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  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a ... students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for ... colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  received a decision by Wednesday. On Friday, we'll begin giving decisions ... 's a committee decision, and we do the best that we can to treat the ... , truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life ... writing about a myriad of other things. I posted to College Confidential ... ’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  , Euripedes - thousands of poems - Aristotle's own library brought to Egypt by ... can be lost to it. The missing plays of Sophocles will turn up piece by ... ) that I was eager to learn Old English. In a nutshell, Prof. Bahr said

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  proof. anyway, i applied for a credit card and i'm expecting to get it ... pledged to et this semester, which means i'm a house member now. i still ... thing in the us, but it feels like a Real Thing now that i'm going to rent

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  firehose firehose is an event hosted by esp (educational studies program), a ... situations where a few people end up having to do everyone else's tasks). there ... bodies to music a lot more naturally than i do. maybe someday i’ll decide

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  guess it's called a "Quiz," but they just call it that to lure us into a ... only have three (well, two tests and a final) so I don't have to take ... 'd like to predict what a future blog entry may be about (specifically, the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a full week. There seemed to be events going on 24 hours a day! While this ... not, Orientation is also a great opportunity to learn about internships

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a ... ; Ready? Welcome to our lounge! ________________ Ask me what a typical MIT evening is like, and I will not be able to tell. By “evening” I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  find a formalized way to get undergraduates involved in outreach. I hope ... resident woke up to find a personalized sticky note on his or her door. I ... . Um. AHHHH! I freaked, ran to his office, only to learn that he was in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  would take it. Sam and I devised what we think is a clever plan to dispose ... event.) For dinner, I went to India Quality, in Kenmore Square. After dinner, I hopped on the Boston West SafeRide and went to Zeta Beta

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing list, there are three things you need to know: 1) Right outside our kitchen, there is a "sacrificial table" - "sac tab" for short. Any item

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  as possible. But before you get to the numbers, here are just a few of ... greatness! Keep reading to learn a little bit more about the MIT Class of ... to the newest data from this past year's admissions cycle. We always

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  IVMIT candygram to support a missionary trip to the Dominican Republic ... : "Oh. Admitting any?" Matt: "Yeah, a few, I guess. Well, I've got to go ... It was a music-filled, and unfortunately not work

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  , 2006 (9:00a.m. EST) to January 22, 2006 (11:59PM EST) How to enter ... . Also, I wasn't too interested in the prize of a VIP card to any of Boston ... once again the excitement is diminished by the fact that I live a scant

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  i'm going to make, like whether to go to mit or choosing what to do this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... have to think about this decision, i'm starting from scratch. i think it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  maturation. You only need to sit in a poetry class, people-watch at a few ... friends, to realize that people are, well, complicated. We're a pretty ... team in 16.00 (Introduction to Aerospace Engineering) building a blimp

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  fully evaluate and summarize a folder. We're expected to read applications ... already, right?" We evaluate the applications on a rolling basis: that is to ... returned to the office with a full stomach and proceeded to work on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  looked forward to entering ~introvert hours~ all day... alas. A chase for ... lucky to live in a city that had 24/7-accessible rental cars. We were ... This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  are reviewed by a small team lead by Dean Marilee Jones. The vast ... On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005