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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  ’s a great opportunity for you, it does make things much quieter on the ... Later” for those sadly uneducated in the ways of cheesy ‘80s movies ... campus, I can’t wait for summer to end. I missed you guys!

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  the coast with balloon cameras for months -- or as long as it takes for ... edge of space, sending back photos over a cell phone -- partly just for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  taking a crash course in conversational German in preparation for a trip I ... 't studied for? Femto-cool. You could even apply it to those tricky end ... to indicate your level of understanding. For example, I'd say I have a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  registration page comes offline. Which reminds me… Have you registered for CPW ... the wonders of MIT I planned to register for” to “that potentially life-changing event I wished I’d registered for but missed the deadline because I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  with MIT (year, or year of application for potentials) anything ... your picture sizes reasonable! (so it doesn't take forever for me to load ... : There is a physical prize for the picture I deem the best. The actual

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  Blogging, for me, has never been about immediacy. Life as it happens ... for dessert after you've poured it into a mold and refrigerated it for 4 ... blogging in real-time for ten minutes: 10:23 pm: I cough for approximately

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  heat into heating for surrounding buildings. Yay! Where was I? Oh, spring vacation. I used to go home for spring break, but since I don ... write a post about my awesome room in East Campus for you. :) Happy

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  ENGLAND IS JUST A TEASE FOR WHATS COMING TONIGHT. SIX TO 12 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ... OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS NEAR OR

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  sure. For example, on my first test of the year I got two standard ... deviations below average. After that moment it was just a constant struggle for life. That struggle for life culminated on Wednesday last week with a 3

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  posting with an artist at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, who was interested in working on an floating sculpture by Marta Pan for an exhibition ... Philbrick, from my small apartment in LA and set up a time for a meet and

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  Trivia: This year's admit rate was 11.9%. What was the admit rate for ... folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we updated the admissions statistics page for this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  . I know this because I have been sitting beneath said scale model for ... for a small instead of a tall? SMALL IS A RELATIVE TERM, mmmk?) Let this possibly-doomed-from-the-start experiment begin. Edit: For '11

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  think that it's the most beautiful thing on earth. The reason for this is ... colleges, like Harvard and CalTech, strive for uniform and regal architecture ... , MIT has its fair share of boring buildings as well. Take, for example

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did ... admission is tough; with a 6% admit rate, it's especially true for transfer ... and facilitating things for the transfer admissions committee. Congrats

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... chainsaw and head for the small dome, we'll fend them off and wait for rescue

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  , nothing that could prepare me for MIT physics. There should have been ... hardest) is best for you. The results of my math diagnostic said that I was prepared to take either 8.01L or 8.01. I opted for 8.01 because 8.01L

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  's battery had completely drained. I wait 20 minutes for the shower, and then ... Cambridge, to meet some friends for breakfast...only to run into them walking ... classic what-classes-am-I-taking-this-term post. I'm signed up for 66 units

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  is at an absolute standstill. We had an event tonight for the American Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive ... some pictures from this evening: I'm ready for the snow...

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  're available; this is mostly for the Regular Action selection committee ... . Decision day: We have not yet announced a date for early action decisions. We will make an announcement later in December; watch the blogs for more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta ... showed up for these fireworks. The fireworks themselves lasted for about 20

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007