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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  : How walkable the city is. And how, once you've been here a while, every ... ), Annie HallFavorite food: A corned beef sandwich from Katz's deli, with the ... kid level for a long while, though.)Anything else? I was once quoted by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  ). If you have registered for MyMIT, have replied to a letter/email we ... invitation, you'll still be able to RSVP (details forthcoming). Each year, a ... ), and Sacramento. Wow that's a lot of travel! This year, I'll be doing CMs

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

  Application season

  

  (partially so I can make everyone call me Dr. Mollie), and I just spent a great ... recommendations. And it's stressing me out like crazy. I had a dream the other ... , and got a 33rd percentile on the test. The next night, I dreamed that I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  the SAT or ACT, 3 SAT IIs: one in math, one in science, and a third SAT ... the June administration of the SAT IIs, if for no other reason than a ... 3 SAT IIs in one sitting, and since this is only a small additional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank ... and prevent cancer. [...] The project, which might end up with a ... ," said Dr. [Eric] Lander, who was a leader of the Human Genome Project. But

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

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  implement a lot of my requests into MyMIT - YES! 5) Well not this week but ... to admit this in a public forum but the only other show I make time to ... except (a) the parents are real (and well-acted) characters and therefore

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  that because it'd be funny to write a serious justification for whatever ... laugh, or at least mutter a perplexed "...what?" Turns out, I'm not the ... middle of a media studies class I was taking. I had to excuse myself to go

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  My highest achievement at MIT.

  

    Third to last day of the archery class I took for my final PE requirement The instructor let me take it home! I SPLIT AN ARROW Edit: Okay, it…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads ... , spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls ... [/annotation]. It was a sad day when we moved back in and saw they were gone, but now

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  [/annotation] by Jess. K '10. A few things have changed -- postcard-sized posters ... 've never had a room before that really feels like mine, because all the decor of my childhood bedroom is from when i was a child, and i never spent

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  -ish Fall Out Boy album. tbh I feel so-so about the album as a whole, but I do ... fracturing a setting sky so much for stardust warm street lamps long bike ... @cactuscloudart's pink eraser carvings! I already had printmaking tools from a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  impacts of a changing climate * How to model and analyze complex climate and ... and influence policy solutions for mitigation and adaptation In a 3Q ... everyone else at MIT who wants to be able to grow old in a liveable world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Look at these pictures I drew in class from my lecture notes this semester

  

  that notability has a basketball-themed template

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  needed to be. I've always very much been a more ... bothering to chew.  I find myself feeling like a ghost, wading from one event ... continue doing so until I'm nothing but a head and some hands. I am tired, a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are evaluated alongside other components of the application such as curriculum
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  manage your time, certainly, that crucial skill you can show off in a job ... 't be surprised to hear that writing an essay or studying for a midterm ... 't walk quietly through a room in the early morning, think about how

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  So. I had a COVID false alarm this week, which is why I'm currently ... with a sore throat. I didn't think much of it—I get colds quite often, it happens. My boyfriend told me that he'd had a sore throat two days ago, so I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  I got back to campus a few days ago. The journey here from South ... ="incidentally, this is the second time I've been on the same flight to MIT as a friend without planning it in advance"]happened to be on the same flight as a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce just quite yet. I promise there will be a blog post about this sometime ... feeling this way is probably also a consequence of quarantine, what is time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020