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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  assigned as a cook. Stationed at Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Helena for four ... years, he had been a constant familiar face at the house for visiting ... , talking about two people at MIT who had touched many lives. I entitled the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  , I registered for my last class at MIT. Actually, I registered for two ... qualifying exams), became a vegetarian, and started training for triathlons. Aside from that, I still live at ZBT as the resident advisor (GRT in

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  Tonight was the kickoff event for the Class of 2007 Senior Gift campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50 ... as the theme for the Class of 2000 through the Class of 2005: The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  for another dinner afterwards at one of my favorite restaurants ... interviews. Finish interview at 2:05 PM and head to airport for 3:55 flight. I ... . No theme song this morning. POWERPREP Time. Leave for testing center at

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a ... initially concerned at that MIT would not have enough humanities for me, not ... Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  ; you're only here for two class days. When you're at MIT, you'll have ... time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... well-matched host for the weekend. Tonight, we had a meeting with the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  : Physics C- Mech: 5 Physics C- E/M: 5 I...am at a loss for words. I have ... various programs you can download for Windows. (There are tabs at the top of ... the mail. After an awesome day at work (the exclusive camp we were going

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  for hours, staring at the ceiling, contemplating whether or not life has ... team for all their love and care for my book; and everyone at MIT who has ... Hi! I disappeared from the blogs for the past few months, oops. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  ’s all relative! At MIT, I lived in Next House for my first two years and ... -PhD.) For those of you who are "new" to the blogs, I graduated in June 2008 ... (Course 2A). After spending a summer traveling with friends and working at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  process, which is quite a bit different at the grad level than at the ... rejections don't seem to fit a pattern -- one person was accepted at School A but rejected at School B, while another person has a completely opposite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  conference hosted at The Hague. I'm a fellow at the National Center for ... , which was pioneered by the Center for Civic Media at the Media Lab. I ... at nerd camp for the rest of the week. After that, I'll be back in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  Academy for elementary school. I got better at English and learned how to ... for the evening. In fourth grade she signed me up for a free class at El ... everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  callback I got was for a position running web communications at MIT ... . That something is match. We talk a lot about match here at MIT ... to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  Published: October 1, 2009 At M.I.T., from left, Paul Baranay, Jess Kim and Chris Mills write blogs for its admissions site. Mark Wilson for The New York Times CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cristen Chinea, a senior at M.I.T., made a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... education at MIT and beyond, showcased at the FoL Learning Expo. You can read ... be astounded by the opportunities in education at MIT. The Institute is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  large as 30 skaters to compete for a spot at the Intercollegiate National ... performances and bring back the title for MIT. This past weekend, I competed at ... keep at it for one more year. I can't imagine skating without life at MIT

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  opportunity for endless study at MIT? Because I've always taken the hardest path ... is "opportunity for endless study at MIT," and that "MIT's work is only ... also made the time for myself to do one at Wellesley (or invent a time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  major for my first ~2 years at MIT, so I didn't take it freshman spring ... plan, at the start of my junior year, I  scheduled 6.0002 for senior fall ... for the spring semester may have been wildly derailed, but at least I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was ... mailing lists that only see use for a semester, others that get used for a year or more, and still others that are used for four or more years. Many

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  at my recitation for 5.12 (organic chemistry), where I spent an hour ... Brooklyn named Abi (if you're reading this, hi Abi!). After a quick stop at ... that up with another recitation, this time for 18.03 (differential

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008