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  Open Thread: Not Admitted in EA

  

  and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible and impressive students. For those of you who fall into this

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: EA Not Admitted

  

  time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process.  *hug*  ... , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity ... century. The last such day was five years ago, Feb. 2, 2004, which coincided

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  any of the classrooms and see hordes of hyperactive chillin's running ... into the hearts of state schools around the country. What really frightens, what really concerns, all of the other schools is our pistol team

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  's a screenshot from the Neri Oxman episode of "Abstract: The Art of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  In the comments section of my last post, Confused Frosh asked: "Can ... each of these classes by typing the subject number into the Course ... 5.12 Organic Chemistry I (one of the best classes I have taken at MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Today, we continue the series Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ... ’s getting ready for summer classes at the Massachusetts Institute of ... hard, but at the same time, I'm real proud of him."

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  ? Well, dear mortals, I have perfected the art of photosynthesis and ... for the rest of the day; I didn’t have much to do. For dinner, I eat ... , I watch the transit of Mercury. Or at least, attempt to watch

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  lecturer. 6.2050 was one of the most demanding classes I’ve taken at MIT, but it has also been one of the most rewarding. In just a few short ... ’re using to read this post works. At the heart of any general

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  I was with the better half of my umbrella that tried to fly away on a quest to Random Hall, where the was word of Truffle-making. When I finally ... to find stuff to do. Solace came in the form of a very pretty asian

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes 'What the hell is water ... selective process, is what an applicant makes of the opportunities that are ... helpful to have an understanding of the “water” in which they are swimming

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  was a limitation on the size of the cups we could use to drink apple juice. I’ve been waiting most of my teenage years for the freedom to drink ... , I am sort of joking. The freedom to drink my favorite fruity beverage

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  taking the monster of a test known as the Medical College Admissions Test ... multiple choice questions in the realms of biology, chemistry, organic ... colleges - but MIT's is very unique!), is one of the many reasons why I love

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  shoes exhibiting the minimum amount of traction possible, and so it happened that these were the shoes I bought. As I enjoyed the feeling of near-zero friction against the floor tiles, it became pretty clear that the bottom of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  figure out the component of mg in the direction of the inclined plane ... less than 8 vectors to break down, the use of double-angle formulas, and ... joking.) Thankfully, the point of all that was to introduce the concept of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was ... to name the feeling of cool tenderness on my tongue, my entire mouth ... . I entered the Broadway lottery and won a ticket to one of the less

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  maps the Internet could ever want, my first year of post-MIT life flew by ... friends, new line of work. In the first few months of adjusting to fast ... ’ve also stopped updating the Tumblr I’d kept since my senior year of high

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  screens of cooking asian dishes with korean subtitles. the waft of delicious ... 're familiar with another visit, and you've decided to get the worst out of the ... good idea. the broth is slightly clear and has a coat of oil on top. i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  't relevant to the post as a whole and because I didn't know a lot of the details yet. Now, I'm two weeks into the semester and in the thick of being ...  linguistics UROP, which I think is super hecking cool. Right at the end of last

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  sharing and appreciating passions, regardless of major and background. The ... , that it seems as if we are all part of the progress. When there is an ... , absorbing impromptu lectures on algebra, number theory, and the analogy of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015