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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  't really done any laundry or things of the sort, so I had to rush. Fortunately, none of the banks I went to seemed to have Euros so I had to take ... . Actually, a total of 18 of me and my friends ended up making the sojourn

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  ? Preparing for the influx of summer visitors. Beginning in a few weeks, crowds ... 'll move the information sessions out of the admissions reception area and ... to you, is one of my favorite parts of the year. Developing new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  adapting to climate change require an understanding of both the Earth system ... institutional behavior. Many of the best jobs held by leaders in the field, will combine scientific understanding of the earth’s systems with engineering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (five terms) of college may not be eligible because of our residency requirements. If you have been enrolled in college
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... ), and it's one of the true ones. Looking around just my floor, I see Vicki ... trips to caves on the weekends. As another example, there are loads of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those ... off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college they ... until we are fully satisfied with the class. For those of you who were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of MIT's a cappella groups. Towwards the end of the concert, Lee-Kai '07 ... ? "Army" by Ben Folds Five Great job, Jen '07! Jen is the president of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  were made at the Cambridge headquarters of NECCO (the New England ... finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... smell the entire stroll. Actually, Cambridge was once the center of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  rice to get the consistency you see in risotto) 1/3 can of beef stock (in ... can see that most of the water has been absorbed into the rice (takes ... into the process, a lot of water will come out from the mushrooms that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things ... Red Sox Favorite movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sneakers, The ... Name: Matt McGann Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  preference between any of the tests. You should take whichever math test best suits you, and the science test of whichever science course you are taking ... Admissions web sites of all of the schools that you are considering to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can ... which an institution offers you glory, but at the cost of sacrificing ... long stretch of road that connects many of the sleepy and dusty rural

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  , and it reminded me of the good times at MIT. Well, in Honduras, but ... took in the Fall of 2007 about Development. It's also known as D-Lab I ... the big picture of Development and more on Design; every group of four

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  great care and thoroughness that they deserve. On behalf of the entire ... Illimani. This is certainly one of the exciting things about college that you ... of them are going on to college. Add to that an increase in the number

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2009 Within the next few days, we plan to make waitlist offers to complete the Class…

  

  students from the waitlist. As such, it isn't ethical to keep all of those people on the waitlist at this point, so we will notify hundreds of ... the best of luck at the college they've chosen. We also will keep some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the remaining games with such an intense group of students from around the world ... Here at MIT, with our large population of international and immigrant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  Hospital for the meeting, thanks to one of our Educational Counselors who ... of two meetings the office held yesterday, the other being Stu ... moment of silence for the 9/11 victims as well as the Katrina victims. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Your Mystery Hunt puzzle of the day: Dead and Gone I finished up ... film, Monkey Dance, is a documentary about the lives of three Cambodian ... School in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago), but it was a lot more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  of the recent tragic killings of African American people across the United States – including the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery (Glynn County, GA ... Associate Dean and Director of the MIT Office of Minority Education Di

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020