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  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  materials, so why don't I see them in my portal yet? Due to tremendous volume ... your application in any way.  What if I can’t get my financial aid ... that you receive. What if I don’t see my CSS Profile or FAFSA in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I'm doing for spring break. I'm going to Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark with three friends. We're going way north in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... , and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June, Julie finished her masters degree at the Media Lab in the Playful Systems

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  ? There's a feeling that goes something like "ugh, if only I'd taken more classes in previous terms I could have graduated by now!" But I am not ... together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  It's been nearly two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline, and I ... at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the " ... time in the last eight years that we have not been able to go to our wait

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  Wikipedia, is when: On several days each year, the sun sets in alignment with ... Newgrange and Maeshowe in that the sunlight passes through the mass of the ... is also the site of other activities, which, in that MIT way, manage to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a ... UROP. I work in the BioInstrumentation Lab and I’m trying to write up the ... Given that it’s the day before Campus Preview Weekend and I have two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... was first announced. In her first speech to the community, she said "I

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  Arts] If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college, you may be surprised by the wide range and high quality ... students who are interested in MIT's faculty-led ensembles such as the MIT

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  really cool and there is a special place in my heart for CubeSats because I ... -and-coming celebrities; for example, today I met Planet Labs, a start-up in San Francisco ... keep firmly in mind as I go through my four years (+grad school, possibly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  . I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at once. I still haven't even read all of them. Which is my loss, really. Maybe someday I will. With over 2,500 blog entries, you might think that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  -Chairs --- Feel free to drop a comment if you’ll be partaking in these events, I ... Hi prospective students! I’m writing to tell you about two events ... students interested in MIT and all the science and engineering that happens

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  ! While I'm excited for the summer, with a continuation of my January internship at the BNSF Railway in Texas, I'll also be missing some of the great ... system. (I introduced this to you sometime in February.) Our effort is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  , and although I'll [annotation note = "I really don't know how the COVID ... Is Love?   Burton 3rd My floor! I've talked about it in great ... I'm a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  ...all in hopes that they'll apply to our school. We wait in anticipation to see the applications roll in. Students enter into the application ... , learn about their lives, fall in love with many, but can only choose a few

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I'm here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs. Hamentashen debate. In essence, take a bunch of MIT professors and hundreds of ... . I'm going to try to semi-flow this debate, keeping you updated on all

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  know how many times I got recognized during that weekend? Zero. Once ... 's "Can I play in the Simmons ball pit????" (Yes, my dorm has a ball pit. Yes, I play in it during the year.) b) Ry and Dad are fans of Diners

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which ... professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School) and Nick Patterson (the first author) was published in this week's issue of the journal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  ; tool = working. "I'm gonna be tooling in Hayden tonight."  2. n ... your urop (see definition 1). “Sorry, I would, but I’ve gotta do my urop.” 4. v working in a urop. “This summer I’m uroping in an EAPS lab

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  baby seals for fur. "I really started becoming active in middle school ... nice things that I do," she said. Ramanan wasted no time in submitting a ... , but she has accomplished more in her 17 years than many people do in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006