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• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  . Obviously my response is directed to parents, but I thought it was important ... ' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This'll be sortof long, sorry. First, the MIT adcom perspective. I don't know

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make ... as a comment. There are iPod shuffles at stake here.

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  -orientation program (FPOP) Discover Biology. We'll be out until midnight, but i'm really excited nonetheless. I'll post pictures and stories later tonight.

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  : The people. Hands down. The people at MIT are not what I expected them ... community here is so open, friendly, and accessible. I love being able to stay up until 5am talking to friends instead of doing problem sets. I never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist

  

  I'm currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all ... soon (though preliminarily there are a few numbers I'm very excited about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties

  

  around the world)? If so, how was it? I'd love to hear how it went. Also, if anyone took any pictures, I may be able to post a few here on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  I posted a version of this as a comment in the last thread, but decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I ... /she doesn't make it. In no way am I comparing my feelings to those of a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I ... when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... ? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  Last weekend, I wrote “A Guide to Farmer's Markets". Here’s what I wrote when I shared that post on social media: "In Colorado, we only had ... happen, while they're there. Like fresh vegetables. Actually, I personally

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  tw: mentions of substance abuse, various diseases, death i have been much more productive over the past few weeks than i usually am. of course there are many reasons for this: i don’t text as much as i used to, i have

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  (especially as they appear in the Tumblr studyblr community). I had long ago ... for things I don’t pay attention to, until I recently talked to a few ... -Briggs personality test. Knowing them to be brilliant, hard-working MIT students, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  district. I happen to know what he looks like because an assistant addressed him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room ... internal conflict begins. I think, I will probably never have the chance to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  So, a quick recap of my week before I launch into repsonses to the many, many comments I've received the past few days: On Monday I got ... , which, it turns out, is probably not as scary as you think it is. So I got

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as much schoolwork done as possible. I knew I wouldn't be getting much done that weekend. Why? I spent all day Saturday watching an intense

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  anything.” - Maria Kalman My heart was nearly jumping out of my chest when I ... "]Sin Limite.[/annotation] Nervous was an understatement: I felt like I was ... , I was ushered into a room with the other Sin Limite attendees. I had

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  pastries I’d ever had: croissants, a baguette, a squishy thing, a glazed honey thing. “I would never even consider going vegan if I lived in Paris,” I told Uzay, sitting there next to him in the park, breaking off bits

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  albatross fly, this is probably not the place to look. I give an explanation ... you don't care for citation and just wanna know, I explain it below!] ... This blog is a long time coming. I initially anticipated making this on

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  a time?? -Alison"] All right, story time.[/annotation] I was hired to work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... me. – Felix"]new crop of bloggers.[/annotation] As I was combing

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  seem surprised when I say "work." I guess there's an expectation that, because I work at a university, and because there aren't any admissions ... vigorous vacations. In fact, I'm nominally on vacation right this minute, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  are only going to let one thing out at a time." I think the most ... simply). Of course that doesn't exist (but hey, I don't see why you guys ... this video that I made with the help of another class of 2019 (Thank You

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015