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Blog / Admissions
Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…
taken their school's science club to nationals. And I've never done any of ... for graduate school) or find research opportunities or basically show ... anything to offer in comparison to the rest of the class of 2011. I was -
Blog / Events
Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing
My employer recently sent me to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women ... -dominated field. It was also a chance to get a selfie with CTO of the United States ... 'm kinda old. I graduated 1.5 years ago, and originally applied to MIT in -
Blog / How to Human
Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…
. * Most people never left high school. Most of my friends live very close ... adventure down memory lane. And for those of you who I haven't told a billion ... , Georgia, but the Dukes of Hazzard TV show was filmed in my hometown of -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
happiness springs, songs, sheep
chapter of the python natural language processing textbook. then i hung out ... 'm doing good work that i can be proud of, and like i'm contributing a ... sang was a farewell concert for our graduating seniors. Last night we -
Blog / About Decisions
Decisions, Decisions
most of the month of April thinking about these Ivy League schools. But ... rate. At that time, future plans of the 2004 graduates were: 52% would ... five questions: On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest and 1 -
Blog / About Decisions
Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.
- the King of the Internet, Chris Peterson, fresh from a master's degree ... from an admission's conference that had all of the most selective schools ... (The Deans of all the Ivy's and some other awesome schools you -
Blog / Challenges
processing in which I visit home and take time to think
-encompassing. Any individual aspect of MIT is, on its own, manageable, but put it all ... graduate. For all I know, some of it might. I definitely won't be the same ... the white bathroom ceiling of my childhood home, it really registered -
Blog / Events
Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade
communicate it. I just walked out of an event called "Digital Anxieties: A ... 's probably one of the most influential and life-changing talks I've ever sat on. As a long-time fan of Bo Burnham, it was absolutely surreal to see him -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity
graduate from Tech, has a good tough hide. But neither of these were American ... In another instance of historyposting, we'll look into the history ... different style of writing for this post, emphasizing the process of how I do -
Blog / About Decisions
On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.
... what would you do? Let’s just pretend that after you graduate, instead of ... for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation for labor ... moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the -
Blog / Life after MIT
Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away
It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain. I no longer live -
Blog / Academics & Research
Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…
technology?" Here's the story: I went to a school called High Technology High School, and a lot of my friends and I would semi-jokingly refer to us as ... school right now, otherwise I would ask him--is this computer terminology -
Blog / Admissions
June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…
.P classes because of the budget cuts in my school. So only the students with ... be taking alot of electives since I need them for a graduation ... to ask it anyway. My school offers a class called Intel Science and -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)
lot of my friends back home thought to themselves when I told them my ... in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... sleep. So to a degree, the reaction my friends had was well deserved -
Blog / About Decisions
Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…
offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will ... waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll ... other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a -
Blog / Classes
Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student
from graduating seniors at my high school that the social aspect of ... high school was small with a graduating class of twenty-four students, so ... I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year -
Blog / How to MIT
“Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz
, he shares a lot of wisdom about MIT. One of his posts which I read on the Class of 2015 Facebook Group and liked very much is called Learning ... details may be specific to Plaz, the overarching message - time management -
Blog / Academics & Research
A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?
’t necessarily plan on going to graduate school in physics – to gain a solid ... that may not involve a graduate degree in physics. In the past, many ... major by the end of their freshman year. If you're really, really unsure -
Blog / How to School
Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.
subconsciously conscious. I managed to carry myself out of bed at around 8:30 am ... that on long days like this one, offers a wisp of fresh air. A place that ... hall before it closed kind of a day. My alarm was set for 7:30 am this