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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to ... enrollment of each outstanding new class. While I don't want to minimize my ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  active in.  (I learned to fly pre-MIT and probably won't have much time to ... figured a simulator is a good place to do it.  Until I saw a shiny, shiny ... give those to you?" "Only if you don't crash." "NOOOO I WANT MY

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  obligated to wax rhapsodic about things that didn't happen very long ago.  I ... year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim ... FPOPs, chances for freshmen to dabble in a huge variety of subject and

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two ... had a stress-free beginning to summer. :) Picture-time~ My kindergarten! I tried to go in, but got kicked out after 2 seconds. Qin

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread For Those Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. For those of you whom were not admitted, know

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few ... all drank as much as we wanted to, there wouldn’t be enough. The result was a limitation on the size of the cups we could use to drink apple

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

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  who don't believe me when I say I'm 19 and instead ask to see parent-signed papers saying that I'm allowed to travel alone, I am finally back at MIT and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  , we've been working in small groups to devise projects that we could take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila '10 to disseminate low cost water testing devices that were developed by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  world ‚ô• I haven't quite made it to all the CPW events that have taken place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be crazy-successful at taking advantage of everything CPW has to offer

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  spring, it will be time for me to leave MIT and venture out into the real world. So, I've begun to search for the perfect job to excite, challenge ... tell, thanks to previous internships and projects, that there are some

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia' to Empower Problem Solvers" was among them! I owe that victory to you

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  World AIDS Day 2008 Spread the word.

  

  organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global ... and can't actually go to the screening, but I've found a link to the episode online. Enjoy! Click here to watch the episode

  • by Snively '11
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  many applicants as last year, I'm extremely excited to announce that I am one of the top twenty finalists! Before I make my pitch I'd like to share my short essay that I submitted to apply. My blogging began during

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to visit MIT yet. They may never walk the tunnels before they decide to apply. A brave few will not even be able to visit until they set foot on

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM ... try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... :30 PM I grabbed my skates headed over to the Fenway movie theater. It was

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a ... he has befriended hundreds of MIT students, alums, and parents, not to mention hundreds more students who weren't admitted to MIT or chose to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  sappy reflective entry (that will come later!) Instead, I wanted to share ... 't have to leave this place for long... Friday June 6, 2008 began in the indoor track. All graduates (undergrads, Masters, and PhDs) were told to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand ... When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the ... one day to this place. If you feel compelled to help, I've been looking

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  recitations to go to, so I decided, being the music lover that I am, to head over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a ... baby grand and took advantage of the opportunity to have our photos taken

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008