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  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately, we can’t admit everyone. If your decision was ... 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 / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  Like Tetris? Like Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)? Now you can play ... Andrew Carlson '12. In the comments on Engadget, Russell said, "We did this ... Battle is free software and can be downloaded from GitHub.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  general academic information. In addition, staff can assist you with the development of skills and learning strategies and can provide individual
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of ... your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject ... passing an Advanced Standing Examination. You can compare the courses
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and we don't send any international mail), but you can sign up for our ... . You can shop online at the MIT bookstore, The Coop.
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  Art, special library archives, etc.) Well I’m here to share some photos ... most creative minds. It all culminated this weekend in the light festival ... ado, LIGHTS in the river! LightBridge Liquid Archive

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are ... coming to CPW and haven't registered yet, remember to log in to your My ... ! It'll be loads of fun, I promise. I thought I'd take a break from

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  So you all know that I come from South Florida. (And if you didn't, then look! You do now!) In Fort Lauderdale, we don't have seasons. Sure, it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  This past week, I went to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Thursday, we had a reception at ... , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  June 2008 seemed an eternity away when I first arrived on MIT's campus. But lo and behold, yesterday I received my diploma. This won't be a sappy reflective entry (that will come later!) Instead, I wanted to share

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  in high school and I think the Romans are ridiculous and really ... there’s minimal homework and free lunch! I worked in an NIH Clinical ... , so maybe I'm not a mad scientist. But, when people ask me where I am

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  than I've seen run for any position in East Campus. We talked about ... generations of students. As someone active in student government, I spend a lot ... beyond their own time here. Of course, as I indicated previously (and in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  home. In my next few entries leading up to the Mystery Hunt, I'll link to ... One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  tunnel hacking associated with MIT's below-ground labyrinth, but so far, I've neither seen nor participated in said activities. Instead, I've mainly used ... to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i ... major in 11 (she writes, "I know that my major is the same as Anthony ... globally. Chris Su '11 lives in MIT's newest living-learning community, i

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the ... . Today, I'd like to kick off the MIT Admissions World Cup Challenge. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanks What is your fantasy class? Vote yet again.

  

  Thanks for all of the advice on my previous entry. I have decided to take 11.025J D-Lab: Development, since I have studied "issues of international development" from an economic perspective in previous courses, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I'm in the American Southwest... Yesterday, I had ice cream ... '11?), Ilang (Wellesley '09) In case you're wondering, here are some of ... Implementation of Gradient-Based Convolutional Neural Networks in Handwriting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  -filled college admissions discussion sites; this one made me laugh out loud: I ... achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted) 5. I forgot what the last one was, but it was some weird national

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  group. However, I proceeded to get lost in North Station because the MBTA ... . Gloria: I was actually awake since much earlier in the morning, but due to ... A liveblog on the blogger retreat 2023 (check back in throughout the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023