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  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  In 1966, B. Alden Thresher, an economist and the first ever Director ... Stu, and on many other people in our office too. The book has been out ... reason why all of us entered this profession in the first place: the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  Patterns is the name of the curriculum that is being taught in all of these ... -Shapley   The rest of the week was dedicated to more offline exercises in the morning, and coding exercises in the afternoon. There definitely

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  words or fewer) Although you may not yet know what you want to major in ... . MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from ... way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  . With this award, we will honor work that impacts society in positive ways ... a living person or group engaged in what we believe is extraordinary ... are people whose work reflects the hopes that led to the prize in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  I took part in HackMIT last year, and it was a great deal of fun! I ... HackMIT, in our 2017 theme: Hack to the Future. On social media, the four letters H, A, C, and K are time travelers, journeying forward in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  morning: Although we seem to be interconnected in almost every way imaginable - we have the same romanized last names, we're both in the same ... up the dilapidated drum set in the tv lounge, subsequently teaching me

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  *Scene opens* I'm standing in front of a house with my family. MIT ... about high school, potential majors, and what we wanted to be in our ... in less than a week. I was excited that I beat all the odds and that I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  departments, from the terrascope program, from mit libraries, students in engineering and in sloan business school, and a visiting student from germany ... the commonness of gun violence in america. we talked. ed bertschinger

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  solving problems in new ways, across many disciplines. Innovation means ... theme: the United States’ 2016 election, police brutality, progress in the ... societal and social in nature. Therefore, we must address these problems with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  , securing the MIT team's first-place ranking--our team has finished in first ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible ... winner. In the MIT press release regarding the team's 2014 win, 2015

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  million in prizes. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition for students in grades 9–12.     On Wednesday, May 13th, I arrived in Pittsburgh and, as is tradition, invited enrolling MIT 2019s who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  about in my spare time appear in class. It's seeing my favorite manufacturing videos shown in lecture. It's learning the details of fin theory in ... Engineering) a year and a half ago.  The most valuable lesson I've learned in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  in the large washer. Chocolate and peanuts and granola make me groan ... , have coordinated their Problem Sets to be due in almost symmetrical time ... . Challenges come in bursts and send an electrifying signal to the brain. "12

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  in the decision, then probably in something else, if you keep your mind ... , that gives 84 TED talks you can watch in your rapidly diminishing waiting ... thoughts, you'll become more illuminated in 84 topics. That can be useful no

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... treasures at and around MIT and puts them in the limelight. The first hidden

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  There are few things that will make me wake up early in the morning ... introduction--unless of course you've never heard of him, in which case I'll just say that he's basically the rock star of biology: central figure in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... transportation) of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... be meetings in dozens of locales, including New York City, Dallas, San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . In fact, the thinking has already been brewing. As I'm talking to my ... . Because for the first time in our lives perhaps, there is very little ... important and life-changing. Some people even get engaged in college - how

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  in a literary magazine in high school, I knew it was something I want ... tap into the wealth of creative gems embedded in all the scientific ... inclusion in a glossy magazine published annually at the end of the spring

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... helps in the process. Talking with your guidance counselor. We will ... School Report, which does include a letter that they write about you, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011