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• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  all of the Admitted Students Parties. Today, I'd like to highlight a few ... a park in a beautiful ridge line neighborhood (I wish I could be at ... review here, I'd love to hear about it! And if you take some digital photos

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  9:30am: I'm not blogging about admissions today, because at noon the 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... on these four puzzles from my entry earlier this week. I've posted some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about ... excitement, the same fears, the same pressures. I'd like to provide an outlet ... harm your application. I will only publish your first name, last initial

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  the Euro. This spring, the class is heading to Amsterdam, and I think I ... other countries, and credit is awarded upon return to MIT. As I recall ... the opportunities available to the student body as a whole. But now I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  Pounds, 17. "I'm so ecstatic to get into college life." What drove her to ... , adding that the big company would pay the expensive costs of horse care. "I ... daughter. "Ted and I both said, 'This is yours,' " Patty Pounds said. "We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of ... , but I was wondering. What's the policy on non-MIT-students being in/visiting the dorms?" I found the official policy here. Students are allowed to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  past year getting to know each other, and I'm glad we'll have to next four years together, too. (I hope you'll stop by 3-107 from time to time and say hi to Ben, Nance and I!) It's going to be a wild ride -- fasten

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  Yep, I'm officially Course 11. A few interesting things have happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT ... . Look at the good weather, even in November! I wonder how long this will last... This ship is part of the "Things I Love" collection, on loan

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is ... ridiculously good skiier (that really is him, by the way). I'm from a beach family in Ohio; I am of the firm belief that summer is not summer until one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ! -- the applicant Class of 2010. As for me, I spent a good part of today preparing for upcoming travels, including some college fairs I'll be attending ... runners!) go right by the Phi Sig house. It's really pretty cool. I need to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  I'll start off by linking to some of your photos: Anthony et al ... nice to see folks I met last summer on campus (you know who you are), or ... changes over time -- like Jenna, who I somehow didn't recognize, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  While I was busily at work on your Campus Preview Weekend (April 7-10, register today on MyMIT!), I came across this article on the MIT Athletics ... , theater, and, yes, sports. MIT is a member of NCAA Division I in Crew

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  ), which I attended two summers ago. The transcendental number reunions are ... .5 million gallon pool). "O" was one of the most fantastic things I have ever seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking ... Admissions (and taking off the tie that I wore today!). In a nutshell, here ... them. We do selection in subcommittees, usually of three people -- I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  is the best opportunity I have to go abroad. College is one of the most ... study abroad opportunities as I can! The Plaza de España in Sevilla This year, I ended up applying for the IAP Madrid program offered by the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  things people are doing over the summer--you're interested in me, because I ... was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I questioned about coming into MIT is absolutely not all what I should have been

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  conference at MIT. One of the events was a student panel, and I got to ... , Year, Major, Place of Birth, Dorm Hi! I’m Yuliya, a senior majoring in ... in Course 9 - Brain and Cognitive Sciences. I was born in Donetsk

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and the complexity of getting water to places that don’t have it. I was inspired to write this post by a tumblr question I received while in Ethiopia

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  confusing mess of “Where do I start? How do I start? When will I have time to start?” I’ve been through it. It doesn’t have to be a hair pulling mess, because in the end, food is great. I like food, you like food. So let’s get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016