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  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  out my blogs apologizing for my lack of blogging, but I think I've said ... , and I figured some of you might be wondering what I'm up to the summer ... realized I couldn't stand the thought of being away from MIT for summer (2016

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  ’ll give you a glitter fairy sticker and a sheet of bubble wrap. I ... Gregor, which had a beautiful view of the rain pummeling the Charles River and ... sample size of four days that MIT’s legendary firehose was actually

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: EA Deferred

  

  We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action. We'll have

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  I was five years old the first time someone accused me of witchcraft ... accused me of witchcraft, I was a sophomore in High School, tutoring a seven ... , from Harry Potter. Flattered, I tried to imagine that it was because of

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

  International students @ MIT (+life updates) Just a hodge-podge of shtuff.

  

  1. Watch this first: <br> 2. Watch this second: <br /> (Not much text today, because that is my cheap way of making you guys watch my videos instead!)

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your ... 've reached the limits of your productivity. Conclusion: (4) is your only ... of MIT soon, so you might as well pack up your bags and go home now. As

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll ... offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will ... additional students this year for the Class of 2015. Thanks to all of you on

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  year. We admitted 1715 students for an admit rate of 9.6%, or fewer than one of every ten applicants. Because of the size and the strength of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us ... video game which allows players to build constructions out of textured ... zombies game. But that doesn't really answer the question of what Minecraft

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  old homestead. It’s not a complete “Night of the Comet” (or “28 Days Later” for those sadly uneducated in the ways of cheesy ‘80s movies ... graphing calculator or Petri dish* and you can hear the distant sounds of

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid ... consists of lectures, readings, and labs, designed to equip trainees with the ... Cognition Lab. One of the great things about doing research at the ECCL is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  the last exam was (just kidding, it's not always bad...just...a lot of ... room in the middle, there are always lots of people in our room. In the ... want to live on, the type of room you want to live in, and who you want

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  of lifetime miles. Fact 3: I’ve been in an awful lot of airports ... be (of course, I’m not generalizing across airlines – some carriers are ... alternative was to come back early from Taiwan to do it next weekend, but of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  ideal bus for ladies, or if the lack of apostrophe indicates that only ... convince myself of, not for any good reason. I spent a little too much time ... little too long waiting at the station JUST before I had to get off. (Of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  of making weird shapes in Rhino, I decided to use Processing to turn ... of the past ten years (go back and forth with the bracket keys). Mouseover a data point to see the number of undergrads from that state. Now

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  This week in verse There's a song that describes exactly what I'm feeling right now.

  

  Rather than write a real blog entry, I instead urge you to consider the following: An MIT surveyor came upon the gates of Hell, He looked the devil in the eye and said, "You're looking well." The devil looked

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges ... of our high school friends when we go home. :( But, this is because ... a UROP! I never thought I'd be joining the ~85% of the MIT population

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  , many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  page, this represents an increase of more than 2,000 applications; this ... processing of midyear grades, calling to check on the status of your midyear ... release of admissions decisions. When we know, I promise you we will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  regardless of your major..) 4.292: Special Problems in Architecture Studies ... blocks of class, and many 1.5-hour long blocks of class. And no, my ... , and of course I have APO meetings on Wednesday nights... but that's just

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009