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• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  of 42.6 degrees for said aardvark, where is the banana and why is that ... at some of some of the blogging highlights of Ben's 4 years (and 194 ... explain poetry using calculus. It would take the human component out of it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  price of the same amount that MITechnology students pay for their degrees ... here follow the path of least resistance and attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the most normal and infamous school under the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  the very best MIT has to offer. I highly recommend reading the profile of transfer student Ian McKay featured on the MIT homepage today. It ... applicants. While the selection process has not completed, we anticipate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  originally wanted to take the undergrad version of this class, but last ... the graduate version would definitely be offered, I took the class on Jr ... My grades for the semester so far: This should keep me motivated

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT prefer public school or private school?

  every type of school: public, private, religious, charter, and home school. We understand that high schools have different offerings and families ... through that context and admit those students who are the best matched with
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What support is available for LBGTQ students?

  students. MIT and its surrounding communities offer a broad array of ... Hernandez '14, wrote a guest blog, Think Pink 2011, about finding the right ... campaign has a great list of resources available to students as well.
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year ... colleges, the U.S. military, international universities, and other non-traditional pathways. You should choose an institution that will offer rigorous academic
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  During our Independent Activities Period (IAP), essentially most of January -- the intermediate period between winter break and the spring semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  double the colors of the rainbow. In a class that I was in today, a ... slightly, her calendar almost resembles the pointillist works of Seurat ... I'll remember to look at (like on the wall, or in my pocket most of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  Finally seeing the light at the end of the EA tunnel! Here are the ... of MIT if the rest of your application is stellar ... rather at the end of your freshman year. They know that it would be

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  offer the good at a price of P=0. It's a weird kind of subsidy, but it ... . Read on, grasshopper. Here's a simple derivation of the private demand ... proportion of people in the population who have the vaccine, each individual

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

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  what the last few weeks have been like for us. Best of luck to you all ... Hi all, I am here in the office preparing the blogs for the post-decision-release onslaught of comments. It's eerily quiet, which is both nice and unsettling at

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  The hell of fall semester is finally over and I have resurfaced from ... estimate, but honestly, I'm sort of over the free t-shirt craze. This is ... wardrobe and this has not changed for the past two years. You get tired of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is campus safe?

  well-being of the entire MIT community. "The MIT Police mission is to deliver total quality service to all the members of our community. We focus ... offers shuttles day and late into the night around campus in Cambridge and
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  be the end of my formal education, but here I am applying to graduate ... based off of the numbers you listed on your application because that ... 's really not the end of the world. You probably don't want to believe me as I

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  This all starts with a minister by the name of William Archibald ... from the first sentence of the introduction, where Obama is noted as the 44th President of the United States and Beyonce is identified as an

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of the only hub of activity for miles, I waited. I was crouched, poised ... coordinated a flanking attack of the enemy. They fought valiantly to repel our ... decisively took out the last enemy unit. The whistle blew. "The score of the

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  One of my favorite things about MIT might also be the most obvious ... lot of intercollegiate events throughout the year that MIT students and ... of MIT and Wellesley students attending the cultural night. I really

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT ... Thursday and the last day of classes was the Thursday before, so I had a week ... my brain went to mush when I think I'd attempted my fourth read of the

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007