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  First Post A little about myself.

  Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. I’m so glad you’re joining ... terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  Admissions: In a kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better ... class--which in turn raised the quality of the whole experience on campus ... , my interviewer was pretty surprised at the range of colleges that I was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 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!

  

  Obama's speech in person this afternoon in Kresge Auditorium, you can join ... can watch a live webcast of the speech here: MIT President Obama Live ... chemist with expertise in the fields of biomaterials, bio

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  . This is all chronicled in my favorite Tech article of all time ... Science, and Applied Biological Sciences", existed in the MIT Course ... graduate student lost all contact with the department. Starting in the Fall

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  , bad shot in the middle of firing. And I tried to breathe, and remember ... announced. I didn't win. Not by far; I was third in our class of five. Our ... in order to shoot a pellet; another part of safety was to keep your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  culture of their residence halls. In the '90s and early '00s, these were ... As a part of MIT's unconventional housing assignment process, the Class of 2023 has been spending their summer deciding where to live with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  251 talks – avery a new podcast that comes out every week

  

  about MIT in general. most of the people i talk to will be people on my hall, but today i'm talking with my friend Avery N. '19, who lives in ... of [annotation note="a wonderful acapella group that i'm a part of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  until all of my grades were in, and I'm still waiting for two of them (out of five). But I'm less nervous about my grades this term than I have been in many others, so it feels more or less over. I'm in Louisville

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand style by throwing a "get out of the cold" party in South Beach the weekend ... .5 million gallon pool). "O" was one of the most fantastic things I have ever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U ... ="attachment_45467" align="alignnone" width="535"] Jo M. 'GRT comfy in the back of a U ... partake in the fun and joy of carrying an organ back home. Become empty

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  courtyard. Home. I’ve been in quarantine ever since, waiting for the end of ... water fountain.[/annotation]In spite of it all, the sense hasn’t faded. I ... -campus living in the fall that there would be a lot of restrictions. Things will

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman ... different parts of your application. On your MyMIT site, you will find the ... ), within a couple days of registering. You should contact your EC as soon as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  recommendations for the interview, which I think are pretty good: Review the ways in ... application and what you can tell us in the essays. Think about why you are ... Admissions, the interview is an important part of the process. The interviews

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  ) or crayons though, but with chalk. I blogged about some of the awesome ... living in Simmons! So here are some more pictures of awesome chalk murals ... , spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  some photos of the magic that I worked in my room. First, some before ... else has been going on in my life? You know, school and stuff. While I'm slowly making my way through descriptions of classes, I might as well talk

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  , I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to ... break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept December testing for Regular Action?

  You can report all tests taken through the end of December for Regular Action consideration. We will also accept English language ... submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  From reading your applications, I know that many of you would be very ... creation in the fields of Science, Mathematics, Technology, Music, Literature ... 's research, outlined in her project "Characterization of the Secreted Aspartic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Should Go To Canada In which Kayla E. '15 and I took a spontaneous adventure to the great land…

  

  later, we hopped in her car with bags full of clothes and went on an adventure to Montreal in the great land of Canada. Neither of us had been to ... like "I am cat" and don't care about anything in the world. Anyway, we

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring ... lot more things to consider than I addressed in these few panels.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014