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Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009
Clockwise from top right: sketch model review, sketch model review (on a real stall), mockup review, final alpha prototype on stage. Top left photo by John Chow. End-of-the-semester class...
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Final Projects
My major may be materials science & engineering, but my heart and mind also find themselves wandering over to writing. Writing is my minor at MIT, and I love it. Here are some of the classes I am...
View ArticleSleep is for the Strong
This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week. Maybe you still have seventeen lectures to review and the exam is tomorrow morning and you're feeling overwhelmed. Maybe that problem...
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Happy Holidays from MIT!
Happy holidays!!! Right now, some of you may be frantically finishing your practice exams, college applications, or holiday shopping trips. Some are expecting the EA application decisions tomorrow....
View ArticleThemed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day)
Dear 2020 MIT Protofrosh, Today or tomorrow, depending on your timezone, you will access a special message on decisions.mit.edu. You're probably nervous, which is normal. No one is certain they'll...
View ArticleDear Prospective 2020s
Dear Prospective 2020s, You've made it this far, and EA decisions are coming out in a couple hours. Yuliya K. '18 made a lovely post compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch....
View ArticleOpen Thread: Not Admitted Early
There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category,...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Deferred Early
As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew...
View ArticleMIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online
MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2020 are now available at > > > decisions.mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log...
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Recapping Trashion 2015
Two weeks ago, after a long day of committee was complete, I headed over to the student center to a different committee, this time to judge current MIT students at the annual Trashion Show. The MIT...
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ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way)
Hello everyone! The following was written by a couple friends of mine who are in ROTC, the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Tessa and Rachel, who I lived with in Simmons during freshman year, are in...
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Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester
Inspired by Spotify’s year in review (with which I discovered I apparently like listening to Stomp Pop and Brostep?), I’ve compiled some interesting(?) and noteworthy(??) statistics from my fall...
View ArticleNext Steps for EA Deferred
On Wednesday, December 16th, we released decisions for Early Action (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students who were admitted or denied in EA. Deferred students, however,...
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The Music Scene
When it comes to Boston’s music scene, it certainly isn’t lacking. Now, I will start off by saying: I am by no metrics, a musician. I don’t know falsettos or crescendos or if the two are even...
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merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed
It is standard practice to leave MIT as quickly as possible upon finishing finals, with some students bringing their luggage and boarding passes to exams. Whether this speaks to ultimate...
View ArticleRA deadline is approaching
Hi all, During the holidays, many admissions officers are out on break and only a small handful of people will be answering phones and emails. For all of you trying to get your Regular Action...
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Institute of Contemporary Art College Night
(See the #1 Boston Adventure at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair here) My 20th birthday was pretty perfect. It started an hour before midnight with one of my friends encouraging me to...
View ArticleTop Blog Posts of 2015
2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what...
View ArticleHNY from NYC for IAP, 2016
Happy 2016! (By the way: 2016 = 2^5*3^2*7, in case you need the factorization on a math competition but haven’t bothered to factor it yet, hehe.) After finals, my brother and I flew home and stayed...
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