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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ecosystems And Web Sites A science question & general check-in.

  

  ? I told you guys - I'm not a science kid. Hook me up. In other news, I ... site is going to be so awesome. Just you wait and see. :-) How's summer

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  So tonight, I'm going to watch my friend Timmy '06 and the rest of the MIT Musical Theatre Guild put on Star Wars: The Musical. I'm kind of ... interesting things I've seen done with butter in a very long time. Yes

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all intentions to do so, we will not be using our waitlist. Our yield was even

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT prefer public school or private school?

  MIT receives diverse and interesting applications from students in every type of school: public, private, religious, charter, and home school ... have different resources. It's our job as admissions officers to sift
• Blog / Events

  All Hallow’s Eve You're never too old to trick-or-treat...

  

  , and I still have some other work to finish before sleeping. For the ... handed out treats to anyone who stopped by their rooms/apartments between 9 ... . And my friends and I took this opportunity to galavant around our dorm

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  to be at all! Everyone works hard and studies, but they hang out, party, have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy ... people will actually laugh and won't shun them to the library. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the ... conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which ... professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School) and Nick

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  social. The pies were oh-so delicious. I want to share with you some ... event where makerspace mentors welded on digits of pi to a steel apparatus. This project has been in progress since 2019. Over 140 students

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create ... competitive: 538 students applied to transfer, and we have admitted 23. And as ... to MIT), I know that this process can be a difficult experience. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  Toy Story Hack! And Other Hacks from Fall 2015

  

  brought smiles to all those who passed by. To share the happiness, here are ... @ MIT (with links to images): 12/3: Swinging Piñatas 11/22: Up the ... Technology 10/26: MIT Zoo 10/21: Hack to the Future 10/12: New Bexley 9

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  happened since my last post - I stopped being a teenager, I went to San Diego ... surprise care-package from my mom (contents: Best of Mr. Bean DVD), to name a few things. But I'll have to save those for another post because we have

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email…

  

  '10 @ graduation! Star '10, who writes "I challenge anyone to top a graduation in Hawaii :P" Send your MIT '10 end-of-year photos to benjones at m ... Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  the cellphone ringtone competition and IAP. It's fun to watch Zig ... Production Services (AMPS) would love to hear your feedback about ZigZag, about the stories, and, yes, about the hosts. Please be honest in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  -kg mollusks in each jar. The local dumpster cat gang has raided one jar, leaving 2012 0.3-kg resealed mollusk shells in that jar. You need to figure ... is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room ... , March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of luck to all of you! 2. Super Smash Brothers ... just say w00t? In commemoration of this momentous event, with a nod

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2010. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some potential future classmates, as well as MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  their length and score. "We're very data driven here, so we're going to ... admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  It's more likely than you think! To understand this hack, you need ... to the animals and parts of nature whose voices are "silenced ... planned to Building 54 -- a renovation sponsored by Shell, the oil company

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019