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  On schools & context

  

  more students to MIT than others, even when a student from a nameless ... as a parent of a child who goes to a high school where no one has ... is to summarize a student's qualifications within context. We also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider ... MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... , and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In ... Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... /or waterproof footwear! (Thursday looks to be beautiful, though) It's after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  So I had a little free time this morning so I paid a little visit to ... were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little upset about how everyone was trading their "stats" like I used to trade

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... . Although the process has never been specifically used to destroy prions, Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  -of-the-art trading room ever built on a university campus. Identical in every detail to ... this one with you: Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:25:08 -0500 To: suma ... ) ******************************   REGISTER NOW! TO REGISTER, please send an email to taskforce

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

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  fully evaluate and summarize a folder. We're expected to read applications ... already, right?" We evaluate the applications on a rolling basis: that is to ... returned to the office with a full stomach and proceeded to work on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago ... eighty semi-hours Ten thousand thirty-two hundred emails to read Ten ... a MIT frosh? You can always spam However you want But just remember

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  to extinction. The story revolves around a bizarre group of neighbours ... : If you had to pick your top five sci-fi movies for a marathon, what ... to do all the classic MIT things before graduating. Accordingly, LSC

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  're going to forget that it's a Frank O. Gehry building." I actually really ... DID YOU KNOW? According to Wikipedia, "An article from The Onion ... , in which students were asked to write an essay analyzing its use of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... concerns of citizens in Flint, Michigan to unravel a mystery that many in ... seeks to highlight effective, responsible, ethical disobedience across

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was ... always feel like I should be volunteering to put on the event as a student ... see and talk to design consultants and tour a possible place I could see

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your ... a pile of transcript/recommendation request forms to the Counseling ... Welcome to 2008! 2008. In equivalent terms, Class of 2012

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... date of birth are included. You do not need to be a music major for this ... classes or be a music major. Art. If you are an artist and would like to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I ... ://open.spotify.com/playlist/34w1NkAVcqH4pn9xpuuGDp?si=6ca6d77b70a546b2 Is there a song that helps

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  you like to have a glimpse into the life of current, MIT students and ... , check out the page. They work on a lot of great projects in the office, such as outreach, conducting information sessions, how to be ninjas and

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  a day, five days a week, but the benefit is that you get an intensive immersion that allows you to take the second level during the spring semester ... for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  I begin this entry with a photo of the aftermath of one Saturday evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin ... chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  -date on their classmates' developments. This summer, I was elected to a ... can be harder to figure out what you might be doing only a few years out of college. I hope this entry is a somewhat helpful introduction to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  Hi folks, Today was the 8th day in a row of selection committee. Everyone is super tired, but we'll all get a bit of a break soon and we ... in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005