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  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... colleges in terms of waitlist size, usually keeping one of the proportionally ... uncertainty around yield, we decided to significantly increase the size of our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  at the homepage Spotlight as of Friday and continuing through the weekend.     The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT ... post on the early history of international students at MIT, particularly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  and the rest of the administration have in me," he told the MIT News Office. "MIT is a very special place and the students who come here bring vibrancy and energy with them, and I respect the importance of the role the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  all the evils of MIT is risky.   1) MIT Confessions clever ... you learn to care for others. practicing that is one of the best things ... i absolutely love the blogs, but there are a number of other places

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The youngest known meteor impact crater in the world is ... this blog and is trying to tell me something. So here are the highlights ... stick is the greatest invention since written language -while cramming for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  Please remember that January 1 is the submission deadline for ... should you should click the final "submit" button of your online ... fully staffed over the holidays and is, even as I write, busily processing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  huge convention/fair of creative people getting together to show off the ... replica of Mousetrap the board game. Rather than have me add 25 hyperlinks ... be there! Oh yeah, its got everything. In addition to all of the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  (students, faculty and staff) are back into the rhythm of the academic season ... innovations. Some of the most successful examples are outside of the classroom ... .001 or "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs," is normally

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  2.009 is over, but you can watch the archived webcast on Facebook ... ) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  LOL"]FIRST(ish)[/annotation] SNOW OF THE YEAR!! (several days late) We ... :D Even more ironically, the snow chose to arrive during the middle of ... displayed on the TV, a large quantity of fake lei, and half the attendees

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  Last year, the admitted students of the Class of 2017 got invitations ... hosted by the MIT Club of Northern New Jersey. As the only accepted MIT ... held at one of the alum's house and started with a typical question and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  - Subreddit The concept is simple, users ask the question "What if x piece of ... lecture has been better than the one before and the world of P vs. NP is ... by the United Front and the Taliban regime continued to conquer all of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  , allowing for a certain amount of lounging during lecture. The desk is a bit ... the shear enjoyment of it. Unfortunately, sitting in the seat is not as ... 's utilized for a bunch of classes (including many for freshmen) and is

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Manhattan, but I'm not complaining. That's one of the things I love about New ... blogging more frequently in November. In the meantime, here are a couple of links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a quote into an outline of a shape. That is probably the worst explanation ever, but here is the thing I doodled and hopefully the thing itself will

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  /Douglas International Airport has a scale model of the Wright Brothers plane hanging from the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is ... that just seemed like gross misuse of the Internet.) This is about how I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  program or the college you want to enter. MIT is no piece of cake, so just ... nuts. Now, I'll admit I was kind of shocked by the number of posts that were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  I'm taking 7.45 Hallmarks of Cancer this semester with [annotation note="director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, one ... still allowed to use the -blr suffix?"]studyblr[/annotation] levels of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  family in Ohio; I am of the firm belief that summer is not summer until one ... This is a tale of two college kids from two completely different ... my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  company? A runner's choice of running shoes is a very careful and ... on her shoes. The voice feedback ("Your average pace is..."") is ... on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006