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• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did ... admission is tough; with a 6% admit rate, it's especially true for transfer ... and facilitating things for the transfer admissions committee. Congrats

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... chainsaw and head for the small dome, we'll fend them off and wait for rescue

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  , nothing that could prepare me for MIT physics. There should have been ... hardest) is best for you. The results of my math diagnostic said that I was prepared to take either 8.01L or 8.01. I opted for 8.01 because 8.01L

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  looked around for prefrosh. None. We headed towards Dunkin' Donuts for some ... Snively?" So much for pretending to be a prefrosh. It turns out that the ... we grabbed our hash browns and coffee we headed outside to wait for

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  's battery had completely drained. I wait 20 minutes for the shower, and then ... Cambridge, to meet some friends for breakfast...only to run into them walking ... classic what-classes-am-I-taking-this-term post. I'm signed up for 66 units

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  is at an absolute standstill. We had an event tonight for the American Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive ... some pictures from this evening: I'm ready for the snow...

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  probably an easy decision for you (at least it was for me.) Hopefully you ... , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a non-profit organization (Teach for America, Peace Corps), work in a lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  're available; this is mostly for the Regular Action selection committee ... . Decision day: We have not yet announced a date for early action decisions. We will make an announcement later in December; watch the blogs for more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta ... showed up for these fireworks. The fireworks themselves lasted for about 20

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference with a gazillion other admissions professionals. Things ... developed for its new Campaign For Students, a big fundraising campaign that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an ... , one of the few MIT microbiology labs, for one and a half years. She says ... and that bacteria allow for easier scalability of a process.”

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  the information session for visiting high school juniors & ... , Friday CPW Registration Help Desk, 1-3pm, Friday "Voting" for Daniel in ... some delayed flights. Don't worry, we'll be here for you. If you have any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  For now, I'll refer you to this blog entry, but I'll be back ... if I sit around and wait for the news, the world around me isn't going to wait for me. I have three months left in my undergraduate career

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  there involved minimal effort. If I could cross campus for a Baker party ... tests and a pset to turn in on Wednesday. 2:03 PM - Roll over, reach for ... night. (The dress was for the MedLinks Dating Auction, which went really

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  :30 twice a week (for 24.900 - Intro to Linguistics - which is at 9:30 on ... for high school!!!!!!shiftone"; remember, I was in your place about two ... making fools of themselves for the camera.

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  Creasy at the Johns Hopkins University (a fantastic school, btw) for the ... application numbers for the past five years, starting with last year and working ... is just for fun. No prizes will be awarded, just pride and bragging

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  wake up for a 1 PM lunch with some of my marching bandmates from high ... corresponded. Fun for toute la famille! I think that you could play the same game ... movements for you, and sings the chorale melody on which the entire cantata is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email), though I've been sure to take some downtime for Heroes, Veronica Mars, James Bond and Borat. It looks like our early application numbers for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  's formal. Brian speculates: All my buddies tell me MIT is for a bunch of ... ! (Affirmative.) It's really hard for me to explain the nerd stereotype; the best ... see for yourself. I consider myself a nerd proudly, but at the same time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  for some reason there is no Project Runway category on MITblogs. So ... fine print on this offer reads "Students will be responsible for travel ... MIT paid for it. Also, I remembered that days in Germany are supposedly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006