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  More Notes A quick update.

  

  tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning ... reminded of an article I read a few years back:High schools work to ease stress in GPA competition At MIT, whether or not your school offers class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  whatever classes they want, within the constraint of satisfying their degree ... I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... experiences with Course 6-9 and give an overview of what the major is like

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  offer. A lot of people are wary of the statement that "CPW is fake - you ... myself this weekend, courtesy of you guys: 1. I apparently do not look like ... that you guys start to head back to the four corners of America (and the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  , particularly one with a large population of graduate students, means that ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... common data set, over 60% of the classes at MIT have 19 people or fewer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with ... so happy to meet so many of you. I hope you all make the right decision and come to MIT =) If any of you saw the Wall Street Journal today, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 ... Newbury Streets; both are streets with a high concentration of shops ... weasel out of ski lessons, since I don't own a pair of ski pants. So this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous ... of the World Bank. President of the United States. And who did you get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It ... promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though, is taking a little bit of adjustment. Speaking of adjustment.. This

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  " degree? When my acceptance letter from MIT arrived, things got a little ... torn up, I happily made my way to Boston in the fall of 2005. However ... ) Program, and experienced one of the best weeks of my life. Ever since then

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of

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

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  developed the strange habit of reading all the back issues of the Tech online. It took a lot of time (the web archives go back to the 80's), but I ... similar amounts of laziness but fewer of my friends on campus), tons of fun

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... put a lot of stress on myself for not having a job offer in hand. Let ... About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in charge of the physical education (PE) requirement that MIT students have the privilege of completing before grdauation. You can read more about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  realization that MIT offers the type of education that the leaders of our world ... decisions, and I wanted to take a moment to offer a few thoughts, and to thank ... many of you — students and parents — are concerned about the future

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it means ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... aiming for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... whether you'll be able to take advantage of everything MIT has to offer for ... Okay, now for the next post addressing one of your requested topics

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  ’s early precursor to films like The Matrix and Tron, World of Wires offers ... [by Emily LaVerriere '15] First of all, I need to second Miren ... talked about a play called World of Wires by MIT Associate Professor in

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  Art offerings. Best viewed with a clover food truck sandwich in hand, of ... BLT on whole wheat, I passed by numerous workmen unloading flatbeds of ... bunch of string. String? Looking up, I made my way past large equipment

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a video recap of much that occurred! I hope this is helpful =) And for those of you who attended CPW -- it was great to meet you! Here are the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• 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 ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008