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  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  international students.   MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the ... using the same username and password that you use to log into your My ... of the shifting admissions landscape, our applicant pool was slightly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  The berry of the West African Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its temporary effect on taste. The berry’s miraculin glycoprotein (3

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  the local Starbucks, plugging myself into my music and reading orgo ... . Aside from learning about mass spec and the excretory system and all that ... . Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  keeping the laptop charging even though it’s 100% charged - which I’ve been told is actually bad for the computer, but whatever ... in the derrière these days. (Also, the programs just suck - yet they

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the ... look out my window and to the left; if I look straight ahead, all I see ... having visited the professor I'll be UROP-ing with this upcoming semester

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  the quality of people here at The Institute. Judd Logan is yet another ... because of the people. On another note, doesn't the name "Judd Logan" sound ... night. For the MIT people, Tony Stark a/k/a Ironman........ Just my

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors ... there at the right time. (the people in line before me) Our tickets

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  posts that mentioned MIT President Susan Hockfield's trip to the White ... below). Now, he's returning the favor and coming to visit us this ... a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper ... disorienting, suffered the raw heat of August sunlight during Susan Hockfield ... would tomorrow lose the ability to put food between slices of bread. “Year

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  cooking our own food, if we so choose. Many people embrace the kitchens and ... do I really feel like learning right away, so I don't use the kitchens very often. This story, however, doesn't concern me, it concerns the girl

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  Last night, I was lying on my mattress somewhere near the precarious edge of the top bunk and feeling mildly superhero-esque in a thrill ... audition because I missed the actual auditions and trudged to the other side

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  live on Burton 2, known primarily for being right below the Burton Third Bombers and for having the largest concentration of Kosher keeping Jews on one floor anywhere, or just the highest concentration of Jews in general

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West Coast. After an early morning trip to the Manchester, NH airport (that 4 ... young woman came all the way from Hawaii) and a terrific group of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  . Many of MIT's dorms lie along the same stretch of road known as "Amherst Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on ... , pickup trucks, parents, boxes, and luggage. All of these are for the people

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian Blog. I wanted mitadmissions.org to have an area devoted to the many people at MIT who are working to change the plight of the world

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  is deeper than the Atlantic Ocean and is only a few decibels louder than a sledgehammer, its collective love of the song "The Way I Are" by ... to Susan Hockfield, but she never RSVPed). Since our return for the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  Susan commented on the blog, "Because I live far away from MIT, I cannot afford the costs of the travel [...] Since I cannot make it, what ... -related topic under the sun. You may not be aware that this has been happening

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat ... (fressen). I have also learned the German word for "to strike a deathblow ... training, information sessions, UROP, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, housewarming

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006