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  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. I sat in for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was extremely difficult. In the end, we were very happy to be able to admit these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking, Experiencing Health Policy: A Week in ... activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long ... 12, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It will last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  federal government to support education in low-income families. I'm proud of ... As you've no doubt heard on email or from Ben's blog, we will, in ... much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  Whew, I’m exhausted even thinking about it! In all seriousness, this IAP I will be... - Working on my UROP in the BioInstrumentation Lab ... (it’s like OpenCourseWare but for lab work. I’ll be blogging about it in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... articulating and affirming values they share as educators. In President Reif ... that "Whatever may change in Washington... it will not change the values

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  Susan commented on the blog, "Because I live far away from MIT, I cannot afford the costs of the travel [...] Since I cannot make it, what should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... . Thank you for sharing your aspirations and inspirations with us in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ; You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  wonderful, hole-in-the-wall Tunisian restaurant. Tell Chef Alia I said hello ... : One of many great places in Chinatown. I love their soup dumplings. 34 ... A few weeks back, I ran into my friend Andre '08 on the T (that is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  time in Cambridge where I can always find: interesting people who share ... University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art History Favorite things about MIT: Personally, I love all the stereotypical

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

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I'm here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs. Hamentashen debate. In essence, take a bunch of MIT professors and hundreds of ... . I'm going to try to semi-flow this debate, keeping you updated on all

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness ... group (or same-named group, anyway) that went up in Building 66 on the 10th. There's a very, very fancy portrait of David Koch in the first

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  for you [ed: in case you want to move via FYRE]. Most of all, REX is a ... . Shuli blogged about REX the other day and you should go read that. But I ... erases the events from memory once they occur, I also wanted to upload a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  very moment, I'm in MIT Room 10-250 with 500 or so other people listening ... admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions ... student's abilities. M.I.T. will not consider SAT writing scores next year

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

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  could have been. I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who did the right thing. I was incredibly impressed with your integrity ... students via the DHL website (our shipping company), in essence publishing

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  (It's from "Chicago," people) I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking. (I stuck ... changes in gender role and expectation over the past two decades and the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  [annotation note="this email came on monday, and i had time to kill (which is rare) so i sat down and filled out this incredibly long survey ... aspects of their academic and student life. The survey is essential in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  . See more: The eye of the storm. This christmas, I decided to un-wind by kicking back at my bench space--newly unwrapped box of pipette tips in hand ... ; Since I'm still here for a few days, my flexible family is just

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  students in the middle, about three quarters of the applicants, were deferred to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  % participation in donating. Sadly, I don't think our theme is as incredibly awesome ... this "assignment." I find this hilarious, since correlates strongly with the grading scale in many of my classes. Not much Ivy -style grade

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006