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  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  Linux on a potato. But last night in Next House, a very different kind of ... ) I was immediately accepted as a full comrade of NALGIS with all rights ... taken by me. In other news, I still have no idea what is going on with the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  major in Biological Engineering: The Massachusetts Institute of ... Today's tie: blue/gray/slate-colored. I worked with Amy and a student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  time for simple demonstrations of course content in real life. More ... results: In fall 2012, only 10% of the students in the traditional ... %. Three years later, 56% of the students in the blended version of the class

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Hello everyone! So should I introduce myself or talk about the 2009 Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... ... the coveted 50 pixel avatar of an Admissions Blogger. Sure you won't be

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  Here at MIT, with our large population of international and immigrant students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  Technology chapter of the Theta Tau fraternity are in campus-police custody ... spider-legged unit was found struggling in a closet at MIT's School of ... place in what officials called one of the worst cases of binge

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  So I'm currently at NACAC in New Orleans. I'll post more about the ... months, in the hope of generating some kind of useful conversation here in ... has changed over the years. When I joined Facebook, in 2005, there were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How much is the application fee?

  available for both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices ... negative impact on your chances of admission.
• FAQ / First-year application

  May high school juniors apply?

  a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of information on our site about what to do in high school that you'll find helpful
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  people you're in awe of, people you follow on Twitter, people you hold as ... cookies, but in the end, most of the people are there for the cool kids: the ... really cool and there is a special place in my heart for CubeSats because I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  , professors describing the goal of the MIT education as to "combine, in perhaps ... time of great uncertainty and even existential danger. I hope, and ... Earlier today, I got an email from Kenny Friedman '17, who took my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  : Discovered that genes are encoded in discontinuous segments of DNA and are ... awry in certain cancers; Uncovered critical aspects of lymphocyte ... conference in Thailand focused on a range of global health issues, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative ... of higher learning in France, the Cambridge students are using Internet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  Back in March, I typed into our internship database: "california ... and Korean) Also, aside from working, I also had plenty of time (9 weekends!) to explore the Bay Area. I made a list of all the tourist

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Four ... series of small companies and start-ups in the D-FW area." Mr. Chang was ... in East Plano. Mr. Chang said these kinds of accomplishments landed him

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  Meet Edmund Jones, a member of the Admissions Office staff (and Sam's freshman year advisor) I ran into him yesterday in Lobby 7, snapped this ... finger board. I got it on ebay from a really nice guy in Spendora Texas

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2012. We received ... blogger committee - composed of communications staff and some senior bloggers - reviewed all of these applications. We laughed. We cried. We got

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  Students admitted regular action have a whole bunch of new stuff on their MyMIT portal today, including: Class of 2010 Guestbook. Sign in ... the schedule so you can find out when the meeting in your area is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized ... . Speaking of which... 2. Prepare Your Friends I had a close friend who also ... . This presented a bit of a problem when I had no wifi access and wouldn

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014