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  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  began. Our hunt was set in ⊥IW, the perpendicular universe version of MIT ... accidentally trapped herself in a perpendicular universe, and we needed to power ... the winning team in 2013']different name for each year of its existence

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... increased yield in recent years, while our target class size has remained the same (1,100)."]offered admission to 1,259 students[/annotation] who will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  upon date by which students reply to offers of admission. Following May 1 ... that by Registration Day in September, we will be slightly above that ... . It is our loss that we will not be able to offer you admission. We hope

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  /Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear ... we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in and loiter in the airfield for a day or two. Let's be clear--wind is bad

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  in the 8.012 section had an exam. Proctor (smiling): "8.012? Are you sure you're in the right place?" Me: ... Proctor: "Is 8.012 even in this building?" Me (bristling): "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this building

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

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  until very, very late in the game. I first started researching colleges to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus ... did more research on the University of Chicago. They are weird. Really

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those ... simply happens to attend one of the craziest universities in the world. I ... was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  students will accept our offer of admission and enroll at MIT in the fall (as ... list are invariably awesome, and we hope to find a space for them in our ... students accept our offer on May 1, and also a great deal of uncertainty

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  well. Three summers ago, biologists from the University of the Andes in ... currently over 1000 axolotls in captivity at the University of Kentucky ... awareness about the amphibian extinction crisis. When I was in high school I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this ... , meeting in the MIT archives. In December, the students presented to me what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• 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 ... British. In between correcting our pronunciations of Sixth and Herb he ... did this mean getting to spend some time in Europe but it also meant a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  change the world. With that in mind I started thinking about The Universe ... Laureate Frank Wilczek. Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 at the ... the audience, and he recites his sonnet, Virtual Particles in this talk

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I ... semester it's being offered. I think the website is enrollee-only, so here ... new class on the topic of field (that is, "in situ") and laboratory

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  cool in-universe? is he a serious character? the author is dead, so they ... hadestown is a tragedy. the narrator, hermes, tells you this in the ... to Hell, Hadestown in a song that introduces the cast of characters

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  represent galaxies floating in that universe, and also that this had nothing ... universe. Being Course 8, he had an advantage over a mere frosh, but I had the powers of Course 16 in the form of Raul '10 to back me up. Arun

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What entrepreneurship programs are offered?

  Here are just a few of more than 85 resources dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship at MIT: Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation DesignX Martin…
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... of (checks watch) right now, we have offered admission to 1 ... welcome them to convocation in Cambridge this fall, where they will join the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... , and, as I wrote in Early, it would not have been possible without the ... those 33,240 applicants, we have offered admissions to 1,340, who will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  , while for others it has just begun. In the admissions office, we are ... me to explain. In a selective, competitive, holistic, merit ... student who is highly proficient in math and science. We say great! Show me

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  , MIT students get the chance to enjoy everything that MIT has to offer ... :00-8:00 PM: Build Your Own Loudspeakers- a class offered by the Hobby Shop Whew, I’m exhausted even thinking about it! In all seriousness, this IAP

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007