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  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  and the United States. The format is pretty cool - you watch a video ... 20 other scholars from around the United States, and your professor ... from throughout the United States to engage in an intensive study of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  Having received my MIT degree in Management Science, I'm still on the ... state-of-the-art Trading Room. ~ Learn about market efficiency! ~ Compete ... in 1996: Sloan has just completed the first fully equipped state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  living in the United States. Since last March, MIT has offered housing to ... international students as leverage against their own universities to force them to ... Solicitor General of the United States. Since then, dozens of other colleges

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch-long ... University bridge, where I grouped with Rod (unpictured) and Alorah (pictured ... too long and gazed proudly into the plastic soul of my reborn, re

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  , 12 syllables, and a state name that I am still completely incapable of ... .  That day is unfortunately a long way off, but so far I’ve had at least ... us took the [annotation note="An excessively long route, but hey—it was

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  successfully, i.e. earning first-degree class marks on the exams. In particular ... because under Cambridge's year-long system, subjects from each semester are ... long period of time to be properly encoded in long-term memory. I should

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  never left Kenya before coming to the States. I went to both primary ... the States, I’ve been on the subway twice during my Freshman Pre ... hadn’t had in a long time. However, boba tea (or any other form of cold

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae."  He is the ... 's journey to the Nobel Prize began long ago. Born in Washington, DC, he ... lived in the Phi Delt house on Bay State Road in Boston, near Kenmore

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

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  Turkmen. Collectively, they represent all 50 states, more than 50 countries ... -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018 ... long enough. Now they belong to the world, and the world will be better

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  University in 2000 as a project of Hillel at Stanford; since then, it has expanded to 22 campuses in 14 states. Camp Kesem at MIT, founded by Caroline ... have a long way to go. If you believe in magic, or at least the pure joy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  long in too much detail. To this day, when I think back on it, I can ... down to miscommunications and taking far too long to fix what had ... teacher, Dr. V. He was a really simple man from the great state of Iowa and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday. MIT noticed. The ... is visible from Boston across the river. MIT hackers have long used the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  staffers why, having gotten a degree from such a prestigious university, they ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this ... touring a Long Island college when a parent asked the tour guide what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  retake the GIR! D’s get degrees! Feeling refreshed at the start of the ... in record time. I was working full-time and taking a semester-long ... .  Over the weekend, I graduated with honors with a master of science degree

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  later, I had produced this image, a "diploma mock-up -- for illustrative ... between me and an MIT diploma is ICE 2. I remember lounging around my suite ... MIT. How does that feel." Now, in my mind I know that it was a long time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  collaboratively, and thoughtfully, over a long period of time to make this happen ... , request an absentee ballot from their home state, and even receive text reminders about local, state, and national elections. We’re excited to have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  , because I work at a university, and because there aren't any admissions ... traditional university experience for people who are interested primarily in ... an offsite meeting at the University of DC, meeting with leaders of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  /Cereal mix on the warm beaches of Los Angeles. Thank you for everything. It ... Day). I’m in tears when I receive my diploma. My parents are screaming ... , 2017 I’m back in the United States. New York City. It’s my first day on

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• 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 California and the Mid-Atlantic states. Details can be found here ... sophomores and juniors to hear from three great universities all in one place

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  Program (HSSSRP)Michigan State University High School Honors Science ... Young Scientists (PROMYS)The Ross Program Stanford University Mathematics ... Program (SSEP)Women's Technology Program (WTP) Programs open to out-of-state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006