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• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions Details for retrieving your EA admissions decision on Monday evening.

  

  days. Q. What if I don't have a MyMIT account? A. This year, we will only be announcing decisions online, so if you haven't created a My ... reiterate: don't wait for decisions to arrive via email or snail mail, as we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  years' applicants (as with every year) simply won't get accepted. So ... question. Just to give you a few ideas: if MIT hadn't admitted me, I think I ... because it doesn't have the name recognition that people sometimes get too

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  until you bring the experience full circle. It wasn't until Monday morning that I realized that I hadn't seen clouds in three months. I called ... words hidden behind the obvious Spanish ones. Anyway, I don't really have

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  Update for Admitted students: We've been hearing reports that a few of you haven't received your packages yet. Please don't worry - they should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  couldn't help but chuckle when I picked up the notes outlining the topics ... Radicals to Alkenes Yes, you read that right. Ozonolysis. And I didn't even ... looking for something to take your mind off of decisions and don't happen to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  system in Madrid. Puts the T to shame. 9. I love the Starbucks employee who ... Spain and also the Spanish class I would be taking (!! Don't forget that it wasn't a complete 100% vacation =p). For me, I haven't done Spanish

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  ;m giving the thumbs-up because we haven’t gotten in an accident ... , then, isn’t one of technology: The Indian government has actually designed smokeless cooking stoves (known as chulas), but it hasn’t been

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  one, and a don't-drink-milk-while-watching-or-you-might-snarf one. Like ... luck, have fun, don't cheat, and don't spoil the fun too much!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  that we couldn't hire Snively as a blogger, despite a significant public ... the planet (thanks Ms. Broder!). If he doesn't start blogging again soon ... particularly awesome, although I can't afford it. :-( That's About It... We

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  can't join in, because I really need to be reading applications. As I ... for me to choose which to attend, if I didn't have to be working on ... workout with MIT Kung Fu...) [Finally, to answer a couple FAQ: No, we haven't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  classes, ultimate Frisbee (one of the professors didn't know what this was ... topics. We all got individual menus that were written in French (don't ask me why). The main course was chicken and it was really good. It wasn't

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  . I've found that even students and families who don't have any ... about in a future entry, my first meeting isn't until the very end of the ... has been most helpful? What hasn't been helpful at all? And for those of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  watched the show from first airing you'd notice how she didn't fit in and ... really forced feeling. I didn't think she could act well and just thought ... doesn't necessarily mean the viewers did. First of all, she killed Shannon

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  then, I don't know. Also, we will begin notifying some students on the ... a place on the waitlist. But it just isn't ethical to keep that many ... who didn't receive good news today, we wish you only the best. We'll see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  don't have many pictures of the weekend because of an unfortunate camera ... often, is "I don't judge, I just take pictures." In this case, I feel like it needs to be modified to "I don't judge, I just post pictures

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  ! If you're not, well, to quote Phyo '10, "GET PUMPED!" I didn't get to ... chance. Wouldn't want them to get jealous or anything! So tomorrow, while ... can do it at MIT. And you can ask me how! And don't forget - Friday

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  year and a half of blogging, I still don't qualify as an star, so I was ... don't think we actually spoke again for like another two years. Although ... -Up" wouldn't sound that impressive among a field of contestants that has

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  that I haven't had a chance to think up any good entries - sorry guys ... backend stuff with the web site that was long overdue. Lots of it you can't ... . Fifth, after two years Nance still can't publish his own entries (or even

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  (relatively) easy one, a fun one, a musical one, and a don't ... two-word phrase, and a four-letter word. Good luck, have fun, don't cheat, and don't spoil the fun too much!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  % participation in donating. Sadly, I don't think our theme is as incredibly awesome ... : $10 + $20 = $30. Fourth year: $20 + $30 = $50. The 5.0 Challenge isn't ... comes into play -- if you don't adjust for inflation, these amounts sum to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006