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  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  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 ... , and vice versa. The same goes for any combination of universities: MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  school at Georgetown, the University of Virginia, the University of ... Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... the benefit of the doubt. Eric (MIT Class of 2009) helped out first by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost ... University of Pennsylvania: "Not wanting to break stride is the American way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  Dear reader: It's time that I confess one of the most soul-wrenching facts of the blogging profession. (Pardon me, did I just call it a profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  universities are in the area. Take advantage of it. French House Sports I'm the ... moral: there is more to MIT than earning your degree. Without further ado ... of the cultural houses within New House (the others are German House

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  , "undesignated" sort of means "same degree, fewer classes" -- many people, for ... offers and picked the other guy. After all, most of the professors are ... In my last entry, Jonathan Foley asked an interesting set of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  and technological research and development also offers a wide range of ... tournament in four years. "A lot of people don't know it, but they offer more ... ' Loughlin of the Cambridge University Ward (Student Single), Cambridge

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  -and-a-half, but no less than two purposes for existence, both of which are exciting ... the dregs of October, I've finally decided that today is the momentous ... lot of nothing whisked me into the Boston theater district yesterday at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  the degree to which the cliches and tropes of college essays had ... Gotera of the University of Northern Iowa, which was my guide to writing my ... Science program at the University of Okoboji because as long as I can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  that offers recent alumni a six-month-runway of funding and advising post ... One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... , and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test ... .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last ... before the exam. (Despite the fact that I was always sort of afraid that a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  this in part to Rush, in part to a slightly larger-than-usual number of ... ) but also what you didn't. I knew, of course, that MIT students got to ... 't have any way of knowing what it meant for me, or what it would come to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  opportunities offered." *Source of BNCT Picture: URL: http://www.cdic.bnl.gov/bio_bnct.htm* ... Most universities aim to attract well-rounded individuals with varied interests and sophomore Jugal Shah is living proof of MIT's success. Jugal is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  at Santa Clara University. Most of the reason I'm abandoning the east ... Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers ... . Since graduation, I’ve been pursuing the slow boat of academic science — I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous ... of the World Bank. President of the United States. And who did you get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  . Even more fortunately, MIT offers a wide variety of courses ... of people periodically have brilliant ideas which they then go over in ... and intricacies of a satisfying plot. Unfortunately, not all of these

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... top choices with notes of praise and hints of acceptance letters and ... student's essay or some other aspect of the application. The short answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is NEET?

   School of Engineering. The program aims to educate young engineers to build ... personal and interpersonal skills. Students will get an SB degree from the department they will be majoring in and a NEET Certificate in one of these
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  degree of proficiency once they're here. Personally, I'm not really all ... The ADD recap of my Christmas break: Ohio. California. Maine. I am ... Swapna '05, at least I had internet cafes. To all of you on dialup, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically ... . The conference is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Thursday to Sunday. (UPMUNC = University of Pennsylvania Model

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007