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  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  activities of the earliest international students. And, for the Admissions ... IHTFP (below), as well as a poem with hopes for 2000 A.D. (also, below ... encouragement for all the undecided: Some of the majors were quite different

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  We've had makers on the mind here for a little while. Earlier this month Ceri blogged about the MIT Maker Faire. Earlier this year Dawn and I wrote a white paper for the White House about technically creative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy ... . Why would schools do this? For the money, mostly, because if you make ... “development cases,” will argue that this makes the school a better place for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the ... Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla ... collecting donations for a college scholarship fund, should you, like me, be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  As I mentioned last week, MIT is a place for talkin’. Looking at the ... for the Real World" // Charles Huang, "Ice Cream Battleground" // Josh ... further ado, here are the videos for Anisha (3rd place overall) and Bruna

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  internship with Max Planck Institute MIT-Germany Program 2011 I worked for the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. My ... experience. As an engineering student, I couldn’t ask for a more

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  . For more information, be sure to check out other posts from regular admissions bloggers, or visit MIT's official site for LGBT issues. I remember ... knew that one was right for me. Senior Haus had a line in their i3 that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  .125 focuses more on theory and 11.131 focuses on practical issues. For instance, 11.125 is more likely to talk about whether the tests you write for ... also want your input on something else for 11.125. I need to sit in on

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... trick-or-treating for Halloween, and stalked the application tracker on my ... , impatient for decisions, reluctant to do my other apps, doubtful of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  about medical care for the underserved. As one of my projects for this ... :) Death Cab For Cutie Live, UC Berkeley, July 11, 2009

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently ... traditional blogging. For one thing, it's easy to post cool things that happen that aren't worthy of a full blog post (like, for instance, announcing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  road with Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Southern ... : brownmityale.org These meetings will be a great opportunity for high school ... brownmityale.org. In addition, we will also host breakfast meetings for your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  fruitful one for me. To recap: Late May -> Early July: Back in Taiwan ... could chemically analyze blood for components/diseases), and us ... , temperature) and translating for doctors (yay Spanish!) These blog entries may

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Texas and Arizona. Details ... opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors (that is, rising juniors and ... , hopefully we'll be nearby in September or October. Look for the fall visit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  account. For those of you who are unfamiliar with tumblr, it's a great site ... registered for CPW each upload 5 texts and/or photos over the course of the ... you used to register for your MyMIT account so I can verify it

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  occasionally go "OMG SCIENCE!" about things.) I just shared that with you for ... one involves what I do all this pipetting for: let's talk about my UROP ... chemistry. I came across the lab's website last year when I was looking for a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  student group on campus (246 of them!!!!) We'll all be vying for your ... -Biomedical Engineering Society table (#33) for chocolate mice and skittles, and the Camp Kesem table (#125) to meet my fellow counselors. For a list of groups

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  month ago. Sorry guys, I apparently thought I was Nance for a second there ... them. Thanks guys, for sharing so much of yourselves over the years and for simply being awesome. With four bloggers graduating, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I remember waiting for decisions, being both excited and very scared. Of course ... the process. It really was a great opportunity for my family to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  -based experiences as well. For example, the course I typically teach, known as 6 ... -recitation-tutorial is highly refined after years of polishing, we are always looking for ... -Perez) and I engaged in an online experiment: we took all of the lectures for 6

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007