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  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  in which you majored. Extracurriculars aren't considered at all for ... Well, I'm packing tonight for my interview at UCLA's ACCESS biology ... morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I'm in New Jersey for the ... coming in for the festivities. Most of us know each other as we chose to live in Baker House for our 4 undergraduate years. Baker House has been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  Welcome to 2008! 2008. In equivalent terms, Class of 2012 ... remaining applications and send in those missing pieces of paperwork, start taking the time to enjoy your last semester in high school. I don't know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... I certainly learned a lot from Dean Khoury's talk with us. For example, do you know that we have one of the best faculties in the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  shopped around for a few different course 6 classes in the first week of the ... implementations in that class were only for single frame images, so it was cool to ... .837 Computer Graphics, the class we had been slowly working up towards for our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 in 4) and is even notably lower than it was for this year's MIT seniors ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  This morning, MIT alum Adam Riess '92 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Adam Riess, MIT Class of 1992, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011 Riess ... Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt for "the discovery of the accelerating expansion

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  I've gotten a few search engine hits for "MIT ISEF Luncheon," so for those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for Intel ISEF participants, their families

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  can today. In Marsha’s memory, I will continue to advocate for the ... World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots – a momentous occasion in US history that many argue sparked

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  in 1996. Craighead's scholarship will be $10,000 a year for four years ... works in the tech services department for Franklin County schools. At ... for the scholarships. Craighead will attend the Massachusetts Institute

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  ground beef for Salisbury steaks. . . . Jack was, in my mind, an embodiment ... Harbor for the 50th-anniversary ceremonies. Mrs. Jackson died in 2000 ... entry "Our Friends," in memory of two special members of the MIT community

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  doing her MEng in the EECS department, but she told me she couldn't answer any questions since she's in the MEng masters program, which is only for ... 't considered for graduate work at MIT, is this true?" In lieu of responding to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  that he expected to be doing the same for us in a few years. Um, no ... intelligent undergrads for summer internships. The labs in the biology ... generosity. One last thing -- Degree requirements for the SB in biology, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  day, and turned it in. My last assignment for Junior fall complete, I ... from my group's final presentation to a scene in Waiting for Godot   ... in my final assignment, I've felt the need to study for a coming exam

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  , or for being traditionally schooled -- we evaluate every applicant in ... sophomore years. I am currently in a public school for my junior and senior ... exams in India? 2. Does applying for financial aid hamper our chance of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  First, I want to thank my amazing roommate-in-exile Cami for letting ... While I have studied in the US for two years before coming to MIT, I was ... first choice (because I wanted to live in a small dorm and cook for myself

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the ... 's performance of a violin concerto—a violin concerto for which I played in the ... the first time in two years, as part of the pit orchestra for the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  At about 10 am on Thursday there were about 100 people in lecture for ... about how proteins made in the cell are marked for distribution to where ... to join us in the aisle?” By now the rest of the MIT Logarhythms were

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  I started obsessively checking the news sometime in middle school. I ... . Disillusioned and concerned for my lip health, I started looking for other sources ... of luck, I got an offer to join their team for the summer and am

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  new experiences may come later, but for now, let's not get lost in ... First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are ... settled in the dorms of Jeju National University. Then we went outside

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012