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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  don't need validation. Some kids try to earn the respect of others by ... I've been reading a lot of comments lately about which majors are ... 't be concerned about the difficulty of majors it's all about what you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action, but we are finally beginning to see the Class of 2010 truly take shape

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

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  , by the end of the selection process, you are at least minimally ... they think that one of the essays which i typed was written by her or ... chances of getting into MIT?? and if so, then by how much?" I'm sure your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies ... 'll provide some data about the Mittens (MIT-Tens, as coined by Stephanie in the ... take off the waitlist. As of right now, it's too early to know anything

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  Action. (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by November 30 ... . (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by December 31 ... schools through their Regular Action process. You could not be matched
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have wondered where the rest of us were during IAP, if not building snowmen, solving brain-busting puzzles, and taking classes on the other side of the

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  , all of which are frequently shown by those who engage in scientific ... am brief and to the point with my answers! Questions answered by ... contains the supplemental materials by now? The disc is labeled with my name

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  public outreach a gajillion notches - $11,906 worth of notches, to be precise - by receiving a very selective award from Google (of equal monetary ... the UK, by starting new Middle School teams - the idea is that these

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  applicants. While the selection process has not completed, we anticipate admitting a small number of highly qualified applicants at a rate characteristic of our extremely selective process. Transfer students are some of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  - who take advantage of what's around them - MIT's resources are ... MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ...  or IDEAS/Global Challenge, or even dropping out of MIT to accept a Thiel

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential. You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a ... balance of the applicants - 185 - withdrew from our process before we issued ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  Institute of Technology, class of 2012. The topics of my application essays were: the process by which I knit a replica of the spawn of Cthulhu coding in history class...instead of playing Starcraft FIRST Robotics and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Institute of MIT and Harvard was headed up by David Reich (also an assistant ... explained by increases in the value of the stock market. Viewed as a whole ... average value of the top 500 companies rose by a factor of six. Two commonly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer ... vaccines work by inducing an immune response to a protein that is produced by inserting beneficial DNA into the nucleus of a cell. The tough part is getting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  're really in a state of shock at the loss of our leader. To make a long story short, Marilee Jones, our Dean of Admissions, misrepresented her ... say. First, as many of you know, Marilee has built her career around

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  caveat: This is modified by both the interviewer (there are a lot of us ... . All of these options are fine by us. Dad from AZ wrote, "I have read ... other blogs. I do read all of your comments, and even if I don't respond

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots and lots of ... of hard work by the records office staff to get it that way. Admissions ... + various supplemental materials) We're still processing thousands of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  very delicate process, as a piece of copper stuck in only one of the 600 ... sorority. Laurie is currently in the process of applying to graduate schools ... CERN, the world's largest particle accelerator. A triple-GEM consists of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  (Writing)   Taught by Dr. Steven Strang, Director of the Writing and ... grades where life is at its best. Where one stays up until 4am, not out of necessity but out of enjoyment, and wakes up when it can no longer be

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011