The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT -- MITES, RSI, and WTP -- have their application deadlines next week. All three are open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them:
- Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six-week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship.
- The Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which emphasizes advanced theory and research in mathematics, the sciences, and engineering.
- The Women's Technology Program (WTP) is a four-week summer academic and residential experience where female high school students explore engineering through hands-on classes, labs, and team-based projects. There are two tracks from which you can choose: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering.
Please note that all three applications require essays, teacher recommendations, and transcripts, and all three have extremely competitive admissions. If you are planning to apply to one of these programs, don't procrastinate!
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Posted by: Anonymous on January 26, 2007
Posted by: Solomon on January 26, 2007
Aren't you part of the review committee, Matt?
And to you guys above me- RSI is open to international applicants, too. It’s not just for Yanks.
Posted by: Shannon on January 26, 2007
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Posted by: samiur on January 27, 2007
MITES '06!
Posted by: Zaira '11 on January 28, 2007
1. If a brick is hanging with a help of a string. A similar string is attached is attached to its bottom and left hanging. Now if I pull it three times, lower string breaks just once while upper string breaks in other two attempts. Both strings are identical. How will you explain this?
2.) Why is earth flatter at poles?
Plz help, Iam going nuts!
Posted by: Anon applicant on January 29, 2007
1. If a brick is hanging with a help of a string. A similar string is attached is attached to its bottom and left hanging. Now if I pull it three times, lower string breaks just once while upper string breaks in other two attempts. Both strings are identical. How will you explain this?
2.) Why is earth flatter at poles?
Plz help, Iam going nuts!
Posted by: Anon applicant on January 29, 2007
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Posted by: 0 on January 29, 2007
I will help you here, dont worry.
1.) Let the maximum tension that both strings can tolerate will be T and be same in both. Then, i think there are 3 possibilities if we consider situations in which atleast one string breaks.
If F is force applied by you, then,
F=T
F>T
FT. Th upper string shud break.
if F>T, the lower string will not sustain this tension and will break before this force gets transfered to upper one.
if FT. As we are considering case in which one of them breaks, then I say the upper string will break.
So wee see that probability of breaking of lower string is 1/3. I think thats what your question asked.
2.) Ummm....I think as we know that any rotating fluid gets a shape of Oblate Spheroid while rotating. Oblate spheroid is a shape which is obtained by rotating an ellipse on its minor axis. This gives us a shape which is flat at poles. As we know that earth is a fluid on atronomical time scales, so it will also try to get a shape of oblate spheroid. And, i think, thats the reason for earth to be flatter at poles.
Posted by: Arihant Agarwal on January 29, 2007
I dunno why "less than" sign did not appear!
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Posted by: Solomon on January 29, 2007
I have a problem with my application. I sent all required documents to MIT, before 1st of January, and all of them are processed except the secondary school report. What should I do?
Posted by: yoshi on January 29, 2007
Thanks!
Posted by: Michelle on January 30, 2007
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Posted by: A Dad on January 30, 2007
It was quite fun, and had a lot of work too.
Good luck to anyone that applies :D.
Posted by: Andrea on January 31, 2007
If we take the SAT or SAT subject tests, should we send the scores to MIT immediatly or after we send in our part 1 of the application?
Posted by: Anonymous on February 1, 2007
1. Only about 25 places
2. Cost of travel
3. Only selected countries allowed
4. Different summer timings. In India, summer is in april/may, so that means missing about 6 weeks of senior year, which, sadly, is pretty life-determining here, because of the board exams. In other countries, sometimes vacation is in january (yeah, i know it's weird) or november.
Posted by: Kiran on February 2, 2007
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