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  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in ... of Women Engineers would like to invite local high school students to participate in the exciting annual engineering competition, BeaverDash. Beaver

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial aid news & more MIT announces costs & aid for the 2007-2008 school year.

  

  need-based financial aid. In 2006-2007, 23 percent of undergraduates pay ... noted. Earlier today, I had a chance to (briefly) visit the kind folks in ... of their financial aid materials in a timely manner) should receive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted in EA

  

  , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible and impressive students. For those of you who fall into this ... and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process.

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  in the student protest (although, cheekily, the "schedule of events" listing in that day's special issue of The Tech said: "2 pm - There will not ... Concert. Here is a somewhat complete list of the history of MIT Spring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  administrators) dressed up. Walking around campus, I spotted a member of the USS ... To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a special treat (or perhaps a trick) near the Great Dome. I saw the hack

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  cultures pieces of tissue in situ. Bryan has been working on two aspects of ... taking advantage of his time here at MIT. He also participates in the ... average Research & Development cost of one drug is around $850 million

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  (which you can probably guess at by the title of this post). We are ... ’S FRIDAY NIGHT NOW SO YOU CAN’T TURN IN YOUR NEW FORMS UNTILL MONDAY MORNING = A WHOLE 2 DAYS OF WAITING IN LIMBO ~2 days pass~ Step 17: Go yet

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  My high school didn’t have the broadest range of athletic options, so I've always been excited about finding new rec’ stuff to try out in ... : DODGEBALL! --- It might be kind of pathetic that I’ve never played dodgeball

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  a reasonable predictor of winners). Here they are, in alphabetical ... in Stockholm, Sweden will begin to award this year's Nobel Prizes ... this year, just for fun, I'm doing a poll.  Which MIT professor is your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to look into this; I have no idea why it's happening. Selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science ... ), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which emphasizes advanced theory and research in mathematics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  At approximately 4:30pm today, we did something we haven't done in 4 ... admit. It was extremely difficult! I had thought we were done with tough ... waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  the name of the country in each group from which MIT received the most freshman applications this past year in bold. Group A: Costa Rica, Ecuador ... The World Cup Challenge was a lot of fun! No one got a perfect score

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  or so, right up until we mail decision letters in the middle of March ... year. It's another strong applicant class. The reading of domestic (US ... action) for the MIT Class of 2009! Selection committee will continue for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’ve Been Staring At The Edge of The {Charles River} 'long as I can remember, never really knowing why

  

  , where I long to be... Okay I'm done now. I've taken way too many photos of ... .... I wish I could be the perfect [beaver] But I come back to the water, no matter how hard I try Every [test] I take, every [pset] I [crack

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2018
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  in front of the large steps in front of Simmons. 2:30 PM - 5:45 PM ... . (This event will occur in the second half of SimFEST) 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ... while having some fun! (This event will occur in the second half of Sim

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  of (in good spirit)/ talk directly to specific people from the audience ... wing in Next House, we heard two of our friends from our wing laughing ... . (The first part of our day that made it a happy day wasn’t at MIT, but it

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  [annotation note="bloggers: i'm looking at your spotify wrapped and taking in ... , [annotation note='I suggest you go practice logging in there now, so that you ... rule that I know of, babies —  God damn it, you've got to be kind

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  realized we started reading the MIT blogs when we were still in the thick of ... great things about it in her "Russian Moms of Miami" facebook group and it ... spoke up in math class.  A couple weeks of speaking out in class, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  Band Party Plus. Each year, they host a big concert in their dining hall where they have a bunch of bands come bring down the house at the lovely cost of $0 for all the students. This year's lineup included: Chicken

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006