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  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for ... underrepresented group in American universities is low income students) Trivia. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  came to mind when the topic was broached were of the insanity shown in ... swept away in the process that was rush -- attempting to figure out if ... 'welcome to MIT' freshmen experience, began on Saturday. Today, Denzil Sikka

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  147 classes have graduated from MIT in its history; today, the Class ... prefrosh to unbelievably intelligent and compassionate adults. Most of my ... graduating today as well before heading to different corners of the planet to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  (a) they're pretty much the same person so their banter is fun to watch ... revealed.) So the three of us had lunch today. Allow me to share an example ... you are. He: Prove it. She: You stopped kissing me the other day to say

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  in Stockholm, Sweden will begin to award this year's Nobel Prizes ... pick to win a Nobel Prize this year? Vote Now on Facebook The "nominees ... a reasonable predictor of winners). Here they are, in alphabetical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the ... instead of a suitcase. On our to-do list so far, we have 1. Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles (thanks, Bryan!) 2. Biking in Santa Monica

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  . We'll be working throughout the week, making decisions and preparing to ... in the snow in Killian Court. This year, it was a completely different story. If President Hockfield and Casey were playing in Killian today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  . Some friends from MIT, UC Berkeley, and NYU took care of waiting in line ... for the Straight Guy performed in the show... and since I was seated in ... pretty late, but this weekend I hope to see Avenue Q with a certain

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  There's no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. There's no ... .5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal ... covered more ground in one science discipline or another, or you may have
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering ... out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and ... 2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed ... traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive. As in past years, hundreds of students applied, and we only had space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT Media Lab, which is great for me because it gives me an excuse to go visit ... -controlled set in a "disembodied performance" that integrates with and enhances the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control ... !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians ... before spring break. I'm super stressed. I don't know what is going on in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  MIT account, you can call the CPW hotline (617.258.6085) to register via ... . Simply click on the "Registration" link in the CPW portlet - if you see ... to a few students who didn't register using one of the recommended

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  Cambridge edge (Cambredge?) of the Charles River. To the east of my dorm are some fraternities, and then Baker, former home of Matt '00. To our west ... residents do In-house library Here's the Porter Room, a common space large

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  -- held its 2006 Forum last Thursday, and my friend Veena '06 invited me to ... . Ho was named Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1996, and was the recipient of a Presidential Medal in 2001." I will post photographs of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  Band Party Plus. Each year, they host a big concert in their dining hall ... Sleepwalkers My freshman year, the headlining band was Piebald. They went on to ... . Another big concert coming in April will be Cake and unnamed opening act

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  and guests from 2:30 to 4pm on Thursday (May 12th) at Majerle's Grill. Majerle's has been named the "best lunch spot" in downtown Phoenix, and we are excited to provide their yummy lunch for the ISEF finalists and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2,822 applications

  

  So, after two entries that seemed to relax people a bit, I do need to ... was also reported that we plan to take fewer students this year during the early action round than we did last year. In 2003 we admitted 438

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004