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  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  was always my favorite aspect of high school physics and nothing has ... Two weeks of class have already flown by. Problem sets are perpetual ... begun working towards my degree has settled in. This semester, I took 54

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  . We're hoping that lots of other schools will begin blog programs so ... every school that interests you. Some of you have written to ask about ... some of you guys. I have mixed feelings about recruitment travel - I like

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  school, and about careers in science. He gave me a lot of good advice about ... Last day of lab Friday was my last day at my UROP lab after three years of research. I cried. Thankfully, I didn't cry until after I got

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  Pro Tem Stanley Rosenberg Superintendent of Cambridge Public Schools ... Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Under Dr. Hockfield’s leadership, MIT ... them virtually via the webcast of President Obama's speech. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  school, Java counts as Math credit, but I was wondering if the lack of ... . Just make sure that you designate MIT as a school recipient, and note on ... ! Some of these go back pretty far, but better late than never

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  photo shoot time. The girls were from a spectrum of schools and ... and white clothes from famous designers and a long row of shoes. None ... the night before, or knowing that you will be spending the rest of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  ! And so, after three beautiful years of Ring Premiere blog entries, I'm proud to be blogging the debut of this year's Brass Rat to the rest of the world. (I kind of do feel like this is sort of a blogging rite of passage

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  . =================================== In high school, I spent a lot of time playing music. I was playing my ... school and for the last 3 semesters here). In terms of school, I’m a course ... remember when I was a prefrosh (in 2008...ouch), I dreamed of one day being

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  . Also, for most high school subjects there’s a lot of information ... outside information to help you. Of course high school can still be very ... school makes all the students here very uncomfortable--many of us were

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  January test, you must list MIT as a school to receive your scores. And, of ... . These high schools are not included in the College Board list of CEEB ... to review all of these choices in the high school list from China

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  a Course 20 degree, only one of them is, strictly speaking, Course 20 ... provides all students with a common core of foundational scientific knowledge ... exciting Course 20 classes! ...well, sort of. I say "sort of" because

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  why I loved it so much here. CPW has been designed with the students in mind but there are a lot of activities planned for parents too. Obviously ... suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  MIT's Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones (our rockin' leader) is in the ... : Easing Stress of Getting In Looking at colleges with her daughter was often painful, Marilee Jones recalls. Not because of anything her daughter Nora

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  MIT Class of 2017!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... the fairest treatment of waitlisted students. If you need more time: If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  one of the school dances. And don’t forget to make it to prom. Take lots ... schools, met with students and parents, and just spread the good word about ... between. My trip was a lot of fun! I saw the Pacific Ocean…… ….got lost

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  One of my five classes this term is sponsored by RATP, the metropolitan transit authority of Paris. It's a graduate design workshop in the School of Architecture and Planning's Mobile Experience lab, and I might

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  ). I took a lot of AP classes in high school. In fact, I took 14 of them ... schools. Incidentally, when I Googled my name the first page of results ... because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  ’ve also gone as part of a class trip for 21M.601, Drawing for Designers. I ... CPW! I did my fair share of fly-ins when I was in high school and always appreciated my hosts who gave me a better idea of the school, so I really enjoy

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  the semester just started, but it hardly feels like school's really ... snow days in the last week, which meant lots of indoors time. it's kind of nice, really: mario kart in the lounge outside, teasing the hall

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  some days, I feel like nearly an entire high school semester's worth of ... Meet Dennis Hopper. That was a portrait taken of him by Charles Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016