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Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?
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Blog / Admissions
Application Tracking now available You can check the status of your application components now on MyMIT.
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Blog / IAP
IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.
A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the things I was planning on doing during IAP…and then I got distracted by, well, IAP.… -
Blog / Admissions
EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.
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Blog / MIT History & Culture
Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.
Amazingly, I’ve been an admissions blogger for a bit over twelve months now. One thing I’ve noticed about this site in the past year is that most individual entries have… -
Blog / Academics & Research
One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.
A little bit ago, a prospective student wanted some insight on what a typical day is like for an MIT student. Although that’s a very good question, it’s actually really… -
Blog / Hacks
50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.
Yesterday morning, something odd appeared on MIT’s campus… It was a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a “hack” at MIT is clever, elegant, and anonymous prank, designed… -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…
the lottery. The LVAC says about this plan B, "Each year, bleary -
Blog / Admissions
Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.
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Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.
Right now, I am sitting and blogging live from Boston’s amazing new Apple store on Boylston Street. Although the store’s actually less than a mile from my fraternity house (according… -
Blog / MIT Life
Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.
Today, as I was walking down Mass Ave after work, I saw some Aero/Astro students playing volleyball with a net they had set up in the Building 33 quad, and… -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.
I spent today playing with yeast cells, and I couldn’t be happier. Let me back up. As you may already know, this summer, I’m working with Professor Angelika Amon of… -
Blog / MIT Life
A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.
I took my first final today: 8.022, Electricity & Magnetism with Theory. It wasn’t a bad class, all told. Circuits are pretty cool, and I liked the bits about relativity… -
Blog / Admissions
Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.
nostalgic, as soon as I'm ready. Stay tuned. -B P.S. This is the 2500th -
Blog / Events
When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.
Oh, hey, the weekend’s here. Awesome. In other news, the last full week of spring classes has come and gone. I spent last night finishing up the last problem sets… -
Blog / Events
Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...
I should have posted this entry five days ago. Sorry, world. But as awesome as blogging is, sometimes academics comes first – specifically, I’m referring to my 8.022 pset, my… -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.
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Blog / Admissions
I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.
By Gordon Wintrob ’12 Well my camera conveniently died during CPW, only taking pictures with a color balance approximated below: I tend to be a man of few words, and… -
Blog / Admissions
CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.
Come one, come all to CPW! I don’t know about you guys, but the energy on campus right now is absolutely amazing. The Infinite Coordidor is packed with hosts and… -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?
BREAKING NEWS: Stu Schmill ’86 Named New Dean of Admissions – go wish him congratulations! Shockingly, MIT does occasionally grant its students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of…