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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  . What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost fan. Not only does she love the riveting storylines and character development ... , and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and while we consider them all in their context, we need to know some common ... awhile, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next 5 hours or so! Well, not really! But hooray!  Sarcasm aside, I will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them--not

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  So depending on a) what major you are, b) what classes you choose to ... instance, of my tendency to pick HASS classes based on what sounds ... absolutely no common sense about what classes to pick (and apparently due to my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Stonehenge is not in Scotland. Okay, another cop ... were telling you what camera to go to and whatever. Anyway, the '07 was ... .302 and two 21M.2xx subjects Units: 3-0-9 Add to schedule Lecture: MW3

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the ... most we take on here at MIT, it's a easy one to solve. As many of you ... achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  credit goes to Arfa '13. Oh - and a shout-out to Brian '13, who not only ... Hopkins, and UMaryland; it felt nice to meet others who cared as much about ... the "Build Your Own Pizza" app on the Domino's website to order pizza

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy ... entries). Today, Thomas Friedman, an op-ed contributor to the NY Times ... .I.T. students and faculty, and “fact-based analysis,” including a trip to Saudi

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior ... tomorrow. The really great thing about coming to Cambridge is that we’

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  You want to know the hardest part about this job? Entry titles. It's like impossible to think of some clever 4 word phrase to encapsulate your ... of her friends, and their kids (which turned out to be a surprising

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  If you don't go to MIT, when you think about "hacking," you probably ... caffeinated soda and delivery pizza. If you do go to MIT, resourceful rooftop applications might come to mind. And either way, it wouldn't be hard to assume

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  Apprentice. Jennifer Johnson '98 decided not to sign a contract to appear on ... Science and Physics at MIT. After graduation, he took his skills to Microsoft, but has since moved to Las Vegas, where he became a professional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate ... , admissions officer. At the reception, I got to sit next to Julian Wheatley, a ... progressing Mandarin studies, and he pointed me to his new OpenCourseWare 21F

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  applications to fill out. Then, of course, there are regular applications to complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships ... to win some. When I was in my last year of high school, I was pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  for a few seconds, as if to convince me it was real, and not a spark of ... most of my SSPeople in person, but that’s not to say they’re gone. We ... synthetic chemistry. At each campus, 24 to 36 rising high school seniors

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  I like it: 7.013 (Intro to Bio) has been kind enough to assign psets ... .00 (Psych) is filled with cool videos, neat facts, and references to one of ... they're awesome. For 21W.755, I get to write a short story every week

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  get it out of the way and not have to worry about squeezing it in later ... amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one ... pretty hard but found that the material on the test was not that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  there were enough pumpkins to satisfy our objective, and we were not ... utmost duty to take advantage of any fall-related activities that come my ... of leaves (shoutout to the folks who are making these), and trying a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this picture Lisa P. '21 was too busy with 18.03 (?) to pose Jamie A. '21, on

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018