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• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  schools may be the smartest applicants of all" http ... importance of attending the "famous schools." This one features our Dean of Admissions: In a kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  before my senior year of college, I wanted to be a doctor. Are these two ... jumped around and had a tour of careers: judge, astronaut, movie star ... was a set of encyclopedias. Then the internet became popular, so HA!) I

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  've collected from across the web (via newsfeeds) about members of the Class of ... a week's worth to follow. At the conclusion of this series, I plan to answer all of the questions you've left in the comments.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  a copy of our correspondence: Do you believe what students put on the ... simply because of an internet profile? Do you think it is fair for that to happen? I have heard of other schools using information found online to

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The town of Nice was originally a Greek settlement named after Nike, the god of victory. So, according to the German work calendar, Thursday was "Fronleichnam," or the feast of Corpus Christi. Then

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply ... of state laws. Back in TX, if you were in the top 10 percent of your

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Meets The OC Be sure to watch the April 6 episode!

  

  Oh, so good. Joanne witnessed the convergence of two of her loves a ... : Ben From: Monica Subject: MIT and one of your favorite shows... Hello ... received an inquiry this week that (as an occasional reader of your blog

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  " event. I probably called fifty or more people, though many of those calls ... was pretty fun, and there was a lot of free pizza and stuff to drink ... composition due in nine hours that has me adopting the identity of someone

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  the 13th, fate decided to rain upon Sam and me loads of good luck last ... tour of Columbus Circle a jaunt into the Time-Warner Center (where we ran ... ] the menu of the most expensive restaurant in New York City -- good thing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  decisions and dealing with the mail mixup. But it's been one of my better ... morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I ... of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Another post from Marilee A note from Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  "Whaaat? The letters were postmarked when?" by Marilee Jones, Dean of Admissions at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The decisions are in the mail They're on their way...

  

  The postman departs with the last of the decision letters, at 1:52pm EST.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The sky is falling! Either a huge cottonball just exploded or it's snowing.

  

  And so it begins. The first snow of the term has arrived. Kresge in the snow! Later that cold October evening, the snow turned into rain.

  • by Bryan
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we flew in from Texas, we now have the beginnings of a competition routine ... bodies. One of our flyers, Ami '06, looks like a leopard because she has so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back ... the new application season for the Class of 2010. My first Admissions ... will include a brief recap of my time in Asia, a Questions Omnibus, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  Nicole R. asked: "What have been some of your favorite classes at MIT ... ?" Good question! First part first. Some of my favorite classes at MIT, from a variety of departments, have been... 9.00 Intro to Psychology (Fall

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to see some of my friends celebrate the completion of four successful years

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  the annual conference of the New England Association for College ... . Hundreds of guidance counselors and admissions officers from across the northeast arrive for the NEACAC conference. In the first session of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Feedback

  

  For those of you who attended: How was it? What was your favorite part? What would you tell those who couldn't attend?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math ... Bridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of ... letter of recommendation, we strongly recommend asking one of your math or