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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  is the only class in which I'm not starting at the very bottom, since I ... Science - neither of which are accepted for credit at MIT. And I'm fairly ... don't have AP classes or exams offered at your schools, but have taken

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their ... 's Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician. It takes a keen look at the stressors ... at Amazon. Some of your responses: Valentina (Bogota, Columbia): How

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  You Are LUSCIOUS I lusciously answer some of your questions

  

  quite sure why I commented. MIT keeps sending me junkmail so I looked at their site. Do you have any idea what I'm supposed to look at, exactly? It ... answer your questions. At different stages of the process, you will be

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  . However, rather than settle for a second choice, the valedictorian at ... & Mathematics Institute at CAHSEE and the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science program at MIT. Flores' interest in science and math was piqued when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the ... at the bottom. And suddenly I wondered, why is it white? So I sat back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  and culture. You can read more about our process and the "match" at this entry or on this page at My ... . And when we admit a student, we admit that student to all of MIT, and at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  get all sorts of things at home before they come, but there are plenty ... them at the COOP -- everything there is grossly overpriced. :-( Do you have a printer at home? While you won't *need* one here, and can

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  Manolo Blahniks at graduation, but I'm really glad we didn't hold each ... part of his address: Your training at MIT equips each of you ... personal and intellectual achievements during your time at MIT, will soon

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  data so positively. I guess I got better at presenting my data at the ... have to bring all your stuff at once, I'd advise packing necessary things ... don't think it would be too late at all -- the summer before sophomore

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn.com/education, but it ... financial aid at Connecticut College. We at MIT are among those college ... sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you can send a letter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  any inside info about the choruses and performance classes at MIT? The ... at rehearsal quite as much as I was during high school, I also didn ... extracurricular at MIT is really a bigger commitment than it was in high school

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  , the sort of classes that are offered at MIT beyond the basic level ... know of at MIT, at least for undergrads (I'm not sure if there's any on ... weird vocabulary than you can shake a stick at. Most of the lectures deal

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  at MIT. While I'm at it, parents, you should take a bow as well. You ... Thursday night - one for parents and one for students. I was at the parent ... stage at the Battle of the Bands. My colleague and fellow blogger Ben

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  out, too. Carly wrote, "I'm kind of worried about the food situation at ... actually very happy at MIT. MIT didn't lock me into an inflexible 20-meals-a-week plan like many of my friends at other colleges, which allowed me to 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  person. The fabled Weather Machine did its job on Thursday, so at least you ... . :) okay, maybe not... [that's Gullfoss in Iceland] We did a skit at the ... Center, at Meet the Bloggers. I hope you guys liked the root beer. My

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  like everybody's jovial grandfather at Thanksgiving, how Professor Hatton ... stereochemistry, Professor Licht's awkward humor that nobody ever laughed at because 5.07 is taught at 8:30 AM, Professor Hughes's earring, Professor

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  , and I learned that I'm actually pretty good at web design. (Editor ... .) In other news: "Adam Woodworth woke up at the crack of dawn this ... internship at Draper Labs which has been ongoing since last June, and the other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  on biology-related projects at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ... has an incredible amount of passion for research and loves that at MIT ... your blood flowing, your mind thinking, or your heart racing." At the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  Brass Rat Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for ... representing events from their first two years at MIT, and drawing upon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  see him in the "Valjeans of the World" medley at the end. It always ... entire show that Valjean never sings at all. I was Javert in my high ... second day of classes and I have now had every class in my schedule at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006