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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  William Penn (New Castle. Delaware) College, year, major: Norfolk State University, 1989, BA Sociology (Home of the Spartans!); University of Delaware ... to know that you can't afford a College/University: First you apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  few skills, such as repeating your name, state/country of origin, dorm ... University, he's a great friend, the kind of person that sends me a text in the ... impending degree attached to a bearable four-year timeline. They bridged the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the ... summer at George Washington University, and I shared expenses with my ... note, with some degree of amusement, that in the case of the example I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  Back in March, I typed into our internship database: “california health internship.” Little did I know that this would turn out to be an AMAZING summer. I worked at an…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  . "Distinguish" can mean "win every math award ever offered by the United States of ... school that offers *any* AP classes. Basically, the goal of the admissions ... . Is it very hard to find work with a physics degree? Also, do you kind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  in robotics seemed to demand master’s or PhD degrees. I finally got a ... , wondering if robotics was what I really wanted to do. I got one job offer I ... degrees. I had tried my best to make myself a sort of “senior engineer on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  - and much like their toilet, living in Tokyo offers different type of ... , gothic lolitas...) Public universities are seen as more prestigious than ... United States is viewed by other countries, how tiny and insignificant my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  offerings to feel like they are not going to be strongly considered for ... due to the mixed messages that colleges and universities are sending ... state, etc.)" And we continually ensure that our admissions decisions

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  the US State Department. Anna is another PhD astronomer who decided to ... -and-forth exchanges are much more memorable than one-way spiels. Offer to serve as a ... this point, the Associate Vice President for Research at the University

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  familiar universe previously explainable by reason, science, and Stephen ... and curmudgeonry in our observable universe, I've decided to list off ... /V-Day cards today. This is my intense stare, by the way. Current state: As I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  Hundreds of Facebookers united behind one banner and under several signs last Sunday, coming out to downtown San Francisco to support the annual Pride Parade! We weren't the only techies out there this weekend

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  expiration. Two years ago, Sam and I visited San Francisco, and had a ton of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  've gone as far as San Francisco, CA and have even explored the redwood

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  couple students went out to San Francisco to help the Mythbusters test the

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Biking the bridge I biked across the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito

  

  On Sunday, a coworker and I decided to be tourists in our own city and bike across the Golden Gate bridge. Now granted, full-time residents of San Francisco do this every weekend, but do they do it on bikes they

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I saw fireworks from the freeway… Happy 4th!

  

  (San Francisco, San Diego, Virginia, Minnesota, Los Angeles). I miss

  • by Bryan
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. After some short training on the ground, we climb a tall ladder and stand on a tiny platform, where we get

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  to San Francisco during spring break. It was my first time on the West ... in four different states. Friday in Philly, Monday in New York, Tuesday

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  overrated and I think people should choose a different universe to immerse ... scale from "Not Me" to "Exactly Me." The test also states that ... 're not that interesting to talk about. 2. Offer various unrelated ideas

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020