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  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  effort, managed by M.I.T. students, that has 25 college teams around the ... parts or designs. I thought writing for my college newspaper was cool

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  College Women Competition. At Oxford, Melis will do the M.Sc. in integrated ... when she was among 32 college students from across the country, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  's been a student there. College admissions is all about the "match" and ... from your classmates (common advice you might hear from college

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  The Ultimate Showdown The Laptop vs. The Desktop So you're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a ... college with both a laptop and a desktop, but my first laptop was a tad old

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  , it's more than a job. It's hard not to get attached. This college ... in your life. In the end, wherever you ended up for college, you were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  diversity is to 'relax the standards'. I can't speak for other Colleges ... received other great offers of admissions from very good colleges. So you too

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  topics: Advice on the college interview (Mitra) Advice on the application ... college, so be proud of who you are and what you have done. No matter what

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  decision deadlines for many colleges, including MIT, are fast approaching, so college apps are likely still an irksome item on your mind. I'm in Southern

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like something of a college preparatory nature occurs multiple times per week. For

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  School College: University of Michigan, 1995, English Language and ... : Calvin and Hobbes Advice about applying to college/MIT: There's no one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  as a local college fair last evening. At the college fair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  . Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self ... points are Sallie Mae's College Answer and FastWeb. Unfortunately, many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply complete and submit the QuestBridge Match application. If you’re named a ... to the College Match Scholarship.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  a birthday formal hall at our college (Emmanuel). This is one of those ... . Usually there are college Fellows present who dine at the head table. This ... realized I should maybe explain about the college system at Cambridge because

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  powerhouse Bemidji State U, Boston-area business college Babson, and the City College of New York. Just curious wrote, "This has probably already been ... health are big issues on every college campus. If you are concerned about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  -30 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chill on the first few nights. To reiterate, it was m-i-n-u-s t-h-i-r-t-y d-e-g-r-e-e-s F

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  Scholarships to cover students who enroll in Chinese universities for degree or non-degree programs. I'll be enrolling at Peking University, and as the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  coding we managed to get our gyro (which drifts 5 degrees) accurate to within .1 degrees. That made it a very useful tool. By three in the morning

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008