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Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?
I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012 ... For the MIT class of 2012 Gender Male 54% Female 46% Ethnicity & -
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Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!
Speaking of deadlines coming up really soon, the blogging scholarship ends the 28th at midnight PST. So if you’ve been waiting to vote, or you’ve been waiting to tell your… -
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The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.
MIT '11s? Here's the Class of 2011 Profile: Incoming Freshman Class Profile for the MIT Class of 2011 Gender Male 54% Female 46% Ethnicity -
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Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.
ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.
at MIT. Sam's Mom and I are headed back for Boston tomorrow morning ... MIT guest in Harrisburg, an 800-pound butter sculpture, and, of course -
Blog / Admissions
Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.
waiting for my early action decision from MIT… *cue psychedelic time-traveling music and hand waving.* MIT was my top choice and applying early action ... assumption that if I didn’t get into MIT then I’d worry about the other ones -
Blog / Events
Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!
Yes, it’s been a while since my last entry…much has happened. I am now the ripe age of 20 years old, after a weekend of birthday celebrations in New York… -
Blog / Events
Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events
I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can’t wait to meet all the new ’10s. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been… -
Blog / About Decisions
Selection? They're selecting the earlies...
think about anything but applications. :-) My application period for MIT ... about nothing but MIT for a while. Hang in there and feel free to weigh in -
Blog / MISTI
Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.
long lines of students. MIT students do not pass up free food. So apparently, every hour today, MISTI which stands for MIT International Science -
Blog / Admissions
Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?
Occasionally I’ll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what’s going on in the scene. Often I don’t even know what’s… -
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RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)
Yesterday's tie was red, and my subcommittee was McGregor (also MIT '00) and a current student (from the Middle East). Aside from some ... Castle (one of 13 Indian restaurants within a mile of MIT, according to -
Blog / MIT Life
moving out i'm leaving for a bit
It will be a while before I return to MIT. Following in the footsteps of many other admissions bloggers, I'm withdrawing from MIT ... : ask-allan [at] mit [dot] edu -
Blog / Academics & Research
aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop
,000 [aquaporins] per square micron.” which is kind of vague (what do you mean, up ... ,000 number That’s half the terms I want. This is going well. 1:37 am ... sheets? 1:57 am: This is the sixth paper that tells me -
Blog / Personal Travel
A day without rain + pictures of yosemite
what is a home-grown, born and bred, red-blooded American hick. It ... , there is none. For the first month and a half I was here I did not see a ... short time) which is some 5 miles away. Someone asked me recently how I -
Blog / Classes
rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated
The semester is over and I didn't go home for winter break because I ... winter still astonishes me. Okay, the air is spicy and the sky darkens much ... how "black box" some of it was. Maybe this is how I feel about computer -
FAQ / First-year application
What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?
humanities, social science, or language teacher. Additionally, a letter is ... Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get ... do to help us (and you) is make explicit in their letters any -
Blog / About Decisions
All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait
. Right now, it can feel like the most important thing in the world is what ... truth is that there are uncountably many factors that go into a decision ... mattered. Embracing the unknown is always hard. But it's good to practice -
Blog / Personal Projects
Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing
to me, which is my usual style. I definitely couldn't keep this up all ... :) Les voilà! (Lisa's is first, then I alternated them; also, she likes ... , water, and debris pool in the dips and valleys. The wind is still now