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  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  Last night, I was lying on my mattress somewhere near the precarious ... -seeking, daredevilish, almost-falling-out-of-bed sort of way. I remember vaguely ... as early as 2 AM (!). And then I woke up and it was 7:13 AM on Tuesday

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  So it’s been cold lately. And when I mean cold, I mean like our-room ... -circles-of-hell-on-a-good-day-was-even-cold type of cold. But seriously, I ... this kind of breaks down once it gets below 0, because I kind of like to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  year before that) What should I do now? I recommend spending the next few ... MIT application into your other applications. Should I send in extra ... decisions in mid-March. Should I send in a whole new version of my application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  I know I haven't written anything lately. Portraying MIT feels a bit ... unheard of here. I can think of several people I know who are currently ... 's something I want to convey to you. MIT is not for everyone!! It's not that

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle of the process instead. Most of the comments/questions I received last

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  snowman experience below: (Note: I promise that I have a non-snow related ... .) On Sunday when I heard there was going to be yet another snow storm hitting Boston, I called up my friend Dan '10. "Did you hear about the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  aren't expecting. I plan on doing a bit of that myself actually, so ... our snowballs. After the buckets were full and I'd grabbed my camera (I tried to place myself into the mindset of a war reporter, covering

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  I'm often asked about MIT students going off to law school. For some ... an attorney for McGuireWoods, LLP. And I have two more friends entering law school this fall. So when I saw this article in Technology Review, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  Shuttle/SafeRide Z Center -- the only place in the winter where I've consistently found ... about on your first date Toscanini's -- because I have a free ice cream coupon that I need to use soon Out in Boston Bank of America Pavillion

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at ... glucose levels. I was famished by the end of the talk, but luckily it was lunch time! One chicken sandwich, cookie, and bag of chips later, I found

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this ... resources. I think you'll like these; I know I do. MAKE: It all starts with ... Instructables, I have to mention howstuffworks.com, since it is another favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  ,'' Elizabeth Lozada said. ''I just remember thinking it would be the premier ... about the inevitable goodbye. ''This whole week, I've tried not to think about it,'' the Lake View High School secretary said. ''I told my co

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  crazy things happened yesterday, and I totally blame/credit this whole ... important that I had to wake Mitra up from her nap to tell her. Now, I like to ... , but I'd still like to paraphrase a particularly excellent quote from Voo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  -down version of what alumni receive. I, along with 100,000+ other MIT grads ... -to-date on their classmates' developments. This summer, I was elected to a ... was this weekend. As I was writing it, I realized how interesting my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the New York Stock Exchange (maybe I'll see fellow MIT alum and NYSE CEO John Thain '77). On the bus ride down, I was reading today's New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  On the ides of March, I attended the awards ceremony of the Intel ... ceremony is a black tie event; I was sporting my tux. It's a pretty swank ... , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  regular action, and I'd guess that number will be in that neighborhood again ... action decisions in mid-March. In my experience, I don't find extra formal essays to be particularly helpful or insightful. I generally do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to ... ? Not my favorite version, I must say. The night was otherwise incredibly ... excitement in Boston now is like nothing I've felt before anywhere else. Yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  -to pizza spot for many MIT students. But not me. I am A4's biggest hater, as I believe their pizza defies all known laws of reality. For one, the ... ="This was exactly what happened the first time I had a slice of A4 pizza three

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  Communications and Special Projects — I am doing more writing than ever, but the ... like [annotation note='In fact, now that I think of it, many aspects of working at MIT are like playing Elden Ring. When I started working here 15

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024