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• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  . One of my suitemates is on the Varsity Field Hockey team and attends to ... My high school didn’t have the broadest range of athletic options, so ... advising seminars. The general scheduling rule here is classes from 9

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... sounds out of gravity waves... and probably, like, solve the mysteries of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  is in store: Saturday San Francisco/Bay Area meeting in the home of ... Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an ... , was a meeting held in the home of an alumni volunteer named George

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  -to-moderately sized department in the School of Science. There are usually about 30 ... sets instead of papers). There is often a significant amount of assigned ... -D humanities class, so lots of people take it, course 9 or not. In the student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2024 are now ... , and here. Because of the competitiveness of our pool, we have already ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it off, and go crush the rest of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2023 are now ... , and here. Because of the competitiveness of our pool, we have already ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it off, and go crush the rest of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  ), one of the FPOPs (Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs) offered to incoming ... we drop it off the fourth floor of Baker House... Only after we let ... , or how another DEALer is the youngest licensed stockbroker... anywhere

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The name of the "avocado" comes from the Spanish "abogado," or "lawyer." This is because the Spaniards who came to the New ... whatnot. Let me tell you the story of when I got my admissions decision

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  story is pretty different for each type of assignment, as shown in the ... question, happening only 13% of the time. v. Was it even worth it? This is ... largest was 20. Of course, 2.2 points on an exam is worth a lot more to the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  (maybe the most underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is ... you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 ... fewer) At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  reveal *everything* here. Instead, here is a hodge podge of photos from the ... art! p.s. if you think one of the counselors is photoshopped in, you are ... abbreviated FAP. Yep that is the acronym. But us counselors embrace it and make

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  The PBS show NOVA scienceNOW had a wonderful story last week on MIT Professor Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group. It featured ... human children: sons Ryan and Nathan. This one, I think, is definitely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  one specifically for us. We request the profile only if one is available. ... Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  that the life of a graduate student is not as exciting as an ... fortunately, I remembered my password today and given the start of a new school ... academic reasons). The past two years have been full of excitement from

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  complaining about dining?*" She looked at me. This was the moment of truth ... Hockfield is indeed awesome. *Dining at MIT is the current hot topic, I ... . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was

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

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  others I would have only found at EC -- and the same is true of B1. When I ... A few thoughts from this week-- The rapid onset of graduation seems ... of the sink. I'm going to miss nights like these. Then we trekked to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  :   and a recap of some fond memories from the class: 2.009 is ... Last week, I posted the webcast of the final presentations for 2 ... : Rhino, a device for masons to help speed up, and clean up, the repair of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants ... . The Hyatt is located between 3rd & 4th Streets and Tijeras and Copper ... with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF. The table at dinner. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  settled in the dorms of Jeju National University. Then we went outside ... First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are thrown at you is beyond words. Thoughtful reflections connecting all these

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  hurry you can still catch it at the Class of 2014 site! (use the username ... the wonders of MIT I planned to register for” to “that potentially life ... Hamsika student life webcast Admitted students of the Class of 2014

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010