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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  translates to a lot of verbiage. And while there's nothing wrong with new posts, every now and then I get kind of nostalgic for old posts. Some things have changed about MIT in the past four years - but many things haven't, and I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  memes in popular culture today, and has been referenced in many, many ... , Matt, Nance, Stu, and all the other admissions officers are doing their ... downhill from here. And...when the decision date finally rolls around, just

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so ... tried the gift out on me, and I dutifully followed his instructions. The ... design class where you spend the entire semester designing and building a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... of you approached your essays and your overall style and flow. Dare I say, I saw flashes of brilliance every now and again? I SO wish that I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  do after graduating, like: going through the same evidence over and ... it. if i already know what i want, and believe in it hard enough, is ... . in practice, the people who matter don't mind, and the people who mind

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  Hey Everyone -   Alot of questions and stress about documents and such on the blogs the last few weeks. Things like: " ... department is. And let me tell you they're rugged. They're tough. They

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  , travel, do service work, or just recharge and have some fun. While that ... ) because there are research opportunities year-round, and we get to meet ... graphing calculator or Petri dish* and you can hear the distant sounds of

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  speak for themselves, and our friends over at CalTech have helped us out a ... impressively precise description of MIT's external IPs. Naturally, I saved and ... . On the other hand, it may reveal nothing and serve as nothing more than

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  grades. If we are missing your midyear grades, and they have not yet been processed, and we have a question about your academic performance, we will be ... come in, we will review them, and the decision will be reviewed if there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  Registration for an overnight visit at MIT and more... Here's this year ... contact your interviewer and set up an interview November 1: Deadline for ... interviewer and set up an interview January 1: Deadline for Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  Application Tracking System and what makes an application "complete." Let me try ... monitor the tracking system and make sure we have your application materials ... information. ...and now, I'm off to go see the Bollywood film Om Shanti Om

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  12 hours and counting until CPW. Here are some places where I'll be ... Course VI (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), 3:30pm, Friday ... , Saturday Activities Fair, 1-3pm, Saturday CPW Closing Remarks and A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  to say that I work for her, and despite her achievements, she's really down to earth and easy to talk to. Professors at MIT are not foreign to incredible distinction, and one of the best things I've enjoyed at MIT is that

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  honor society) social chair and a generous invitation from a biochemical ... and Shannon "Optimus Prime" '05 -- remember their engagement party last ... Star Wars trilogy, the Indiana Jones films, the Harry Potter films, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  and (b) I can blog about it. (By the way - while I may write ... "Q.E.D." and then went back to kissing me. So... Q.E.D. (Cue laughter ... here, post 'em and I'll, er, ask my sources. More episodes to follow

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  to take in life, and how we should do things that we like, not necessarily things that we are expected to do, etc.... and then when he spoke ... ! Nice. Professor Holmstrom's economic research focuses on incentives and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  recognizes and governs MIT's student groups. I love that students have so much ... , including Hillel, the Logs, the Bhangra Club, and OrigaMIT, but I did find the ... BEEF, and 75 other groups. Enjoy!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  and prevent cancer. [...] The project, which might end up with a ... with one another and with sequences in healthy tissue, it should be ... take his class) and his group on the Human Genome Project, perhaps your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  grades) note, and reconsider it as soon as we have received and reviewed ... in, we will review them, and the decision will be reviewed if there is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  , I had dinner at a Spanish restaurant, Iruna, and tonight, I had dinner ... trivia with Jeff and Chris (Prof. Morse to you). Sadly, we failed to win ... ") and Crowded House ("Don't Dream It's Over"), in addition to naming 5 of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004