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  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  problem and the steps that universities, including MIT, Harvard, and ... , I just read an article in the National Association for College ... few AP offerings or for homeschooled students. For some students, though

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  . For example, the degree to which other teams match up against any given ... National Football League. Ugh.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  Cady Coleman: She graduated MIT with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry ... has a long history of astronauts: More than one-third of the nation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  was offered $100,000 to start her own company based on her research ... National School Inventors Challenge An award winning Canadian filmmaker

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  waitlist, to 739 students. We do not know how many will accept their offer of ... countries, residing in 66 different nations. Needless to say, it was an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  . Sororities are Greek letter organizations that offer lifelong membership, and provide sisterhood networks throughout the country. There are 26 national

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  case, universities) subsidize something that they are offering for free ... offer the good at a price of P=0. It's a weird kind of subsidy, but it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  manuals. 20. Japanese eyeglass stores started offering free cleaning ... it's not right, tilt your head 30 degrees to the left, say "e-to" (ay ... „Åô„Åî„ÅÑ„Äú 41. Today (January 12) was Seijinnohi (national holiday in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  in their seminars) and are open only to freshmen. The seminars offered ... preprofessional advisor through the MIT Careers Office; this advisor offers guidance ... 't accept AP credit, but require that premed classes be taken at a university

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  , President Reif joined hundreds of other university Presidents in signing an open letter that described the “moral imperative” and “national necessity ... scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  percent of top positions in mainstream media. In a Brown University study of ... much attention to these statistics. This June, I attended the National ... other aspiring leaders from across the nation. My biggest lessons from

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  communities; some have been granted a formal high school diploma, while others were not. Please note that we do not require a high school diploma or GED

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  Masters that is offered only to MIT undergrads. You apply in your junior ... degree since I would have a PhD as well? Right now, I think the answer is

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  University. In 1999, she received the National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005 ... universities have good courses. What is most special about MIT is the fact that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Admission Counseling (NEACAC), hosted by Boston's Northeastern University ... highly selective universities are now need blind, that wasn't always the ... of admission at top colleges. The emergence of the "national student

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

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities are on subway lines ... . And Boston is an exciting, historic city that offers something

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  walk off, diploma in hand, you'll be hearing this.

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  intend to explore job opportunities here after finishing my degree. The ... finishing my degree. Nathan Prevendar Masters Candidate MIT-Israel Program 2010 Internship: Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv I gained and

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  originally going to be published by the Harvard University Press, but virtually ... account of the trials brought against the Ohio National Guard from the point ... riots that trashed downtown Kent, Ohio, the governor sent in the National

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  begun working towards my degree has settled in. This semester, I took 54 ... from a different nation to see if he knew the native tongue. It was the ... Tegmark declared National Gauss Appreciation Day on September 13th. To not

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017