Search

Search Results

• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it.) On Sunday when I heard there was going to be yet another snow storm ... morning 6 inches of beautiful packing snow graced the MIT campus - ready to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this advertisement. Seriously, it warmed my heart. An advertisement for Western

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  2010 (if there was a newspaper article about you, feel free to send a link my way). It's nice to read about MIT MMX like celebrities! Today, we ... a week's worth to follow. At the conclusion of this series, I plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Pi Day! 3.1415926535...

  

  Just a little humor to keep us all smiling. HAPPY PI DAY (the ... you want to impress your friends. Oh Number Pi Oh, number Pi Oh ... more if we had time, Oh, number Pi Oh, number Pi For circle lengths

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you is to please be patient as you watch the application tracking system on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say ... appears to be broken, which makes me sad, especially since I had cute ... , feel free to leave me comments and questions to answer here. I will

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  idea was that??) (Note: to look up the link for 5.60, I had to go to the ... knees. (Hint: to find me in any picture of the squad, scan the picture for ... the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the result of a $54 check to the International Star Registry. Rather, Emily has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  math teacher, Mr. Bob Cohen, who had a strange fondness for referring to ... find the roots." "So, similarilarily, we have to complete the square of this puppy by adding 25 to both sides." "Let's do a rigorous proof of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  and also the Orientation 2005 site. Thanks to Ann's blog for drawing our attention to them. Short entry today, since I must run to a College Fair ... about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  than for some young researcher to be tagged "the new Einstein," so don ... . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards ... event. With all the glitz, the people dressed to the nines, the great food

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  for EA will be extended to accommodate things. Also, Grommit (where ... Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to ... credit to Mitra Many of you have seen that the MyMIT portal is down. No

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  camer-AHHHHH! redux

  

  Mitra always has snazzy photos on her blog (though I am sad to hear ... my last trip I took pictures of my Central Meetings and promised to put ... before heading off for greener pastures, did have a nice photo and blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2004
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, a National Cancer ... scientists, clinicians and others, to bring fresh perspectives and an interdisciplinary approach to advancing the fight against cancer. This multi
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  includes an opportunity for you to update us on anything important that has ... to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application. The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  For the fourth consecutive year, we will admit students from our waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  each get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay! Schedules ... form. Although I'm excited to have new classes and a fresh start, a new schedule means that school (and the accompanying work) is about to begin

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  remember coming to MIT for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) and meeting people ... , cultures, and so many other things as well, so we wanted to capture small vignettes of this to communicate how diverse this campus truly is. I'll spare

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Parade, be sure to keep an eye out for The Catalina Foothills High School ... prize for the largest student turn-out goes to Oklahoma School for Science ... ready for the best and brightest that El Paso had to offer. True to form

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster. Waste hours for fun, while still knowing that after, one still has just as

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020