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• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  this institution and the work of admissions has meant to me, is too ... school and marathon training to dispense with the doomed ambition and just break it up into chunks, with this one being narratively unstructured and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  commute and be on time to work the next morning!!"]much more practiced in talking through my thoughts and feelings on the fly (and on mic) in the past ... the itch to write. And when Celena C '12 said that she was going to vlog

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of ... 're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first ... in area 05:32 AM CDT on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 By NICO PLACINO / The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  mind, and that you may need to focus on other things, or be temporarily ... : Focus on taking care of yourself, your family, your community, and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process because of
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I ... found my attention drifting away from their words and towards the glinting ... my right, and the pleasant breeze that blew all around me, harassing my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  returned each email and assured the authors that we were on the same side ... 'm not famous for being a rockstar. :-) First, the "rockstar" bit. We had ... comments in the previous entry - so hysterical and creative. Reading that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  , I’ve been taking my vitamins. And I’m on my third carton of orange ... to be ridiculously sick on several major holidays throughout my life ... , plus MIT being about 11 on my buddy Mohs' scale plus Sailing practice

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent a glorious 2 extra hours on the tracks, right outside of New Haven. I ... Boston skyline (complete with a Duck Tour boat!) And this pumpkin has the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  -whose-temperature-usually-hovers-somewhere-between-the-sixth-and-seventh ... joking around and whatnot, and I’m all “hey, wouldn’t it be awesome to make a drowning snowman in the moat?” And we laugh, agree that it would

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  can be understaffed. 2. Find OH a few days before the pset is due and ... 's extremely easy to justify missing but it can be really useful and relevant for psets and test. Often times attendance won't be taken but the material

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  499 students a place on the waiting list. Decisions (and, for admitted ... , and will be online at https://decisions.mit.edu shortly. As Ben has ... ask you to please be civil and kind in your comments in today's entries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  memories and stories, the same way that a certain song can conjure up ... instant rush of novelty that consumerism thrives on. And hey, I’m not ... cards, we enjoyed free food, refreshments, and music. At the Worn Wear

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  the question, "What's the typical MIT student like?" and then they have ... 's five sororities, and they held a raffle there. About halfway through the awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  the nice part was that it only had 1200 miles on it, and it still had ... So this past Saturday, I set out on the open road with some of my ... house they're rehab-ing and paint new clapboards for the house. Given my

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  about the current weather and the sudden drop in temperature from last ... here and, moreover, I did not have the appropriate attire to gauge the ... ! And lots of them! So, as you now know, I am from Colorado and the area

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  perspective on this question, we can turn to the one and only Matt Mc ... great examples--and for students as anxious about the outcome of their ... the great style and culture I see at MIT. Did any of you find other

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  were deferred, and I expect those students to be competitive during the ... defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  -Nehisi's spark-making June cover story, The Case for Reparations, and Roxane Gay ... ordered me, over and over. It's the same thing David Carr said to me a year ... asked him, please, to tell me how to be a writer, the good kind, a serious

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  -13 minutes prior to that, so be on the lookout. Good luck, pre-congrats to ... building something awesome. Don't spend it flaming people on the Internet ... Every year it happens and every year there is sadness. Please don

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a ... . Hastings commended the search committee, chaired by Professor and MIT ... and the rest of the administration have in me," he told the MIT News

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008