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• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  amount of $2000. The deadline is May 30, 2008. For more information: http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  the vaccine or not. One potential policy implication is that we ... . What they can do is impose a fine on *not* consuming the good, but still ... them.) An example of a negative externality is antibiotic resistance

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education ... at the Davidson Institute (check them out). The Academy itself is not ... education. The state of gifted education is the other half of the article, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  .V. Wood, Lake Havasu City is now home to nearly 50,000 people. Stranger ... , eating fish and chips is sort of a requirement. Traditional English ... Bridge The Thames, from the Tower Bridge Piccadilly Circus is home to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And here I am!

  

  Well, I'm back in the States. I thoroughly enjoyed everything but I think my soul is still roaming around the south of France. Anyone have five thousand miles of fishing line and a solid hook? :-) I've long

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  Quick update: Right now, the "committee room" (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  year. It is not hyperbole when I say that all of you are just so, so awesome. It is incredibly inspirational to read about you and see just how ... the Admissions Records Office today, the future of this country is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  .S. GPA system. Simply leave spaces blank if the information is not
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  Today is the fifth annual Save The Frogs Day, a day to spread ... love for frogs to amphibians in general. My favorite amphibian today is ... rebuilds injured tissue. The result is like new. Amazingly, these abilities

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  realized we started reading the MIT blogs when we were still in the thick of ... weeks of being at school B is what sparked our social downfall.  We do ... .  Lunch is where people make friends right? So, we made a plan to sit with

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  airport) for so long that blogging is the only thing that can keep me sane. the toilet got clogged and the gripping plot is slowly revealed over the course of the next many painful hours. Is the blog still live: Nope (last

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  At MIT, we think big. We apply engineering principles whenever possible. We build snowmen so large that they require the use of ramps, ice ... morning 6 inches of beautiful packing snow graced the MIT campus - ready to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  Amnesty International's MIT Chapter, as a part of their lecture series, hosted Noam Chomsky, an MIT Professor of Linguistics, to talk on ... Physics lab. Oh boy, where would I even begin. Some of the setup (the MIT

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  Getting from London (England) to Charlottesville (Virginia) is much ... through take-off, which is disappointing since I always enjoy take ... . "Did you feel that?" "Yes." "Is that…supposed to happen?" "I don't think

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the Indigenous People's Day long weekend (not just one extra day but two! what ... mountains was a fantastic reminder of what life can be like outside the MIT

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions ... effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone ... MIT Admissions staff, we know you will have incredibly bright futures

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Minesweeper Monday Episode One: Quantum of Solace Emulator

  

  Hello everyone and welcome to episode one of Minesweeper Monday, a bit that I might never do again! In this episode I talk about Coffee and Radio and Movies and…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2024