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  The Final Countdown

  

  outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long travel season, we'll prepare to read your applications. I suspect we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host ... don't, don't worry -- I assure you we have a host for you. CPW invades

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

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

  

  used indexes of chief executive compensation show close to a proportional ... , startles, and really makes you think. On the train on the way back from a ... genomics research, had the following teaser on the front page: A Later Split

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a ... In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collecting information about my friends im like if a corporation loved you

  

  two birthdays since getting to MIT, I’ve been afforded a happiness that ... can tell there's no way to do high-eccentricity migration and make a hot ... " (adjective) bears can eat up to 40000 moths a day to prepare for hibernation

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 30, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  click refresh 200 times in a minute. You might get carpal tunnel! And you ... 's what you need to do: (Deep breath again) At 6:28, or anytime ... using the same username and password that you use to log into your My

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  showing on MyMIT yet AM I DOOMED?") Let me respond to this series of ... . If the tracking system isn't showing a document yet, relax and wait ... missing materials sent to us. But at this point, we're only reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  the heat to "simmer," and cover the saucepan with a lid. Cook until you ... on Tuesday, Wednesday, AND Thursday morning). So to procrastinate on ... 'm too lazy when there's a lot of assignments and exams - i really only

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday. MIT noticed. The ... Dome as a medium of art, commentary, and celebration. The Dome has been

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only thing I gained this year was academic hardship." Sophomore year tends to be the year when things 'get real', at least as a Mech-e, and I found

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The ... throughout the afternoon. (It reminded me of something a family friend told me ... Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  wanted to try an experiment in Soylent, a meal replacement shake. I first ... to salty and sweet foods that, after not being exposed to it for a ... in the fraternity, I went to a nearby IKEA for furniture shopping. But

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  Institut Néel, a world-famous magnetism research center situated in ... I get to work with liquid helium every day! It's very cool (...see ... lucky folks get to hear them instead!). We get samples from chemists in

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  secret life goal #11 is to get on television, I made a big show jumping in ... interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... , meetings - and spend my nights awake with worry about how little I have to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  story seemed to fall a little flat. And for those of you who were upset by ... to eat. For more blog entries that begin with great food recommendations, browse on over to Mitra's blog (this week: Thai food at Chili Duck

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your ... guarded by a vigilant goalie with the power to apprehend nearby pucks and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tetacats the furry fish of tetazoo

  

  .[/annotation] Within on campus dorms, there are a couple of other halls in East Campus and Random that allow cats. It's a story that gets told at every MIT ... able to meow or [annotation note="pet snakes

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  deferred, you are one of the applicants who are going to be reconsidered without prejudice in Regular Action. A lot of MIT students, past and present, were initially deferred; you can read about a few of them here, here

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  , have some things not changed...) Our first video that I know of was a silent film that was almost an hour long! An HOUR! What was it even like to ... before, and you can see a more complete history here, but I thought it'd be

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Ask Me Anything go on

  

  I do a small amount of requisite shopping, I am going to eat an entire apple pie and a whole bunch of delicious bread, then watch twelve hours of ... closed! at 10:54 EST. so i can go to bed without worrying about whom

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 25, 2011