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  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  School at the Art Institute of Indianapolis at this afternoon reception in ... to the class of 2018. If there’s an event in your area, you should ... attended in the Bay Area of California in the spring after I was admitted to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  Institute back then.[/annotation]   Getting into MacG in the fall of ... I asked in a rambly 10-minute-long video tour of my MacGregor single ... is a qualified lightly"]lightly[/annotation] annotated version of his

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  doubled over that time, and many of our peer institutions have seen a ... Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the IvyPlus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of

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

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice ... Summer Admissions Institute since Sunday. It starts at 8AM with breakfast ... (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  vague memories of him making and offering me cookies but I am rude and I ... ’s raining gently, so I am marooned on a bench under the roof of the laundry ... . Cory is reading a book (I think it was One Hundred Years of Solitude). I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• 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 / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  ). This fall will be the start of my senior year at the Institute (!!!!). I ... I first thought of giving this blog the fitting title of “My First ... this grand experience, I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• 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 / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  technology. Through recognition of architecture as a liberal discipline, the ... I’m perched on the top step of the super-architected Stata amphitheater, a little blinded by the brightness of sun and snow. In searching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• 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 / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  the Year of the Dog. The celebration featured my favorite dog and admissions mascot, Evie Cummings. This initial photoshopping of Evie spawned ... 's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  of technology, so it's not, "Can we make it bigger, faster, stronger ... huge fan of joy's work ever since i read her blog post on inclusive ... had the distinct privilege of chatting with her last week and we had a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  Name: Jonathan Lii Hometown: Manhasset, NY Degrees and Minor: 18 and ... where we calculated the probability of holding poker hands and other ... sorts of crazy artifacts in his office and visiting him is always a treat

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  procrastinate and let you know how my summer turned out. Did most of my diet consist of Doritos? Will the effects of eating so many Doritos have a long ... bake dozens and dozens of cookies? The scintillating answer to those

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  old applications, which got me down to the Institute Archives, looking ... next year, they won't; every year, we sort of reassess the questions ... on. You can think of essay questions as instruments which elicit a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  As promised, I come bearing more pictures, Some of these are courtesy of Hanna, Dorota, and Jake, all fellow frosh. Here are some from the ... lounge Some of the Haus frosh hanging out in one of our suites: In the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  : school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... freshman year due to a lack of motivation…or something. But I don’t think it ... review” of the semester – which means everybody presents their design

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010