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  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  Aiken concert Sunday night at the Bank of America Pavilion. Though I'm by far the biggest fan of American Idol at MIT, I was still a little ... getting them all for her, one by one, but to expedite the process, she

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  was by far one of the funniest and most surreal things I have ever ... explore. I started off by battling the cold/raining/sleeting weather that ... I was with the better half of my umbrella that tried to fly away on a

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , beekeepers and biologists — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now ... see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  than a state school, and of course a talk by Questbridge Co-founder Dr ... Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, "what's happened to ... year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  Institute of Technology next year. In addition, he will play baseball.By ... round of the MLB amateur draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. At the MIT ... Let's continue the series Introducing the Class of 2013... Sean '13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American ... imagined college in high school, I imagined being in one of these huge halls

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here ... expected as part of the admissions process - we will have no knowledge of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2021 taking on the legacy

  

  contribute to the buzz with another year of blogger wrapped! minutes spent ... end of the group...bloggers really do be LISTENING artists listened to ... surprised i was first because i listen to a lot of Discover Weekly...  

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  classes about cities. By the process of elimination, there were no appealing ... in the winter of my freshman year. But life matters were really ... certainty is wildly oscillating. You can not compute the derivative of its

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  , which measures the size of an indentation made by a diamond pressing on ... .1220 midterm exam. The median score for this exam was 61 out of 120 – by all ... results even refer to? And don’t even get me started on the lack of units. I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  areas of the question review process, such as double-checking our ... . But running all aspects of science bowl by myself would be an impossible ... loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  week of rain. :- But... I bet by now, all you '10 folks have your Athena ... -- you can do so by going to these links, in this order: http ... installed) to download a licensed copy of Eudora. Also available at that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  Thune, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee: "...Any attempt by a ... directly. Once upon a time the internet was a kind of toy, used by hobbyists ... that the process of choosing Trending Topics is indeed unbiased. But

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  too. Neither of these are things I ever thought would happen, so that ... cool - the process that brought me from my hometown, to getting accepted ... 'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  are differences to celebrate. (It's the fundamental pulse of the process ... Marilee perform with my band at ZBT's fifth annual Battle Of The Bands on ... is lots of fun with a variety of interesting threads (this is my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the role of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in college admissions turned out ... lot of kids to be able to do that and not force everybody to have all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... Press has a nice story about "gap years" that has been picked up by news

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  by generations of students trying to decide whether or not to attend ... five questions: On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest and 1 ... mental health of students? In addition, does MIT's tough grading system

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  been received by MIT yet?" I'm unaware of any automatic tuition discount ... 're professionals! Victoria wrote, "Just one more question: I found a tidbit of ... the middle of early apps) where I can find more information? My book is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... previous years, this was an extremely selective Early Action cycle. Of those ... students represent some of the best minds and exceptional stars of our future

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012