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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne ... serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving ... consultant in the medical technology and pharmaceutical industries. Tonight and

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

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the ... achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  . When reading, I'm most likely to be listening to a specific album -- the ... . But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to provide the first 10 base 16, since hex is the way to go. 0x0. Lonestar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and many domestic (non-international) students reside outside the US. Beyond ... need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT ... MIT students participate in the UROP program at MIT. Many of them will
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  Finally seeing the light at the end of the EA tunnel! Here are the ... science olympiad, etc., even though the applicant is from a region where ... perspective. (a) yes (b) yes (c) depends on the circumstances (d) now

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  Scatterred throughout the years are probably dozens of blog entries which begin with my eternal apologies for their lateness, and the fact that I haven't blogged in "forever." (The earlier back you look, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  By Robert Kapaku ‘12 We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the ... While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... members of the MIT Marching Band and MIT’s vocal groups. As it turns

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me ... years ago, while in the early months of it, I kept being asked why I was ... .  FYI: I gapped during the COVID-19 year (June 2020 - August 2021), so my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  write a mere sentence for months on the blogs. This makes the 6-month hiatus my longest dry streak here… oops. I’m making the New York Knicks’ drought look good out here. The lack of writing was complicated… it was not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  It's time for another Questions Omnibus, where I answer the questions that you've asked in the comments... Thanks, in part, to the transition to the new site, and my travels around the country for the office, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  As it gets colder and colder in Boston, things are heating up on the court and in the pool as MIT Winter sports continue to ramp up. Here are four student-athletes, from the Swimming, Diving, Squash, and Men

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  the musical we’re currently listening to, Ghost Quartet, starts, and it's also how most of our conversations for the past two weeks have started ... Quartet because it’s the musical we are currently obsessing over, not even

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  Well, are you rural? You might have heard about the STARS College ... from a rural or small town?". This is an iteration of one of the most ... admission process?" While I know the ideal answer to the question above is

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  Oh boy, it's finally here! Everyone's favorite time of the year that we've all been awaiting anxiously for so long... The fall final exam period at MIT! wait... that's not quite right... Uhh, the weekend before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of activity reminds me of the mental motions to solving a math or programming problem, where often formulating the challenge is the easy part, but getting

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  time here thus far. So far on the blogs, I have written about two of them: the MIT Monologues and a class I developed and taught: 18.S190. I plan to write about a few more of these projects over the summer, but I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst ... this statement can be true when i rarely blog in the first place... oops

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo ... [annotation note="grocery store in the student center"]laverde's[/annotation] to ... them and was immediately seized by the need to try them, even though i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  … You get the point. So now, I am conducting an anthropological study on ... the best. Beast (2E) has food on the free food table nearly every day of the week.   A few tips: always be prepared to consume free

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022