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  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  stay open for two hours following the show. Seacrest said that 50 million people registered their votes, roughly 16.67 million for each contestant ... for two hours - the system is not actually measuring anything. Let

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  preparation for the meeting, we were all assigned the same three applications to ... is completely true: we are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers. As we say in our "Preparing For MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  The expectations for second semester seniors are high. By then, you ... doing homework. What do you have to show for it? What monumental task will prove that all of your tooling has made you a better thinker? For most MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  exclusively online. To reiterate: don't wait for decisions to arrive via email ... year, we received 15,661 applications for admission, a record number for us and a 17% increase over last year. We admitted 1597 students for an

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  international students.   This year, we received 3493 applications for ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  : Thursday, 8am-4pm.MIT Abroad Panel: Thursday, 5:15pm.CPW Welcome for Students ... .CPW registration headquarters: Friday, noon-2pm.Residence Panel for Students: Friday ... develop grand, often crazy, ideas; he started often with his designs for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  's Wok and Noodle Diner for a birthday dinner. Betty's is right behind ... dinner, some of us went to JP Licks for some ice cream. (This summer I have ... ask for help. those asked for help: i'd get something good out of the

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early ... complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships. Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and ... is no online application for MIT transfer. To apply, you should print ... only available for US citizens and permanent residents. Students without

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  offense, but the spring weekend performers for the last few years have kind ... speak for himself: "You wanna go to Harvard? I wanna go to MIT. You ... ." Just watch the video - it speaks for itself. A big thank you to all the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  waiting in line for some iced tea this morning the two architecture students ... called transparent concrete. It's really only semi-transparent (for now ... findings, creep could be reduced to the point where concrete could last for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012. Check it out! (If you were looking for the Admissions Statistics, just hold on for a little while longer...) Incoming Freshman Class Profile

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  for launching such bands as Nirvana and The Shins. * Rain Man, Die Hard ... Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking ... ). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  've missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... the meetings, and the schedule for upcoming meetings in California, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for ... butter), and go to the market to buy fabric for skirts/sarongs. I have not

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record ... libraries to understand cancer and disease, studied addiction, made plans for a new graduate dorm, pioneered a center for synthetic biology

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010... The deadline for registering for Campus Preview Weekend is tomorrow (Tuesday). I really hope you ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will ... that there will be many students around tomorrow for several reasons ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country

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

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  see what it was I wrote about one year ago today: For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes: we're reading ... much consecutive meetings from 9am until 7pm for me. This morning was a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I ... . It's working fine for me today, so hopefully that issue has been ... today as if it were still 1/1 - and no, you won't be penalized for being a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006