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  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon ... Class of 2009 14% admit rate. We received 10,443 applications and admitted 1495 of those students, making this the most selective year ever in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  exploring of campus, I'm not sure my body can handle much more of this. Let me ... . I'm not really laying on my bed, I'm kind of shoved into it, feet ... prefrosh, Chris Mills, and told that he's leaving. I stumble out of bed

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes. For the Class of 2011, these are their very first MIT classes. I only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  While the period known as "End of term" certainly brings finals ... conclusion of a great semester. You've probably already heard about many of these, including the last 3.091 lecture (described here by Kevin), all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever, elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... 'd expect, hacking is one of MIT's most celebrated traditions, and the actual

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Yesterday was the first day of classes at MIT. I remember the ... like this: Some version of calculus Some version of physics Some version of chemistry A humanities, arts and social science (HASS) elective

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  Some of you that frequent the blogs may remember that last year ... . At first, I thought it was just a random piece of trash.... but upon ... over the US! It's pretty awesome that we can find a set of these around

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  -decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at ... - I can't remember a time in which I was alone here. I hope that all of ... every year.) Having said that, there are of course many of you to whom we

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might ... semester, our chef, Karen, who is a trained pastry chef, makes some of the most delectable desserts on this side of the country including chocolate

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  Kappa Late Night, a fall talent show for charity sponsored by one of MIT ... awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number 1024!" Did you just think, "Hey, that's a power of 2!"? So did I! So did

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  award-winning makers of Snipmap, a Google Chrome extension made during the Festival of Learning Hackathon. Snipmap’s slogan can also apply to the Festival itself. FoL was organized by the MIT Office of Digital Learning

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  Hey-o prefrosh. Are you dying of anticipation yet? CPW starts ... an event density so high, it's like a neutron star of awesome! There ... upperclassmen or your favorite blogger, as long as they're both me). But of all

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  One of my best friends from high school, Pablo, and I share the exact ... one of us should stumble upon an awesome band performing live, he should ... ways, I was extremely jealous of him. He gets to spend the next four

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  application. In the span of a lifetime, two years is really not that long. And ... . The list of internship applications I need to fill out. The morning alarm clock that will pull me out of bed with only five hours of sleep. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... common unit of homework assigned here at MIT. Excellent, in-depth high-caliber pset profiles can be found here and here, but while all of these

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  the God of War team.[/annotation] after dropping all of my stuff at my ... lot of first impressions, both good and bad. here they are: this city ... few pedestrians as well, so walking on the streets is kind of lonely

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  When most people learn what kind of work I do, they often speculate ... point out that I am just a single member of an otherwise exceptional group of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 profile A ststistical look at the incoming freshmen.

  

  Here's a look at this year's incoming freshman class. Over the next week, we'll take a look at some of the individuals in the class... The MIT Class of 2010, by: Gender: Male 55% Female 45% Ethnicity: African

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action, but we are finally beginning to see the Class of 2010 truly take shape

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn ... to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The ... that they're worthy of MIT, and prove to themselves that they can handle

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008