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  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  applied to us, something difficult for all involved. Of those 18 ... unable to offer admission, please remember that, as one of our bloggers ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2016 are now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  at the University of Washington. We (well, some of us) played Settlers ... in the Cognitive Science department of Sandia National Laboraties. I ... impending school year; the end of August is coming up soon (how is this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  a university full of former valedictorians, all I can hope for is to ... saturated and shouldn’t I use my college degree to get one of those well ... with the notion of “half”, I did a zig-zag that still partitioned the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  notoriety of the class and its near-universality among Course 8’s I am fairly ... universities will offer lab courses in addition to your introductory Physics ... Lab (8.13) is one of the most infamous, trial-by-fire, taxing, and yet

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  . These were Masters students working as part of their degree. Laura ... program. As the daughter of Italian immigrants, she was very excited about ... the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  Union, Harvey Mudd, Olin College, RPI, and the University of Chicago. For ... regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little ... 't imagine being happy anywhere else!] [This doesn't apply to everyone, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  . 1), RPI (Jan. 15), and the University of Chicago (Jan. 2). For those ... , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data ... else!] [This doesn't apply to everyone, but occasionally some students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  that there are all sorts of folks at MIT. For example, there is no majority ethnicity. MIT is about 35% white, 25% asian (of some persuasion ... % International, and our minority community provides all of the cultural resources

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... Class of 1985, has been named the Executive Chairman & President of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  who rock science!) 2 of the 8 New York Times Scholars A student who ... as possible. But before you get to the numbers, here are just a few of the people who help make up the MIT Class of 2015: 3 of the 4 Gold

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• 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…

  

  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 Covington, as well as In the Heat of the Night, certain scenes of Remember the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on ... Universities for International ISEF Participants Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4-5pm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  note="until AC came in and confused the shit out of me"]coolest thing ... Friday afternoon, but I’d always come out of it with a cool device, feeling ... "][/annotation], I still really enjoyed the content. The first third of the course was

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  applying to a college outside of Costa Rica, since our education system is ... learned where both of my parents went to college, what their degrees were ... process. Dozens of you wrote in with wonderful, funny, and sometimes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  have received F's as well as A+'s (160%). The science is applied, the ... again requested, this time by Rachel W. '16, founding President of MIT ... a variety of programs, seeks to foster a community and encourage

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  , or a universal open-mindedness and tolerance of difference. perhaps ... unaware of it - the 1975 MUSICAL: the last five years - jason robert brown ... be skeptical of promises to revolutionize transportation from people

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , 19,020 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2020. As of today (inclusive of Early Action), we have offered admission to 1,485 students ... , with other people, next fall. Of the students to whom we do not offer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  sorted into 22 categories of math, science, and engineering, which as far ... ," finalist in the category of Materials Science, representing the New York City ... in the category of Plant Science, representing the Southern Appalachian

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  substantial work in several key areas of vision science in order to lay the groundwork for more advanced treatment of visualizations. In vision science ... For the last 6 days, I’ve been at the Vision Sciences Society

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  waitlist, to 739 students. We do not know how many will accept their offer of ... , citizens of 138 countries applied; we admitted students from 60 of those ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008