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• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window ... that by leaving only a very small number of spaces for regular action ... , a record-low 12.2% admit rate. 2002200320042005EA Admits525438383377

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it due earlier. I am not a huge fan of this logic, as it ends up feeling

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  Well, apparently I touched a nerve with my last entry -- sounds like ... before she came here). I think it's a very positive thing for our community ... apart from other schools. A short list of the topics we discussed at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  's Molecular and Cellular Biology PhD program. So I guess it wasn't a total waste ... "department requires this information". A Few Answers to Questions: 1. There were a few comments about messy kitchens. Ahem, my personal opinion (as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  Hey, cool, my column's in the Tech! See? My column was a response ... you don't know them? It's a very odd feeling. I'm still at the point ... misquoted or whatever (which, interestingly, hasn't been a problem so far). I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  'll ask "8.01 or 8.012?". As a celebration of MIT's devotion to numbers ... .014: Calculus (single-variable) with Theory. Join me on a journey to 18-014 and ... entry to a helpful staircase. Gotta have a Coke down there

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to ... right, you see a quite impressive Lego collection. (Oh, and that red

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  ... I am predicting a Federer vs. Roddick final (would anyone like a wager ... to visit me and we went to see a semifinal match of the Legg Mason ... and fortunately we did! He played Paradorn Srichaphan, a 26 year

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  takes a while to get used to. It is important for astronauts to adapt to ... environment by using a centrifuge that consisted of a two meter bed that a test ... system, which is the inner ear structure that creates a sense of balance

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  About one million Americans have a form of inflammatory bowel disease ... model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the immunology lab of Dr. David B. Schauer. Issel explains, "When combating a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of ... pass that advice on in the posts to come. A visit to Boston to visit ... and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show ... programs, including a nice shot of MIT's own Elena Glassman '08 winning the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award at ISEF 2003 =) There was a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a long, long time. :-) I got here a little after 8AM, worked the registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  Jane W asked, Matt, I have a question about CPW. Will we know who ... at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a ... left before 8pm), but in the end, everyone was matched. You have a host

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking ... Admissions (and taking off the tie that I wore today!). In a nutshell, here's how selection works. We've spent a month reading and crafting great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  Championship Series. My friends and I had planned a West Wing season premiere ... . If you're applying for regular action, now is also a good time to ... wait until after Eid, so you can have your interview on a full, nourished

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  complete and submit the QuestBridge Match application. If you’re named a ... additional MIT QuestBridge Supplement. You do not need to fill out a first-year application if you are a Finalist; the QuestBridge application and MIT Quest
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  ="Residential Exploration, better known as REX, is a multi-day experience for first year ... to campus and quick access to a dining hall made up for it. As long as ... at a table at Burton Conner, I decided that that was the dorm for me

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  recently, reflecting on his own Early Action rejection from a "dream" school ... may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these blogs and our whole process. I said I deserve it all I'm wakin' up at 6 a

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  I took a test early last week for my Japanese language and culture ... . It was raining, and the Charles River was a churning, thick gray ... interview in Japanese conducted by my professor, where a partner and I were

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024