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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend

  

  CPW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN and it's going to be AWESOME. It snowed today...but the snow is now safely out of the way and hopefully the MIT weather machine will kick in soon. Have any questions or concerns? Post them and I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... the chocolate, but I skipped that step. I did follow orders when it came ... pieces. I found "seafood" in one piece that Sam thought tasted like "olives

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on the papasan and catch up on some reading. This weekend, I got so caught up in applications that I didn't read Sunday's New York Times, usually

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  getting to know me. I mean, the real me. On Friday or thereabouts, I'm going ... comment and I'll let you know. DID YOU KNOW? The entry title comes from ... while I was growing up. All I remember is a guy in a paisley suit dancing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might ... halfway through the night, I was tempted to switch from dress shoes to flip ... the country might look like or how far I went to stick out on this

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  the last 6 years I have lived in 4 houses, had 3 careers, and 2 kids. I think change is great! (I do plan to stay in my current house, job, and kid level for a long while, though.)Anything else? I was once quoted by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  fries. I feel really bad for the stands that were *selling* garlic ... for free. The happiest (and stinkiest) I've been in years. Eating ... good as Costco at lunch. Why these people are dressed like this, I do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  course of one weekend. Freshman year, some friends and I decided to ... prepare one another. This is the one I came up with. I'll be posting puzzles ... couple days later, I'll post the solution. Maybe you can join our team

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  the meantime, they have this sign up. Can you imagine what I looked ... , sorry, I just really like this door... and need a picture of it. Right now. Go ahead by!" I did receive applause from two self-identified "women

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  In a recent post, I wrote, "Our yield was even higher than we ... (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about ... , "Hmm...I know you can't tell us yet, but when you do, can you let

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

  The Ethicist

  

  As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times ... times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the ... recommendation. Ethical? Of course, the answer was "Not ethical." But I wonder what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... other FAQ I've been getting is, why so few EA admits? 200220032004 EA ... prime number (though I'm sure you'd prefer a different prime number, maybe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  In numerical order, this term, I am taking: 4.614; 7.012; 14.02; 14.30; 21A.453 In alphabetical order, this term, I am taking: Anthropology ... classes. I'm a genius, I know.) Okay, here go some descriptions: (Note

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  If I had a nickel for every time my final project for an MIT class was themed around cats, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird pretty awesome that it happened twice. This semester, I took 6

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  Over IAP, I had the opportunity to participate in one of MIT's IAP programs in Madrid. I enrolled in 21L.590 Global Literature (although on ... taken Spanish Conversation and Composition in the fall semester, I thought

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  good title. Oh well, that's life. I'll start off by saying that I ... have missed. I've been reading these comments for a year and half now and ... entries question about admissions (I have a _ _ _ math and _ _ _ verbal

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

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  Hello! It’s about 3,000 days since I graduated from MIT, and three ... newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship ... for five years, reconnected with a friend I met on the first day of CPW

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  , face possible criticism, to realize your full potential. In my case, I ... ’s the email I pored over for so long. [caption id="attachment_107005 ... this[/caption] I ordered a 64 pack of chalk, which would definitely be

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  -below temperatures seeps into your bones. I can still recall the breath of the cows and ... that I am at MIT, I have found that winter in Boston may be the same ... Wyoming wilderness, I find myself navigating the narrow streets and bustling

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024