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• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  than laughter. "This year I wanted to put 'No Parents Allowed' on the ... right place for him, while the kid sits in back shaking his head No," says ... the family know that the conversation is no longer appropriate, nor is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  for lunch. It's on TechCash, but since I've graduated, there's no more ... archive, just with no new postings. :) At any rate, I'm sure my graduate ... amusing fashion. Ben says: "There is no formal application process, but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  exam that I vaguely understood- but I had no idea how I was supposed to ... II, which was no surprise. But now we were all anxious. I crossed my ... the end, I have no idea what I'm doing. I can't decide and I probably

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  am no longer going to be a college athlete, I think I'd better start ... breaks? No, IAP tuition and housing is included in your payment for the ... . No one site has emerged as the clear leader in the MIT used book

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  short, if you want to do bioengineering at MIT, you will be able to, no ... . The LSAT is specifically written such that no outside knowledge is ... my writing here at MIT, but that's a topic with no bearing on the LSAT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  there was no one else around to blame. I spent the majority of the summer ... 's (thank you benevolent deity for pass-no record!). I guess I sort of tell ... all my classes (no thanks to my lack of studying for finals -- I went

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  same qualities we look for in MIT applicants, but there is no 'magic ... ?" If you have "high" scores on the SAT already, there is no need for you ... it often benefits the student. We honestly have no preference between

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  (no, really, and there's only like 16 words) 3. I've Been Workin' On The ... McGann's factors that Sue Storm (AKA Invisible Girl) is an MIT alum, no ... fundamental DNA alterations." No, really. Think about that. Whooo! Look down

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  bit intimidating. oh yeah i forgot to add...no offense intended but I ... ' culture (again no offense, that is just not how I am). what are people ... stuff. I remember being impressed that it was the first place where no one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  minimum of 32 classes in some easy discipline, no UROP and still come out ... ' into it, and a good education even if they showed no initiative and did ... least the late 70s early 80s - is no. MIT will not waterdown any class or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  're beginning to think ahead about college, but there's no need to have such ... your journey. No one can really predict your chances at MIT or for ... , in mostly challenging classes. There is no GPA minimum. Another post

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  all I know is that I want to do something great. I just have no clue how ... .   if you’re going to try, go all the way. there is no other ... the most important place I’ll ever be.” “No, it’s not.” Ping pong ball

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  undergraduates, no matter their major, must pass challenging classes in calculus ... education.[/annotation] In other words, there is no path through MIT that does ... MIT a challenge, no matter how well-prepared. And MIT does provide

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  ://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/books-ive-read-this-year/   PODCASTS I started listening to No Stupid Questions when I would ... recognize that I’m very late to this party, and it’s probably no surprise that ... that subverted many expectations. Also, it has no kissing scenes, so it

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  ,[/annotation] but no one seemed worried. I don't think it's because we thought we were ... to announce. Most of the screenshots had no clear source for the ... were legitimate. Everything was second-hand knowledge. There were no

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  immigrants, there is no other explanation for where I am. I was born in the ... throw on a startup t-shirt and a cardigan. No, girl. What if your hijab ... for a second one, but they said no. I really like playing it up with my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  after the rain, and there is no smell to the air but that rain. State ... culture. By insisting that no rape enabler is worthy of statues, tributes ... home and the walls seemed to be crumbling around me. No one knows

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  April, no rehearsal on Presidents’ Day, etc. – until suddenly: “There will also be no rehearsal on Wednesday, February 19. There will be a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  giving a talk on a different floor (and I had no idea who he was the entire ... semester at MIT, freshmen are graded on a system called Pass/No-Record where

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to write about like the first-year bloggers have been doing (at least not for ... exams this semester, I have no regrets about taking this class. I might

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024