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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  motivations. Fun fact about yourself: I flew a jet (alongside a pilot) for about 30 minutes - and I landed it too.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne (Jo-Jo) Chang '03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  I finished finals yesterday (Tuesday), so now I am pretty much done with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and scary thought. Here are some photographs from Ring Delivery, last

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  I've gotten a few search engine hits for "MIT ISEF Luncheon," so for those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of ... Assistant Director of Admissions Matt McGann. I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  I'm still reeling a bit from the last thread, I must admit. Let me say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give that power to someone else. Don't give it to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  international selection. It was extremely difficult, but I'm very excited ... had a quick item about stress and the college admissions process... I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get ... you're not planning on doing architecture at MIT, I still encourage you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  Congratulations to the Random Hall dormitory team ("Physical Plant") for winning this year's Mystery Hunt! I really enjoyed the hunt, and our ... ? The honor and privilege of writing Mystery Hunt 2006. I hope to see you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  international students.   I've been promising a post about international ... either: (SAT I OR ACT) AND (2 SAT IIs: 1 math and 1 science) OR (TOEFL) AND ... /250/600. * I get lots of questions along the lines of, "In my country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  reasonable fraction of the 600+ events to attend? I was definitely one of the more anxious pre-frosh two years ago, so I figured it might be helpful to post a Mini-Guide to KAPOW for your final hours of prep. And if I miss

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  of tables and chairs. ...challenge accepted. Daniel and I put our ... Chinatown. First stop: buy some fish. I walked up to a very nice hairdresser ... : ? Me: Um...skate? Man: ? Daniel pulled out his iPhone and looked up the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  the mechanic replied, "Because I didn't have the idea." After leaving ... him his iPod, and then we were serenaded with Akon's "Beautiful" by a fourteen-year-old Haitian kid. Which is probably one of the top ten things I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  The floor on which I live, Conner 2, has a large TV. A large broken ... them. One particularly interesting mailing list is called "Reuse." I ... ). While most students are on Reuse, I suspect that most of the actual

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  very outdated website here: It's almost exactly one year old! I get a ... works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... , I will again describe how housing works. After being admitted and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  I believe in quantum physics now. The past few weeks have changed the way I look at the world. Experiment after experiment has confirmed that quantum phenomena, as absurd as they seem, are real. And for once, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... trampolines, and the wind was trying to eat us. It felt so very college :D I won’t bore you with the details, even though it was AMAZING and I feel

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  I've stopped listening to Jenny's cozy destress vibes playlist while [annotation note="bloggers: i'm looking at your spotify wrapped and taking in ... and i'm pathologizing them too. and creating narratives

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake ... Great Concavity and I need to mask outdoors as well as indoors today my ... I posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  are not offering admission, then I want to remind you success is not ... ), then [annotation note="Last week I met up with a student we denied four ... and realize it all worked out okay.[/annotation] I’m closing comments

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023