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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  's Regular Action (RA) admissions blogger selection process, Matt and I have ... what I am guessing will be common questions: We will likely select two ... number is not 100% set in stone. I am not yet sure how many bloggers will

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode, and it features some interviews I conducted with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  . And speaking of awkward moments: I ran into a professor on Wednesday

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  Yesterday, I attended my last 7.05 (Biochemistry) lecture taught by ... wanted to donate blood for a demonstration. I thought he was joking and ... Center for Cancer Research, where I did my first UROP (well, not in his lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  I got an email today about the MacVicar Day event this week that showcases student research in our labs here on campus and in the field worldwide. It should be an exciting celebration of student achievements in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  Hi folks, First I just wanted to give mad props to the kind folks who have submitted photoshopped Evie/Sawyer photos in the last entry. They are amazing and are giving the admissions crew some much-needed cheer

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  While reading applications, I've thought of a number of things of ... angst in the long run. For EA Applicants I hope that if you haven ... a bit on your regular action applications. As I like to say, plan for

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

  Leadership & Double Dare 11 pictures of the leadership conference, and 16 pictures of the Double Dare sex challenge

  

  Here are some pictures from the Undergraduate Female Leadership Conference I attended last Saturday as part of Women's Week Here are organizers Neera '06 and Janet '06 with volunteer Kriti '07 Women meet in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  On Saturday, it snowed!! On Sunday, the sun was shining. Go figure. And now, onto the non-meteorological information (say it, don't spray it?). Early this morning, some friends and I went to the Harvard Museum of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even ... looks like it has transitioned to rain =( Last week, I finally busted out ... -sweet transition. I love watching snow fall, seeing the river freeze, and having an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  other university gives you this much housing choice. I'll be busy in ... ... ...who also happens to be 6' 4". I made this poster, except for two ... 'S IDEA, I'M SORRY. We will be playing the entry-titular song during rush

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interview required? No, it's not required, but I highly suggest having one ... deadline approaches, so I suggest scheduling your interview as early as ... have memorized course numbers or already picked out your living group. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  History Favorite things about MIT: Personally, I love all the stereotypical ... things about Boston: Boston's nice, but to be honest I spend most of my time in Cambridge where I can always find: interesting people who share

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

  Sam Videos Hurry, read this entry before Sam comes back from Maine and forces me to delete…

  

  why I'm willing to risk Sam's integrity and, consequently, my own life

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  with large lectures, numerous recitations, and shared suffering (I joke, I joke). Freshman Learning Communities, each with their own spin ... to your professors. I found myself in ESG (Experimental Study Group

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... very soon, if you have not yet done so. I recommend that you find some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  Hello world! I’m Song, I’m currently a freshman here at MIT, and I ... can be said about a good number of esolangs. I’m sort of working on a LOLCODE-to-Python interpreter (when I'm motivated to do so/not hosed), and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  Last week, I blogged about 7.00: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic, a biology lecture series on the coronavirus that anyone in the ... available upon request. I've embedded a copy of the syllabus (PDF link) below

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15/18, at 12:15 PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching this duck being luxuriously vacuumed long enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action ... MIT username and password. I recommend you do this now to make sure everything

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2018