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  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  : "My school does not offer classes in the social sciences. In the "Social ... as they are in the name box. Is it okay if I put the university they ... currently attending high school in India. My school does not offer AP or IB

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  't fit in the other me, the one who had trouble getting both in and out of ... still wouldn't get me out of bed in the morning or stop me from engaging in the popular “who’s more hosed” game. And then senior year came. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  university with many more offerings than just science and engineering, and that ... we do in admissions, and what we can do to improve our process. One ... -provoking conference. Thursday through Sunday, I was in St. Louis for the annual

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  most recognized rings in the world but also pretty much the single item with which every MIT student hopes to graduate (aside from a diploma, of ... the 2013 MIT Brass Rat: :) What up, '13s! Do you see the "13" in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  learnt them in England, from British people.) These words are among the ... “the other Cambridge” *mysterious music ensues* Yes, Cambridge in ... ”, “Harry-Potter-style city”, a world-famous university with 61 Nobel

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  case, universities) subsidize something that they are offering for free ... So in my previous entry, I talked about how the Medlinks were providing free flu shots in the student center. WELL it turns out my suitemate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  interested in engineering, Berea offers a 3-2 dual-degree engineering program ... ; Lawrence University: Lawrence University in Wisconsin, about 100 miles from ... today is that there are many great universities in the US for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  classic mythology. Athena offers the globe in her hand, illustrating both ... brass plated in the MIT Lab for Metallurgy. Just kidding! ('ll be here all week, bah dam ching!) But, in all seriousness, the Ring Committee really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles ... come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... were unable to offer admission were also really great students and people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  't have a diploma for you. do you even go here?" Or maybe in a little over ... lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want ... (ART) in Cambridge. Teller of Penn & Teller (a famous magician duo

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  that we are not offering you admission to MIT in the Department of Urban ... appreciate your interest in MIT and sincerely hope that you may be able to ... 've probably gotten in to some other schools! So what'll it be for me next year

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  you visit. Increasingly, you get more and more offers for help in your ... watching the '13 college results this year. In one of my very first blogs on ... try to identify the MATCH in the people I meet here at MIT - it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  , Incorporated was founded on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY by ... organized on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC during the 1907 ... community. In fact, the first sorority ever founded at MIT was the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  , rectangular. Instead of drowning in camera-armed Chinese tourists you should ... , all Stanford students. There are no clouds in the sky. Ever. The statues of people do, in fact, look like people, and were created by famous

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  There comes a time in everyone's MIT experience, from the application ... moment occurs as soon as you arrive on campus. Or in the middle of your ... once. I had this moment most recently while sitting in my 18

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  MISTI's eleven country programs offer internships in every MIT ... Universities in Israel and abroad as well as with research labs of industrial ... fields among our students, however, is Computer Science. In the summer of

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  Boston. Yes, MIT is actually in "Cambridge." MIT Toe Socks – Yank off ... Villain Swivel Chair – In case you use your degree from MIT to become an ... the Beaver Diploma Frame – Somebody decided to sacrifice their rational

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  International Olympiad in Informatics. The International Olympiad in Informatics ... students. Like its counterparts in math (IMO), physics (IPhO), chemistry (ICh ... in a kind of academic olympics. At IOI 2015, 322 students from 83

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had ... !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much ... community is. So many people were involved in this initiative: those who

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  fall visit to a college or university that you are interested in ... cell phone providers offer the plans an coverage in that area; eat a meal ... of services do you offer students in making the transition from HS to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006