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Blog / IAP
IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.
events tomorrow catch my eye. They are: The History of the Universe in One ... Tomorrow is the beginning of MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP)! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where -
Blog / Admissions
Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.
can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of ... to consider accepting a waitlist offer) or decline it. The waitlist committee worked hard over the course of several days to determine how many -
Blog / Admissions
Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!
Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT, and with my second season of reading applications behind me, its time to start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise
On Valentine's Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique ... - offered these options: 1. Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder 2. Can ... Green The Muses - a female a cappella group - offered these options: 1. I -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 5 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE ... MERRIMACK VALLEY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW... WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ... CANCELLATIONS IN ALL SORTS OF TRANSPORTATION DEPENDENT BUSINESS. SNOWFALL RATES -
Blog / Academics & Research
More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.
If any of you have attended one of my MIT info sessions, either on campus or on the road, you've heard me talk about MIT's 2+ miles of underground tunnels. On mornings like these (3 degrees when I left the house), I -
Blog / MIT Life
Hello, I’m Anthony.
universities and I didn't have the benefit or services of a college counselor ... It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the Class of 2009. I was admitted early action and received the news around -
Blog / Academics & Research
Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.
semester (when you have a better idea of what classes are offered when ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the ... tests, right? -- but it's kind of a disappointment. I'm hoping to bounce -
Blog / MIT Life
500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)
, there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There aren’t 500 days of summer, but I was too lazy to count how many there actually are. Also, summer is sort of nebulously defined for me as an MIT -
Blog / Challenges
The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.
(Ariel S. ‘18 at University of Michigan) at an external team that was not ... overall. Only 16% of US employers offer paid parental leave of any kind, and ... again a team of drastically more boys than girls. The first -
Blog / Announcements
Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students
Today, (April 4, 2023), marks the public launch of the STARS (Small Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a select group of 16 colleges and universities, including MIT, dedicated to -
Blog / Study Abroad
From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute
wonderful exchange student from the University of Cambridge, Rob. An ... always there to clear up our many, many, misconceptions of all things British. In between correcting our pronunciations of Sixth and Herb he -
Blog / About Decisions
Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.
decision. Out of the 437 students on our wait list, 26 were offered admission ... many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. During this time ... from the wait list. This year, we had a record-high percentage of -
Blog / About Decisions
Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.
- the King of the Internet, Chris Peterson, fresh from a master's degree ... * This is a Goodbye Post * I've always liked the 4th of July. I like fireworks. (Although a couple years ago I had a friend that kind of -
Blog / How to Food
42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)
some things. Josh is majoring in computer science at the University of ... . 450 degrees is also okay. Add a generous amount of salt and pepper and ... degrees Fahrenheit. Pour about a cup of olive oil into a large bowl. Add a -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Happy V-Day
. Actually, Cambridge was once the center of America's candy universe, with 32 ... . At MIT, we celebrate the holiday in various fun ways. Of course ... off to some of the many romantic restaurants and sites in Boston and -
Blog / How to Human
Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.
for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure ... the luxury of being within walking distance of one of the world ... Boston has to offer. Get started soon. Sometimes, you should just T it -
Blog / Admissions
The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)
away. Who were a world separate from the encompassing universe of college ... 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 -
Blog / Academics & Research
You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers
I have enough of a questions backlog now that I think it's worth ... little groups of freshmen led by an upperclassman (all incoming frosh are ... midway and the athletics midway, where you can visit booths of different