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  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... non-student visitors to the blogs (including parents, MIT students & ... 're looking for admissions officer blogs, look no further than MyMIT, where you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Welcome to Round ... is rumored to contain all of mankind's knowledge to date 6) Stu's water

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... I must say I'm very excited to be starting the application reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  happiest people I know to model for my drawings: the bloggers! Here are a few ... feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction/repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  programs for a reason: to broaden the students’ horizon, develop our life ... many additions I have made to my vocabulary since I commenced my study at ... of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to blog about it. If, for some reason, you don't like following links to blogs that aren't MIT Admissions blogs, I'll sum it up for you: The US

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , it's because I woke up . . . to go study. Finals are coming up! You see ... , that gives me 1.5 more days to learn everything. The good part? I think I'm almost there. I actually think I'll be ready for Monday *crosses fingers

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  straight to the turkey? Although I suppose I've already had my turkey for ... waiting patiently for their dinner. You can see Jay '08 attempting to carve ... that refreshing. For some reason, instead of giving proportionally less

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  have your work published for all to see!!! I'm on the editorial board and ... Journal (MURJ) is looking for submissions (due October 10th) for our Fall ... *Why Do Insects Stop "Breathing" To Avoid Damage from Too Much Oxygen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  !!!!! Then it was back to shooting turkeys. I went for the 2.005 turkey next ... turkeys. It's not to be missed. *For more information, please visit the MIT ... other half who had to dress up as pilgrims instead of indians. That was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  tailored for robotics. I started trying to re-work my fall schedule. I had ... problems for government to solve, why some political arguments are more ... theatrical artists. Provides an opportunity for students to discover their

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  class for tennis so the only problem I face is finding the time to catch ... In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a ... world for the three months we call summer break. I’ve had the opportunity

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  know that he graduated first? =p). For some reason (to be discussed in the drama), he decided to leave off continuing at MIT for grad school ... - that's 21F.704, 7.02, and 5.12 for all ye eager beavers) this week

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  found things to do, like observe the meat eaters preparing for their ... ventured off to find as many insane things as we could for free off of ... to study for my physics final Monday. But then it was Saturday. And

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  goal for this trip was to soak everything in, the environment, people ... To set the mood: Feeling Blue   "When I'm in New York I listen to Palestinian hip hop, but when I'm in Palestine, I listen to the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  why it’s important to ask for help when you need it. Today is not the ... sick. What a joy it has been to experience illness during the first two ... for four days straight (and therefore, not in class, lab, or recitation

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  in ways that are overliteralized to the point of meaninglessness. For ... At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts ... 'm Rachel, possibly more frequently referred to by my Athena username, rfong

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  now regret that I even bothered to spend money on that, haha. I really ... , quoted verbatim from a letter left to her host before she departed MIT ... since then. Holla to the MA, NY, CT, NH, MD, RI, NJ, CA, MI, IL, IN, MO

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill ... been named MIT's next dean of admissions, Dean for Undergraduate ... reason to believe will yield a diverse and talented class," Hastings said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008