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• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  's good to apply to a variety of schools at varying levels of selectivity to improve your chances of being admitted to and receiving aid from a US ... away with many good options and a way to finance it. Best wishes!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  As you probably know, we've taken to sending our acceptance letters out in little silver tubes. Every year we enclose something different. A few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  system into a photoluminescence imaging system to analyze the benefits of ... Vivian Dien Class of 2013 Materials Science and Engineering w/ a ... renewable energy is still something I want to pursue and taught me to always

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  Harvard and MIT have organized a panel discussion on Pakistan's current state and future prospects: Date: Friday, 2/8 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm Location: 4-270 There'll be four panelists, all of whom have a strong

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I ... you guys, though - watch for a pretty important entry coming up about ... month, they're releasing Ratatouille, which my mom never fails to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  . Instead, take this time to read up on a few MIT alumni that I have ... This past weekend, thousands of MIT alumni returned to campus to catch up and celebrate. Reunion Weekend is a very exciting time here! I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create a silly thread. I ... of decisions was ages ago (due to the fact that last week felt so very long). Sometimes quiet is good. A lot of the snow melted this past

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  There’s no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. The ... , competitive applicants typically have a 3.5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math ... the opportunities available to them at their current or most recent
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  , admissions officer. At the reception, I got to sit next to Julian Wheatley, a ... to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  On Tuesday, a group of which I am a member had a large meeting in ... ) organize some of the flyers we need to distribute to representatives of each ... freshman advisee, Sha-har '09, selling baked goods to support the MIT Mock

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  up this morning excited to verify the existence of this thing you call "snow", but was greeted by clear skies and even beaming sunlight. Please

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  involved soldering a bunch of components to a [annotation note ... to use old newspapers to set up a safe soldering surface. Almost all of ... "), which has been a really cool way to explore how satellites work at my own

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our ... really motivated to get a lot of stuff done. But then Christmas came. And ... differently over there. Namely, instead of 2 or 3 tests a term and then a final

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  bridges and become the first Asian pop star to succeed in America. A few ... It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on ... labeled the Korean Justin Timberlake and the Korean Usher, is a serious and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• 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 / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/13/14, at 15:16 ET

  

  .   In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the 13th ... I've put down my burrito long enough to tell you, as the title ... , 12/13/14, at 15:16 (3:16PM) ET. To check your decision on the 13th

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  pick to win a Nobel Prize this year? Vote Now on Facebook The "nominees ... in Stockholm, Sweden will begin to award this year's Nobel Prizes. Nobel Week is a pretty exciting time on campus, since a current or former

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  : schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... with a 7-1 record [read more: MITAthletics] So, Summer got a 2300 on ... , regardless of who else is applying from a particular school. Dressing like a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  typically often used as a verb. It refers to an action or a series of actions ... — *** Greetings, and welcome. I want to play a game. Because you opened this page ... connects to current. Hint: Once done, a sense of déjà vu may be appropriate

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving ... expression on her face -- she obviously is a fruitarian. (I suppose ... carved the general form of a regression equation. James '08 thinks he

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005