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  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  and regularly address tens of thousands of prospective MIT students and millions of other people around the world, and Be comfortable with, or ... dot edu) by August 1st. Yes, that is not very far away - but neither is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  , because— eleven days ago Wednesday, September 1st, was the day of the Next ... the summer, and I was going to limit the number of external cycles I ... “compromise” with myself was that I wouldn’t sit as the chair of the REX

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  One of my favorite classes this year is CMS.100 -- Introduction to ... latest book, The Soul of Anime, examines the notion of "collaborative creativity" in the context of Japanese anime production and propagation through

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by [annotation note="I plan ... -the-game was a series of 5 games played over 5 weeks. The first-place winners of ... involved "wits, skill, and the teensiest amount of luck," to quote the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  're done.” Don’t think of all the ways you could have made the application, or the life described in it, better. Think of your wonderful high ... productive high school years, congratulations! Your story is now part of MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  unemployed college freshman."  And the best part of being a prufesssional riter ... famed statistician Nate Silver is one of them. Nate Silver needs no introduction, unless of course you've never heard of him before, in which case I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  placing out of those.) Here was my 1st semester schedule, then I'll tell ... Class of '10: getting super ready and excited for school? I hope you ... !) so here it goes. IТƒфd like to preface this all with the statement of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole) convincing reasons to attend, to me, one of the most important aspects of being here is the world directly outside MIT. The "M," if you will. After graduating, I kind of felt like

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  /Fischer/Weitzner's Foundations of Internet Policy, both also offered this fall). Here's our course ... of the other courses offered in CMS/W & SHASS; in fact, probably ... with Ethan Zuckerman, the Director of the Center for Civic Media

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  offers opportunities for students to live out MIT's motto of "Mens et Manus ... three of us took in the first week of IAP. Joe, who is the Chairman of ... semester. "Okay, where to begin?" was what I was thinking at the start of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  of classes, work, and free time. We got a four-day weekend for Columbus ... my camera. I stepped out of my room the other day and had to traverse a couple of construction projects in front of my door, which happens

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  about the MIT THINK Scholars Program, which I had the privilege of taking part of during my junior year of high school. Now as a college freshman ... 2021 program are open from Nov 1st, 2020 until Jan 1st, 2021. Head over

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Class of 2026, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered early ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 are now ... , but still well above our pre-pandemic baseline of ~9,000 EA applications

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  actual lottery keeps getting delayed, but the actual process of ranking dorms was an experience in and of itself. In trying to figure out who [annotation note="we were allowed to staple with a group of up to eight people

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  annual tradition of the St. Patrick’s Day feast. This year, my ... February 2006. In the Fee Lab, she studies the brains of beautiful little ... of time learning basic lab techniques like how to slice brain tissue

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  . Of all of the hundreds (thousands?) of classes offered at MIT, three of ... Yes, I've read a bunch of books since my last post. No, I didn't feel ... -epiphany where I kind of sort of maybe started thinking about majoring in 2A

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we ... quick summary of what you'll find... Freshman Applications 12,445 Freshman ... % score range of admitted students: SAT Reasoning Test - Critical Reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  redesign/updating of the MIT viewbook, a process that will take almost a year ... "grow up with" the web and it's a (the?) predominant source of the ... you as it might have been for my (pre-internet) generation of college

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your ... students, regardless of citizenship. If admitted to MIT through the Quest
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy admissions” means preferring the children of alumni in the admissions process ... give you money. Advocates of legacy admission, like advocates of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012