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• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  , the mitBEEF Club Beef-Off competition, and more. Local Admitted ... Providence, Rhode Island, and as far away as Singapore. There will be meetings ... , San Francisco, Washington DC, Miami, Chicago, and many more. RSVP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  just been absolutely crazy and I'm just waking up from a power nap. I don ... sticks, and Gatorade, nothing seems to be working. Funny part of it is that ... the puzzle from &#%% and for your reading enjoyment, I'll post it here

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  those of you applying this year and for whom English is your primary ... Subject Tests ("SAT 2s"): one in math (Level 1 or Level 2) and one in ... 're best prepared and best suited. If you have taken more than one test in a

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

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  Verde's (the convenience store in the student center) and bought brownie mix and ... for 6.081. But I'm tired and confused (why is d+=1 legal normally but ... crams the information into their brains just before the quiz and then

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  they need to go to their waitlist or not, and if so, how many students ... first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a second ... colleges recognize and accept this. If I'm admitted off of the waitlist, do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  , and then comes Rush and classes. Now, I will say this, I had an ... because we feed off of one another's energy and just make sometimes the most ... list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a

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

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  'll just come right out and tell you: Ben made me choose it. But I've grown ... primes (if you can factor nine-digit composite numbers in your head -- and ... friendly animal mascots; for example, my Perl book's mascot was a camel, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  internet to judge (and help you take a break from thinking about those ... ,742 minutes of music on Spotify, Apple Music, and *checks notes* YouTube Music ... Angie and Janet for being our most avid listeners this year, with 89

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  hundreds of AI-generated videos and rating how realistic each looked. His lab was trying to create a benchmark for evaluating AI-generated videos, and ... oscilloscopes"]retro CRT-looking[/annotation] display. It was so cute, and I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  'd see a B next to 8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism), and a B next to 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II). And you might conclude a few things about my ... year old - a concern for my future prospects of going to med school, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  bookshelf more filled than before, a new coffee cart with 16 mugs, and me ... short montage of packing a backpack, taking meds, throwing on shoes, and putting on eyeliner plays. I grab my bag, and leave the room. With the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to ... , I completed two puzzles, and I'm finally feeling ready to start the ... -ish blogs and living. I know in theory that this feeling is okay, it just is

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  : Where did the river go? And now, well...I've been in the house for a ... because sunlight shines on snow, it melts, and drips down, but by the time that happens it's less so in the sun and re-freezes.) See the building

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  Hi all, The office is closed for the holiday and there are only a ... and flexible with late documents from schools than with late documents ... science). We only use the scores that make you look best, and we do abide by

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  the open blog threads, and since there were so many questions regarding ... we had over 6500 EA applications and have admitted 650 applicants early. It continues to be a great pool of motivated and successful students

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I ... happen with frosh, questions were asked, and as is wont to happen with ... around Cambridge), working over 40 hours a week, commuting and having to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... found more and more young people who are aware of MIT, and who sincerely ... spirit and the excitement of engaging with the worlds most pressing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  office's own running of the bulls, only with more emoticons and Dr. Horrible references... and no bulls... and quite a few vegetarians, actually ... include our senior bloggers Jess, Keri and Cristen. 2009 Blogger

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  charge an application fee anyway? Between staff time and materials, the costs of running an admissions office are vast, and the application fee ... you and your family truly know if applying for an application fee waiver

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  sharing stories about phone calls last year to freshmen we know and love now. It was pretty funny when I looked at the sign-in sheet and saw the name ... calling his name and we finally were able to introduce ourselves to each

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007