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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  Mehta, The University of the Future: Lessons from a 2600 Year History ... universities were destroyed in 12th century AD, few records of them remained ... when, in fact, the history of universities spans through three vastly

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  university. This list can be of great use to all international students who ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  . Will the admissions office regard my TOEFL results instead of the SAT I ... Bachelors degree from your university, we will not be able to consider you (we ... process and selectivity of MIT with University of Cambridge. Is it possible

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  of year again for my favorite seasonal meme: The holiday season is a time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to ... bunch of science-y books and shirts that say “Future Scientist” and “(e

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  Our fabulous Records Office team has processed all of the mail we ... along another copy. There are still many more weeks of reading to be done ... another copy of the evaluation form, you can get a PDF from the tracking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most ... 's the one of the most selective colleges in the US. I know applicants have ... applicants who love MIT and show high passion, how does MIT choose? Of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  , from this one pizza shop in New York Dr. Langer was particularly fond of ... distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level ... amount of passion, creativity, and pure intelligence that suffuse all of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  retake the GIR! D’s get degrees! Feeling refreshed at the start of the ... .  Over the weekend, I graduated with honors with a master of science degree ... I did not graduate on time. At first, I thought, I'm not one of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  the degree I will be awarded: A Bachelor's of Science in Engineering as ... TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  Just this morning I was reading the New York Times on line and ... . I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25 ... laws of physics." This is untrue. Chuck Norris can change the laws of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  I visited CMU this weekend! This is pretty long, so here's a table of ... surface Cause underneath I could tell No, I couldn't, I couldn't tell One of ... with a big group with lots of people I was close friends with. This visit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  Zev B. ‘08 thought they tasted fake, and prefers the sour versions of ... The berry of the West African Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit ... .42 kilodaltons of carbohydrate, 21.2 kilodaltons of protein) binds to the sweetness

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  's campus. But lo and behold, yesterday I received my diploma. This won't be a ... am: Ah, the bond of the brass rat: At 9:45ish, we began to leave ... first three years of college (and currently my next door neighbor): Many

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  Surgical Sciences Masters degree? Now you get it online from one of the best ... enroll into a university of 190,000 learners from all over the world, at ... , Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea from the University of Edinburgh and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Landier of the Stern School of Business at New York University went beyond ... conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which discussed just that kind of research from MIT. The first article, about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and ... learning exactly how their graphs are derived, and probably plenty of formulas. At MIT, you would get a more condensed summary of this theory, but

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  ) after decisions r mailed out..." Of course! Here goes, catching up on your ... from all of the Ivy League admissions offices, and I can tell you that all of these schools look at admissions somewhat differently. Above all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• FAQ / Testing

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  MIT's code for SAT is 3514 MIT's code for ACT is 1858 MIT's code for TOEFL is D021
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• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 99 degrees is 99 degrees. End of ... ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 108 degrees is 108 degrees. End of ... Even as I write this I am en-route from the border town of El Paso

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006