out). To be considered for a blogger position, you ... preference for folks who do have active blogs. If you do not currently keep a ... /protected, please also include a way for the committee to read the entries you'd like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  you readers are so ingenious, I'm asking for your help in designing my new banner. (That, and I've hit a creative roadblock.) I am ... exposure. The experience.") Well, I'll write a whole blog entry dedicated to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  a poem. I was especially proud of us for the rhyme "three eight four ... . Protection from small insects 4. Never mistaken for a girl if somebody looks at ... band, I'd say at least four had pi memorized to this many digits, and a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  . What score should I get on the TOEFL? A. TOEFL is the one test for which ... more questions, here is a quick FAQ to provide some more answers. I hope ... that make you look best. Q. Which SAT Subject Tests should I take? A. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  on that! Well ok, you can, but from the looks of the research, I need ... I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in ... metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  I'm pretty happy with it.  What does this mean for ... thoughtful and fast search, a goal of being extremely useful for the user, and ... This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  I have multiple things to admit here. 1. My arms kind of hurt from ... to Harvard Square for ice cream tonight. 3. I'm not feeling ... . Anonymous wrote Awwww.... you were such a drama queen! Here I was thinking

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006