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  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  1% Puerto Rican 3% Other Hispanic groups 3% Other/No Response 7

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... impossible to know. We will have no idea how many people we will take from the ... great choice to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  , grabbed my camera, and spent twenty minutes wandering around to no avail

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  submit the supplement are not), and there is no audition process to take ... considered (most people who submit the supplement are not), and there is no ... view any URL you ask us to, we can make no guarantee that we will be able

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  have no real interest in MIT from applying (the ones who do not wish to ... MIT are those who have no compunction about asking for help. If you need the waiver and don't request one is that selfless good? No. There are

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  't grill you: no questions about calculus, or your brainteasers, or anything ... on time. Relax. Relax. Relax. Remember, there is no way to "fail." The ... expected as part of the admissions process - we will have no knowledge of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  % * Puerto Rican 2% * Other Hispanic groups 3% * Other/no response 6

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  convinced that girls and kickball are a no-no. It's just like middle school ... " category. For one, there's no use of profanity or any derisive comments ... from Bobb-McCulloch, but the "no jaywalking" rule means we can't cut

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  kids (all of whom moved in on Sunday) has left me no time for the ... absolutely loved. -It was something really, really obvious that no one else had ... flashlight and a ruler - "No grinding, guys! NO GRINDING!"

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  'm actually officially no longer a freshman (woo!). The amount of things I have ... ] Nitrate... Adding NO2 is so damn great I get a plus charge when I misbehave ... ] Leaving group This benzene no longer needs you So when the nucleophile comes

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  I have three final exams this week, so what better time to be watching videos! No, not on YouTube, but on MIT Tech TV (http://techtv.mit.edu/about/)! If you think MIT students are too smothered with work to let their

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies. Jhumpa Lahiri is no

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  I couldn't say no. So we went. And we had fun. I just recovered my

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.

  

  Happy Lunar New Year from Peggy and the Office of Admissions! Here are the results of this year's new year mini-contest! (Remember, this will have no impact on admissions) "The source of inspiration was the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  skills. Top scorers qualify for the Integration Bee. No knowledge beyond 18

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  house and suck them out of you. No, really. I fully acknowledge that it ... with AP credits in Biology, Physics, and Calculus. This is by no means the norm. Keep in mind that first semester freshman year is on pass/ no

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  hunt would contain 270--no, 271--no 271 1/2 puzzles, all in keeping with ... coin and win the hunt in a mere 25--no, 15--no, 5 puzzles, if they'd only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  because everything is pretty much optional. MIT with no class?!?!?! SCORE ... Jan 25, 10:30am-01:00pm, 4-160 No enrollment limit, no advance sign up ... pm-12:00am, Lobby 7 No limit but advance sign up required (see contact

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007