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• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  dream college. institution soulmates or whatever xx and i had a group of ... who didn't get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and ... build a life after." I said sure, and she wrote this post. I had planned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  What is the mail address/fax number?

  Email: [email protected] Fax: 617.687.9184 Mailing address: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of Undergraduate Admissions 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E38-200 Cambridge, MA 02139
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  bond with Hyrule -- the world they had created. The Goddess Din offered the Triforce of Power, Nayru contributed the Triforce of Wisdom, and

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  from Logan Airport to MIT all day Thursday, and back from MIT to Logan on ... tournament! It is better to register now and then cancel (please try to cancel ... register by the deadline and then try to register late. Also, it is true that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Institute of Harvard and MIT, he's got a hand in most of the things that are ... Robot, and her path to success. MIT student hacks his dorm room door lock ... design, a computer-less setup that involves a microcontroller, a motor, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  're also very different people. And yet, we have become good friends. It seems like I haven't had the time this semester to sit and think about the ... . All these memories come to me at once, in the same time and place, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  's sort of backwards when you look at MIT undergraduate dorms and their ... structure. Or, to be more descriptive, geography and physical structure have a ... , East Campus, Senior Haus, and Random Hall are "East" (even though Random

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  invention on the internet, and it's called Omegle! The theory behind it is chat-room-esque in nature, except it's a 1 on 1 conversation, and it's with a complete and total stranger. Most of these conversations consist

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  process. Dozens of you wrote in with wonderful, funny, and sometimes ... getting good grades, and one of them is knowing how to cook amazingly simple ... quite good, and I have earned a complete scholarship for attending the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... III (Waves and Oscillations) Professor van Oudennarden (pronounced “ow ... to some speakers, and turned up the volume (I covered my ears) until it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  reference to Cambridge and its neighbor Somerville) The weather here sucks. It has been 45 degrees and raining for the last week. Yes, this is ... problem, except that 1) it was 45 degrees and raining, and 2) I had no idea

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  really left this place. I just lurk and cruft and linger in the tunnels ... , now I work here running this thing, and my office is off main campus so ... . shameless self-promotion (why else) and 2. if you're seeing this, it means

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  ). Also known as the father of inflationary universe theory and, apparently ... ...close enough). I was a little jittery. I set three alarms that morning, and ... !" I stood up and glanced around; no one around me had an exam, either

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  current friends, in which we discussed the current states of our lives and how they compared to the previous states of our lives, and then ate a ... It's late Saturday night, Sunday morning by Boston time, and I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  !"]self-care and destress routine. [/annotation] Watching Steven Universe The Movie ... ="how???"]now [/annotation], and were recently discussing how much this reminds us of senior ... to that extra scholarship and that extra school. Now, we are staying up

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  that he offered to share:       Hope to see you both -- and the rest of ... food, battered and deep fried (double deep fried fries?!?). Some regular ... :                   The day before we also hosted a board games and milkshakes night. The

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the morning, will bring me a box of chocolate (Twix ♥) and offer me a hug. I've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  ..256 { let state = i; ... } ..and precalculate sliding moves for each state ... wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... , Aidan Chambers, is pretty good at chess and played it all the time while

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  is the Siemens Research Competition. MIT is a University Partner for Siemens, which means that we 'host' a (virtual) regional event and provide ... flyers, in both English and Spanish at the Siemens Research Competition

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and ... , complete, and mail the MIT Transfer Application to MIT Admissions ... only available for US citizens and permanent residents. Students without

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012