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  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  announced on the blogs when we mail the decisions.Selection time is a very ... apologize! Until early action decisions are finalized, selection is job one.I ... how things are looking here. Admitting a class is hard work, full of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... , granola bars and a box of organic alfalfa sprouts that appeared in no ... selection of some deeply profound queries that I implored: aliens in disguise

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  , that's nine hacks. The tenth, I suppose, is the meta-hack itself - the ... A few nights ago, I was walking down the Infinite Corridor with two ... the wall. You can't really see anything in that picture. But what my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  -qualified applicants is a daunting task. I'm excited about the choices we've made, while ... Education. RSI, which is free (except for the application fee), actually has a ... 're planning a 4-day weekend for the Class of 2010 that will hopefully help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  . One way to bypass this limitation is to launch a telescope in multiple ... Networking is a funny thing. It can be formal (and slightly ... - and be a whole lot more fun! Take for instance the time I was climbing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET

  

  when I'm not overflowing with creativity, I've found that being sincere ... college application and you're waiting for a decision), I recommend you ... mail, snail telegraph, carrier pigeon, message in a bottle, or skywriting

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 12, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  gap year which I just think is freaking awesome, who is on a quest to ... It is that time of year again! The semester is starting, campus is ... fizzy green liquids, owner of a popular LinkedIn meme account, and wizard

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  1, even if it means making a deposit. If you are still interested in MIT, you should stay in contact with us. I'd recommend an email, a ... I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  Sam already told you about AppleBake, but I figured I could throw in ... for me while we sampled some AppleBake treats: I'm ashamed to say that I did not really participate in the AppleBake festivities, but well...I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  when students write that they received an A in Engish instead of English ... once - there is an iterative process in which many applications are seen several times by various committees. In other words, an application is

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  burning out past the finish line

  

  i was finished with school work since about two weeks ago i have lots of things i could be doing and i am not doing any of them because i ... packing or whatever instead i am sitting and lying in bed and watching all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly ... a list of things I didn’t learn!" Volaris From the ... ’s main project, "Dynamic Currency Conversion," a system that

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  I think it is different now. It is one thing to understand a fact or ... in Zambia. To make a long story short, the only road to Mwape (the ... ... but you should also research the weather. I am still mentally

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  heat anyway. (and the "resistor" in a source like that isn't really even ... consists of emfs and resistors into: an emf plus a resistor in series (Thevenin), or a current source plus a resistor in parallel (Norton). They

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  . Awesome.] As a freshmen, I feel that it's my personal responsibility to ... Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  readers may remember that last year around this time I attended a free sneak of the film I Heart Huckabees, and also listed some other sneaks that ... a lecture (which, despite their name, is a rarity, as they mostly show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday ... receptive audience, including another group from MIT. We had a great time in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  . Now that I’ve finally emerged from my first season of reading ... opportunities for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing ... event in your area, you should check it out – they’re a great opportunity

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  of the things I love most about MIT is the history that surrounds our ... , hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in ... the hack's serene majesty. Naturally, I was no exception. In spite of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  -becoming-pretty-standard hard And waking-up-in-time-for-your-9am-class-that-you-slept-through-consistently-for-the-past-month-is-a ... the only thing we can do is to take things one semester at a time. And this is our first semester doing just that. We actually have made jokes

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018