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• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education ... some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that ... 7 spent less than $1 million and 8 spent nothing. "For a nation, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the ... Storm, an M.I.T.-trained scientist who specializes in genetic research ... add to this list! What am I missing?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  , which seems just so MIT to me: ''Whenever I see a problem, I become curious," Acemoglu said. ''I love research, and it's just so hard to give

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  Having received my MIT degree in Management Science, I'm still on the mailing list of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association, or (SUMA). I often get some interesting notices over the list, and thought I'd share

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  It may have been snowing outside, but inside, it's raining applications. Unfortunately, I missed another classic IAP event last night: the ... questions, too. I hope to answer many of those questions soon, but today I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  stellar students to whom we are not offering admission, then I want to ... this Pi Day and realize it all worked out okay.⁠ I’m closing comments on ... enroll next fall, please make it a better place. I know you can. I hope you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  many stellar students to whom we are not offering admission, then I want ... this Pi Day and realize it all worked out okay.⁠ I’m closing comments on ... enroll next fall, please make it a better place. I know you can. I hope you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  're interested, I've also talked a bit in the past about what the sorority ... us spend so much time hanging out at our respective sorority houses, I was thinking that I’d take you all on a tour of a few of them! Alpha Phi

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  As a person who hails from a land devoid of seasons, I consider it my ... way. Amongst other things, I’ve been taking pictures of the changing ... sillier. Today, I present to you: Operation Pumpkin. Objective: Transport

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , then I want to remind you success is not always a straight line. Your ... back on this Pi Day and realize it all worked out okay.⁠ I’m closing ... matter where you enroll next fall, please make it a better place. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  are not offering admission, then all I can remind you is that success is ... all worked out okay. I’m closing comments on this blog post to ... a better place. I know you can. I hope you will.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  Today, I emailed the remaining candidates who have been waiting ... to admit any students from our wait list this year. I am writing this ... those who learned this unhappy news today, I want to express my thanks for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  testing requirements here. I’m happy to announce our decision to ... thrive and succeed at MIT.   I took the subject tests. Can I submit ... means. And last, but certainly not least: I know we are making this

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  not offering admissions, then all I can remind you is that success is ... all worked out okay. I’m closing comments on this blog post to ... a better place. I know you can. I hope you will.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , then all I can remind you is that success is not always a straight line ... back on this Pi Day and realize it all worked out okay. I’m closing ... you enroll next fall, please make it a better place. I know you can. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  is redesigning admissions and SFS. Elizabeth and I were both on the ... we were careful. Thank you, all!   I'm excited that ... I'm pretty happy with it.  What does this mean for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  a reasonable fraction of the 700+ events to attend? I was definitely one of the more anxious pre-frosh two years ago, so I figured it might ... . And if I miss something, feel free to ask additional questions in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  C-Sail Jack Florey really went Captain Jack on this one.

  

  This might look like a regular old picture of the Stata Center on a cloudy morning...but wait, there's more. Do you see what I see? Take a closer look at that sail! Looks to me like a sail with a C on it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  's the only one you will ever have. I believe in you. Good luck.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  powers for good.   Today, I'm attending Defiance, a conference ... watch the webcast here. I'm probably not going to formally liveblog the talk, but I'll link to one if it arises, and in the meantime, I'll update

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017