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A number of student deaths in the late 1990s and early 2000s resulted in considerable media attention to MIT's culture and student life. [68] After the alcohol-related death of Scott Krueger in September 1997 as a new member at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, MIT began requiring all freshmen to live in the dormitory system. [ 69 ]
This year 9,553 students applied to Harvard College under the early action program, and 722 were accepted. Xinhua News Agency - Getty Images
Early action (EA) is a type of early admission process offered by some institutions for admission to colleges and universities in the United States.Unlike the regular admissions process, EA usually requires students to submit an application by mid-October or early November of their senior year of high school instead of January 1.
MIT's central and east campus from above the Harvard Bridge. Left of center is the Great Dome over Killian Court, with the Stata Center behind. MIT's Building 10 and Great Dome overlooking Killian Court. MIT's 166-acre (67.2 ha) campus in the city of Cambridge spans approximately a mile along the north side of the Charles River basin. [6]
The school opened up a time capsule 942 years before its intended opening date. ... was found during construction of a new MIT building. ... elementary school unearthed one 55 years early. It had ...
MIT administrators said the statistics are the result of the Supreme Court's decision last year to ban affirmative action, a practice that many selective U.S. colleges and universities used for ...
MIT Presidents No. Term Name Term starts Term ends 1 1: William Barton Rogers: 1862 1870 2 2: John Daniel Runkle: 1870 1878 – 3 William Barton Rogers 1879 1881 3 4: Francis Amasa Walker: 1881 1897 4 5: James Crafts: 1897 1900 5 6: Henry Smith Pritchett: 1900 1907 acting: Arthur Amos Noyes: 1907 1909 6 7: Richard Cockburn Maclaurin: 1909 1920 ...
Residents of MIT's Simmons Hall collaborated to make a smiley face on the building's facade, December 8, 2002. Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are practical jokes and pranks meant to prominently demonstrate technical aptitude and cleverness, and/or to commemorate popular culture and historical topics.