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  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because ... : ??? Uh oh. Visions of watching your friends receive their diplomas while ... take the swim test. She looks at you skeptically. "It's only offered at 8

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  universities. My scores in maths level II c, physics, chem 720/660/700. my score ... a high school diploma from any US school. I'm planning on taking APs ... really need a High School diploma. Should I just take the APs? (I'm sure I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 99 degrees is 99 degrees. End of ... ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 108 degrees is 108 degrees. End of ... me is fully aware that when it comes to sports I L-O-V-E the University

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  staffers why, having gotten a degree from such a prestigious university, they ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this ... ." While visiting a private college in New York state with her mother

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  different departments) contains pages and pages of “degree charts”—lists of subject requirements for any possible MIT diploma. Pouring over the lists of ... indebted), also offered me a summer job to keep working on the site and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  to out-of-state private universities. These stories, I think, give a ... granted a full-ride scholarship at Arizona State University, Ceniceros had ... degree. So I'm very committed to coming in the fall--MIT has a lot to offer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  diploma, but it might be a good idea). You cannot enroll in a degree program ... . Recently, he was offered University of Michigan merit scholarship($32 ... general idea." Some public universities do have exact percentages of what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  begins: Can the United States remain competitive in the changing global ... , education and business to assess the challenges we face and to offer some ... than threats." To universally accept this concept, of course, would

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  : Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite ... Law of Thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed... unless it meets Chuck Norris. -There's an order to the universe

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  scholarship to Syracuse University, until the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology offered a similar deal. So in less than a month Logan ... offers of such magnitude would come to someone like Logan. He did after all

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

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  : "Please offer your advice on the following: I am contemplating applying ... question on the self-reported coursework section. It states it should be ... awesome international applicant pool, not offer Early Action to its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  which an institution offers you glory, but at the cost of sacrificing ... aspirations when parents refused to let them leave the state, let alone the city ... ; I was coddled in this state, and my tunnel of vision was only focused

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  Having received my MIT degree in Management Science, I'm still on the ... state-of-the-art Trading Room. ~ Learn about market efficiency! ~ Compete ... in 1996: Sloan has just completed the first fully equipped state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  MIT?" If you are enrolled in a degree-seeking course at a university ... ). I have also had candidates ask me "what majors are offered at MIT ... essay, if you like. Ajit wrote, "if a person enrolls in a open university

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  and the United States. The format is pretty cool - you watch a video ... 20 other scholars from around the United States, and your professor ... from throughout the United States to engage in an intensive study of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  Intro to Solid State Chem. textbook after lending it out to some guy named ... 's Universe (although he's been asking for it back. Not that I wanted it in the ... playground of optical physics and offers to give you plenty of brain candy if

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  State University High School Honors Science ... juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid ... Ross Program Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) Women

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  much to those of you who watched the webcast and saw me get my diplomas ... deal more to offer than money, and the key question each of you will face ... diploma dance! I have been promising to dance at graduation with a diploma

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  university housing? Why do students choose to leave university ... that Harvard Medical School offers (which is a PhD program) is really ... clarify what I said about masters' degrees in the sciences not being

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  diploma. This is really the moment I looked forward to. It was like a final ... really. I was near the beginning of the ceremony (Degrees are awarded ... call you.) so after getting my diploma I got to spend a lot of time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009