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• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I started thinking. Mostly to distract myself from the pain as I did this over ... As some of you may know I am a big Patriots fan. Yesterday the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  I was just reading Wired Magazine online and came across this. Specifically, let's look at 1998. 1998 Disney has bought MIT for $6.9 billion ... MIT homepage. Hey, anything's better than trying to work in an Athena

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  . Well done! In total, I counted 95 guesses between 10,000 and 20

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  to give in to Lukman—I estimate about 99% of us bought from him at some ... in phones or iPods and hope we didn’t get caught. But for the vast ... Every day, we began in the same place. The bathroom, where we

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  genre. Today I’m just going to ramble about minor happenings this week ... which nobody was very attentive, I’m sure), and, at the appointed time ... lecture before break. In other Thanksgiving-related news, Conner 3 had an

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  . In an attempt to alleviate confusion, I sat down with my colleague Mc ... about putting an award in the "wrong" section, as there really is no best ... belong, but don't stress out over it. McGreggor and I also brainstormed a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  been engaged in this discussion with members of the class of 2011, the ... possible to do so, we would conduct this interview process in the Fall, when each candidate would be available for in-person interviews. However, the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute see alan's post :)

  

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  're in Kansas for the Design/Build/Fly competition, and after unpacking our ... demographic makeup of the competition. "I forgot how much of a sausagefest DBF is," said one of our upperclassmen. "I think we're the only team that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  If you were in Boston sometime these past few nights and glanced ... , but boy does MIT know how to throw a party - I'm told the weekend was a ... :   ...or giant bobblehead figures of esteemed MIT alumni brawling in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am ... Mersenne primes. Also, I expect that the number of applications we received ... rights. Oh, and in case you're wondering -- this number has nothing to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  At approximately 4:30pm today, we did something we haven't done in 4 ... admit. It was extremely difficult! I had thought we were done with tough ... waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• 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 ... digital photos and I'll post them online. Here's a photo of Resonance

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

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  yourselves. In the past, the commenting system has been relatively simple ... "threading" of comments such that a distinct topic or idea can be pursued apart from the general hubbub of the comments. The comments, in other words

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  Probably the most popular questions asked at any information session are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roadtrip! Spontaneity is my middle name.

  

  least, I decided that today, I'm going to take a little road trip to NYC. Don't really know what I'm going to do once I get there, but I figure I don't need to, and I'm sure I'll figure something out when I get there

  • by Bryan
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  aspect of life fuse in a common stream in which the unity of this life can ... , sacredness is held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion ... Society of the Spectacle.' (1967) Unless otherwise credited in-image, all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos ... , and that none of them were harmed in the making of this hack.   ... ;             I also like that the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  EA Blogger Application Decisions The results are in.

  

  I just want to say on behalf of the committee that we are truly ... Blogging Year 3 is going to be unparalleled. I'll shut up now and give you ... in September.

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  international selection. It was extremely difficult, but I'm very excited ... had a quick item about stress and the college admissions process... I ... admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is well known in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005