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  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  The expectations for second semester seniors are high. By then, you ... doing homework. What do you have to show for it? What monumental task will prove that all of your tooling has made you a better thinker? For most MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  at the same time hopeful that the students we couldn't find room for at ... honored to be a part of the selection committee for the Research Science Institute, a summer program hosted by MIT and run by the Center for Excellence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for ... hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2015. If there's one in your ... few highlighted events this coming week; see your MyMIT portal for the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  qualifying exams), became a vegetarian, and started training for triathlons ... disguise...kind of) and still have managed not to pull an all-nighter (for ... , I registered for my last class at MIT. Actually, I registered for two

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  international students.   This year, we received 3493 applications for ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  Tonight was the kickoff event for the Class of 2007 Senior Gift ... as the theme for the Class of 2000 through the Class of 2005: The ... 't bad, though (thanks for thinking of it, Class of 2006). For those of you

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

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  point of these meetings is for us to learn about the things that interest ... are also a good chance for you to learn more about MIT from someone who ... these conversations are a way for you and for us to learn about each other

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  : Thursday, 8am-4pm.MIT Abroad Panel: Thursday, 5:15pm.CPW Welcome for Students ... .CPW registration headquarters: Friday, noon-2pm.Residence Panel for Students: Friday ... develop grand, often crazy, ideas; he started often with his designs for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early ... complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships. Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self

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

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and ... is no online application for MIT transfer. To apply, you should print ... only available for US citizens and permanent residents. Students without

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  super adorable shirt: But for the most part, our view of the rest of the ... out of bed early enough for the parade, which when you think about it is really impressive. I mean, I don't even bother registering for classes that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  offense, but the spring weekend performers for the last few years have kind ... speak for himself: "You wanna go to Harvard? I wanna go to MIT. You ... ." Just watch the video - it speaks for itself. A big thank you to all the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  waiting in line for some iced tea this morning the two architecture students ... called transparent concrete. It's really only semi-transparent (for now ... findings, creep could be reduced to the point where concrete could last for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012. Check it out! (If you were looking for the Admissions Statistics, just hold on for a little while longer...) Incoming Freshman Class Profile

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

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  for launching such bands as Nirvana and The Shins. * Rain Man, Die Hard ... Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking ... ). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  've missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... the meetings, and the schedule for upcoming meetings in California, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for ... butter), and go to the market to buy fabric for skirts/sarongs. I have not

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record ... libraries to understand cancer and disease, studied addiction, made plans for a new graduate dorm, pioneered a center for synthetic biology

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  for some of the hacks, since the last time I went to the site. Well done, folks! For the curious, there are other sources of information about ... fondness for, among others, the Wright Flyer, which happened during my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will ... that there will be many students around tomorrow for several reasons ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006