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  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  Last night, MIT Aero/Astro professor Missy Cummings was the guest on The Colbert Report. Professor Cummings was one of the US Navy's first female fighter pilots. She flew the F/A-18 Hornet. At MIT, she is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the chase. On April 30th, from 11am – 4pm, MIT will be offering 160 different ... ? How about a puzzle hunt at the MIT Museum written specially for MIT

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  With a record number of applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  admitted to the MIT Class of 2014. There were 5,684 Early Action applicants ... record number of applications can be explained by MIT’s mission and values, said Dean Schmill. “MIT’s excellent financial aid

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  begin with an M, MIT is the fourth-most popular one to get into (third if ... a surge of pride, until I realized that MIT's potential applicant pool ... over. A year of experience has taught me that MIT inspires questions

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  60+ performing arts groups at MIT. There are also a lot of other cool

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing & Humanistic Studies, appeared on The Colbert Report. Certainly Prof. Diaz has been doing many interviews since he won the Pulitzer Prize for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  lot of great students we weren't able to admit. It's true that MIT ... there are many students who will get into graduate school at MIT. Transfer admission is a small program at MIT. Transfer students, though, are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  important part of MIT Student Life. @@ Say that I'm irresponsible for not ... MIT that I haven't blogged about this whole year - but I've been meaning ... forcing MIT down your throats. I feel like you should go to the school that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Class of 2012 guestbook and an update on The Tubes.

  

  As of yesterday, all 522 admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2012 guestbook directory (post your picture!). Also, all of the decision letters -- including the famed "tubes" -- were mailed yesterday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has ... video was designed to remind alums of all the reasons they love MIT, but I ... video is wearing an MIT sweatshirt. :-) Only a few more days remain

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  amazing woman (and, yes, an MIT alumna). Together, we will declare our love

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  The 2007 Senior Ball was last Saturday night, and as a member of the planning committee, I feel it is my duty to share with you all the exciting event…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the below are national/international, selective

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  's Waldo." Here's Geraldo! Rodrigo and Jenn Another surprised MIT student

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  essay should I just submit it on paper? Avril said: elizabeth - The MIT ... as I can tell. In your MyMIT account, if you go to Section 8 of Part ... people who got into MIT as international students. They really had "not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a ... . Sororities at MIT are quite large, with about 80-100 members, so it is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  Center for Neuroscience & Technology. I consider this MIT ... that I was an MIT student definitely helped me get hired. I arrived in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1

  

  While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the semester, I’ll begin what I hope will become a new tradition (pending the availability of…

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2006