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  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive pool of applicants in Early ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action ... students shortly, to help you manage those complicated feelings. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ides of March Among other things, I now have the power to kill Macbeth.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chicken Tikka Masala was actually invented in Great Britain. I know you're all probably still recovering from your raucous Pi Day celebrations, but I'd like you to join me in celebrating the birth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch ... paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in ... major in Biological Engineering: The Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  the world.” To achieve this ideal, MIT provided admissions pamphlets in ... weekend.     The purpose of this homepage is to reaffirm MIT ... the introduction: MIT accepted its first international student in 1866

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action ... deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in Regular Action. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring ... lot more things to consider than I addressed in these few panels.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  : -- <3! (full credit to whoever built these!) -- P.S. I'm currently scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this ... some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first photo comes to us from freshman Arya '10, an international student from Iran. This photo was taken from Arya's 15th floor room in the dormitory

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  Pending recovery from my illness, in a few hours, I will board a bus to head here to watch this movie in IMAX. I'm a "little" excited. Diana boarding the "Knight Bus" (ie the Big Yellow Bus) with her ticket

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did an MIT grad start Khan Academy?

  , started the online learning phenomenon in 1993 when he started tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in math over the internet. By the end of 2006, more ... fund analyst to start Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you ... green cards are considered to have non-U.S. citizen/non-U.S. permanent
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab

  

  'll meet and get to know our future host, Cynthia F. '18, as well as learn a ... around the idea of an audio thing for awhile, and decided to give it a shot ... guestblogger. Kellen works with MIT students to run the @MITStudents accounts on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  students design and manufacturing hands on and culminates in the annual 2.007 Robot Competiton where 32 finalists from 153 entrees compete in various ... was inspired by the American Revolution. The competing robots had to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon ... 't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external hard drive today (which has saved my life more than once, invest in one

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  in California. * The first mass demonstration against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. * Sub Pop Records, a Seattle record label known ... Weigel's two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American Mathematical Society Journal, with a link to the article below). Seriously, she ... Could Lie Tangent To Your Curves!" with 42,000 members, everybody loves a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF ... 'll be at ISEF 2007 in Albuquerque, I hope to see you there! ... in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007