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• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  similar talk those I've given at Maker Faires in the past, but new to the ... slightly outdated) version of Marty's talk on the same topic at last year ... I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  at 40% of responding American universities). I understand the concerns ... fundamental technologies, launched new industries and created millions of ... for residents of certain countries. This past weekend, a group of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn ... to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The year starts with 1,100 studious new freshmen who are ready to experience

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  no way a judgment of you as a student or as a person," everyone at MIT ... everyone here at MIT. When we say we wish we could have offered you admission...we mean it. To all of you waiting to hear back from other universities

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  blogs: "Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times" Robert ... " come from the Thomson Reuters list of Citation Laureates (which has been a reasonable predictor of winners). Here they are, in alphabetical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  specifically. However, many of MIT's larger departments offer courses and other ... movement is to get a UROP at one of the many laboratories conducting nanotech ... piconewtons of force!). Professor. Angela Belcher's research group sits at the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  sorts of other things, and it was really enjoyable talking to him. At the ... the intern orientation at the beginning of the summer because it was ... projects. And here I am on a plane. I haven’t been back to New York since

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  Western Massachusetts, along with wide swaths of Vermont, New Hampshire, New ... , which featured winds and pressures (975 mb) characteristic of a Category 2 ... areas of Western Massachusetts. This kind of snow, which is unusually

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of ... computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  to talk about things that they write at the bottom of lists. In ... selection of friends at some random time in the middle of the night and ask ... they were doing. The result would be a mosaic of diverse happenings at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  around, but mostly useless. At the beginning of the year, MIT offers ... '13ers for the ceaseless rounds of free food that will be slung at them ... not universally feasible on campus. In four of the twelve dorms

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  rest of my IAPs at MIT. There are actually quite a few options in terms ... program associated with the University of Grenoble. It sounds really fun ... !). It was literally lifechanging. It was my first time out of the country

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  , engineering, or another field of study at MIT. This major includes a three ... media, ranging from New York Times stories to Twitter feeds. Provides ... taking a course load of nearly all writing classes, four or five at a time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  -year applicant regardless of how many units of study you may have taken at the university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of ... -level courses while in high school apply for first-year admission at MIT. If you
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  at the forces affecting the development of cities around the world. If accepted, I will be travelling with a group of about 30 students to Detroit ... . At the beginning of my sophomore year, however, I decided I did want to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  New York Times), on international education and admissions, and on ... buckets of mail, plus all of the online application pieces. It's pretty ... MIT portal, be patient. We still have a lot of application pieces to enter and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  matriculate as a full student for a year at Cambridge University in Cambridge ... , being at an academic institution with over 800 years of tradition gives ... ) completely into their new university. From what I've seen, this is an unique

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

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  6 from A Musical Offering. Now, since I kind of suck at piano, I'm one ... you'll go to an information session at an ivy league university, or ... arts or history or any of that lame-o stuff. Well, today I woke up at 8

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  Bravo at MIT, so this evening I watched Battle of the Network Reality ... course, I turned down a job as head literary critic for the New York Times ... depressing read, although Foer does find several new (to me) ways of expressing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  New York City! Michigan My first stop is Southeast Michigan - the place ... . The next day, we slept in, and went to a late brunch at one of my ... New Hampshire, has some of the most beautiful foliage in the Fall

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008