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• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  So the title is pretty obvious, I'm modeling this entry after Sam's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I started applying to college. I went into the whole process knowing that I

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  blog comments about it in the last month, so I figured it was a hot topic and that you'd appreciate the update. All I can say is that we're trying ... the obvious need for exhaustive testing and the nature of the admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The melody of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "I Don't Know How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of ... remarked that it was amazing that two composers could come up with the exact

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  11,231 Applications

  

  Today's issue of MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, accurately ... (this number will probably change slightly by the time we get to selection committee). While the article (as Ben has pointed out) contains a number of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... call the "Nance Effect" a home of sorts, thank you for your continued ... The Nance Effect has become a true on-line community. What does that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to help with a project applying sociable robots to the real-world problem of ... this UROP position include integrating a wireless pedometer into the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received ... more on MIT AIAA, check this out. Photos from the event to follow.

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom ... the coolest bridge ever? I'm not Course 1 (Civil and Environmental Engineering) but this picture made me envious of everyone who is. The bridge is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  It's been a nightmare of a weekend. We are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference, with limited internet access, and the MyMIT server decided to make life interesting for us. Fortunately the primary tech folks

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  pictures of my desk at off hours of the night or of the trail I traverse early evenings throughout the Infinite Corridor as I head to different office hours, but I promise you I, like the rest of the students at MIT

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  share with you today's email. It is very reminiscient of the letters I would write back in the days of old at WJ Bryan. To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Dear Mommy, Today the circus came to school. They

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  kickoff that started in Kresge. The real fun started at about 5 pm on Sunday afternoon with the annual East vs. West water war. The past two ... . Some highlights of the event: - spaghetti wrestling - a human hamster

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  After questions about homeschooling, one of the most frequent ... . Often, phone calls about this to the Office will be routed to me, since I ... a younger age is not the right course for most students, for a select

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  other people on 5th East doing the same thing, so we sat under the red ... about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... out their dance party. They are the proud home of the famed Disco Dance

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  With 5 days until the May 2 postmark deadline, is anyone still making ... you considering? Leave your thoughts in the comments... For those of you on the wait list, we won't know if we'll be going to the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past ... at MIT, including the Latke versus Hamentashen Debate [editorial comment: where's the debate? Latkes are clearly superior!] and another Nobel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  a selection committee meeting: it was the first day of international selection. The applicants we saw today were all fantastic, which makes ... conclude selection of the international class. Relatedly, I had a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received lots of calls today, with many references to my blog. Below are the FAQs. Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection

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

  Selection Day 3

  

  Selection can be pretty mentally taxing, so luckily the days tend to ... one of the breaks today, Stu, Amy, Mari and I headed over to the Student ... ). Several minutes later, another half dozen or so folks from the Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won