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  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14/19, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  this now to make sure everything works for you. Strange things happen to ... saturday but you're just a tiny baby who hasn't verified and it doesn't work ... mailing address. But please, be nice to our office Grant, and don't email

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  In 1965, Jocelyn Bell arrived at Cambridge University to earn her Ph.D. Two years later, she found herself working with four other people to ... post is NOT, in fact, about aliens: Bell's "noise" turned out to mark the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  Believe it or not, this is not a post about how the bloggers are ... fees. Admittedly, when four classes, an advising seminar, work ... commencement address for the Class of 2008, as well as a response in the opinions

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  not to sign a contract to appear on MTV's The Real World: Boston (season ... : Craig Forest just received his PhD from MIT in Course 2, he works in the BioInstrumentation Lab (where I work for the summer and Melis works

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the wait list work? We are aiming for a class of about ... a spot on the wait list. Not all of those students will choose to ... , because it's not ranked. We will reconsider all of the waitlisted

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about ... applicants a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to ... , because it's not ranked. We will reconsider all of the waitlisted

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  , Spain or Germany is. "Getting a six-figure contract overseas is not going ... , but Bartolotta could not get over the stereotype of an M.I.T. student ... to, he works his tail off. If Jimmy is a genius, he’s the hardest-working

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  hard work, collaboration, and fun. All were elements of Tayo ... . “The best part was my model projecting Volaris’ earnings for ... channels. “Turns out there is enormous earning potential from DCC at

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  Math, and classes you might not expect, such as How to Plan and Execute ... , small bags of stuff that do a lot of work to keep us alive. We are ... thought the peas looked coolest. The frozen corn was not very exciting for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  students here. The article also addresses the different kinds of gap years: Gap years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  everything you've been dying to ask our head honcho to elizabizzle at mit dot edu. Not going to lie, folks. Being an admissions blogger is the bomb-dot ... 's okay to go off the well-planned path (though not exactly in the way Jenny

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  students here. The article also addresses the different kinds of gap years: Gap years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  MIT e-mail address, not my Gmail address!" No worries recently accepted ... Rat. The second, an MIT e-mail address. There's just something about ... just downright cool about having an @mit.edu address. Now, while I don

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  bids for the very lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will ... elephant. He is wise, patient, strong, hard working, and like all those who ... North America and instantly chose the beaver. The beaver not only typifies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  Comm next solicits bids for the very lucrative ring contract: 90% of all ... working, and like all those who graduate from Tech, has a good tough hide ... beaver. The beaver not only typifies the Tech [student], but his habits are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  address the topic in a proper way. First, some questions. Is Physics major popular at MIT or not? Yes? No? What do you think of when you think ... , there are 22 majors. it's not as popular as say, course 6, which is home

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  have led me to a different perspective. It's not all cranky tradition on ... other. Students do not apply directly to the university, but rather to ... work out as many problems as possible that are assigned by the lecturers

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  It's June! Which means of course you're not interested in the graduating seniors, or Hank Green's commencement address, or all the cool ... questioned about coming into MIT is absolutely not all what I should have been

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  ’ve chosen to pursue that awe. Some of these include MINCE, others do not ... gravity, a first principle to found my life upon. I’m not sure when it ... intentional, kind, intelligent, and raucously funny. Though Kenny does not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  Boston (#37), but I have yet to earn my pirate's license (#64). I recently ... students worked it on the runway: With a team of over a hundred Theta ... work to make the events run as smoothly as they did. But if anything, my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011