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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  completed several math courses at the University of North Carolina Wilmington ... universe," said Merritt Boyd Meet Merritt Boyd, the smartest student at North ... The MIT Class of 2013 has officially arrived! With this day upon us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that ... graduation day. We’d open our diploma folders, read our degrees, and be like ... and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  at MIT for only two and a half years of my life, compared to the ... offer you my congratulations. Welcome to the most stressful four years of ... craziness of the semester is already over, that I have completed my finals and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  . "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill - This is the kind of song that ... still have four glorious days of summer break left, so I will continue to ... Company of Thieves - This is the kind of song that you enthusiastically sing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  undergraduate mathematics competition in North America. Of the top 5 students ... , and the opportunity to study math for a year at the University of ... , Civil & Environmental Engineering). Twenty of the top 75 competitors

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  of supplies to send to the rescuers at Ground Zero: socks, contact ... but pandemic tissue hoarding during North Carolina’s "pollening" was a ... quite a few of those back in early April. At one point I crawled into bed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  of recent papers from ACL and related groups at other institutions, and ... a stack of papers to read in my sleeping bag at night ... married at the end of June, and I still didn't have a tie, and hadn

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  ,' aka MIT alumni attending their 50th reunion, are guests of honor at ...   livestream of the graduation ceremonies     Today occasions the 151st Commencement of the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  -American teenagers in Lowell, Massachusetts (about 30 miles north of Boston, it's home ... School in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago), but it was a lot more ... Mira Nair came to speak last year and kind of offered my friend a role in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  to complete the requirements for both degrees at the end of five years ... MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree ... and Logistics). I was one of the student representatives of DUSP at the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  is 221 feet at a 75-degree angle. It reaches speeds of 77 miles per ... looked at that first drop, I felt genuinely scared of a coaster for the ... before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  surprised - and interested - at some of the comments (each of the paragraphs ... computer science, and a grad-level class in medieval French lit at U of L ... good teachers, and my school offered a lot of them, so I took them

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  . The scholarship must be used at an accredited institute of learning. For ... Talent Development is offering high achieving young people across the ... accompanied by a $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 scholarship in recognition of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  just take a ceiling tile down at Random instead of having to lie on your ... three days felt like the longest three days of my life. My total sleep ... lot. My adrenaline was at an all-time high, fueled by the Institue

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  about the Division of Student Life (DSL) at MIT? Essentially DSL promotes ... offices at MIT are. Among them is @MITStudents, an account maintained by Kellen Manning, Communications Coordinator for MIT's Division of Student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• 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.

  

  Government Relations Liaison at the American Institute of Physics. With her, we ... My name is Anna Ho, and I am a student at – No, no. That’s not the ... am a student at MIT majoring in physics. Ugh, I sound like a robot

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

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Square, Coolidge Corner, Beacon Hill, the North End, just to name a few ... Name:Jenny Rifken Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois High school: Larkin High

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  Cage, 8:30-9:30 PM. Friday -- Tour of my UROP lab, meeting at Lobby 7, 1 ... were getting a master's degree by the end of your undergrad studies and ... evolution and ecology and plants, none of which I've taken courses in at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  fireworks. Usually we sit up on a hill in the middle of an 18th ... ship at the exact place that I was watching the 4th of July parade almost ... first -- the Star Market just north of campus (behind Random Hall) sells

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  version of something that will eventually be posted as official content on ... ball rolling a bit, I hope. MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students, and these students are successful and vibrant members of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006