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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  email and phone calls. On Monday, I finally returned a call I had been ... I can. I was talking to a guidance counselor over the phone today ... reminded of an article I read a few years back:High schools work to ease

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  A few notes from selection: No decisions are yet final. We are still ... announced on the blogs when we mail the decisions.Selection time is a very ... Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a ... the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help ... deceive you. Kresge is 1/8 of a sphere. I once walked by it and remarked to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  Now that term has geared up a bit, most classes have given some sort of homework, usually in the form of a problem set. I thought the ... actually like, so I've posted a few of the problems from my own problem sets

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  Friday was the annual Activities Midway, a hugely popular Orientation ... power of self-governance here! [full disclosure: I am a former officer of ... given a list of the ~250 groups that had booths. You can view the list

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  applications? Do you get the summer off? Actually, it is a busy (though certainly ... way that we learn about admissions from a more global perspective and ... professional conferences. As you've read, Ben and I have done a couple already

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... letters each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). The ... to further contribute to that by leaving only a very small number of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  Thanksgiving was a beautiful day here on the East Coast -- I watched the Macy's parade in a tee shirt. Actually, since that one snowfall, the weather has been quite mild -- it was nice walking around today. After a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire ... and don't have a formula or weigh any part of the application. Although
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  A Love Letter to Tatte August 30th, 2025 Dearest Tatte, It has been ... sat down with a new menu item (spinach, corn, and egg plate) just this morning, grinning like child in a candy shop. [carousel image1

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  summer, we are happy to announce our new bloggers! Please give a warm ... Carolina, who went on a quest to find a Pink Lemonade Celsius near her ... a freezing New England cave. Victor D. ‘27 from California, who

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  welcome the Queen of England, including a DJ, acapella groups, dance teams, and ridiculous amounts of confetti, this event is a must-see for any MIT ... . It’s a capstone class for Mechanical Engineering seniors, where the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  Alternatively, how to build a cult! Only it’s not a cult, it’s just a ... beginning on campus [annotation note="I am literally on a plane headed back to ... is fun, and REX is exciting, but REX can also be a bit of a stressful

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  I've been reading a lot of slow, contemplative writing recently ... blog post of that nature. Frankly, I've been overdue for such a post, both in the sense that I haven't appeared on the admissions blogs for a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  student's obligations year-round."]for a while.[/annotation] and when i was sick a few weeks ago, i found myself desperately missing the ginger ... . (when i told her this, she said she was going to mail me a bunch of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  a certain buoyancy into my steps which match my momentary lightness of ... feel so good in the midst of finals, in the midst of a pandemic, in the ... the feeling. one. I recently bought a [annotation note="Bluebikes are a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  For five weeks this summer, I competed in dormspam-the-game, a series ... not determined by an objectively "correct" answer. Instead, a winning ... . This might be a little unclear, but don't worry – I explain it better

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  shows I’ve watched since birth, and that media consumption played a big ... little things that get me. I asked a bunch of other international ... here’s a list of things that are different in the US.[annotation note="18

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  next semester. This week, it's time for a slightly different discussion ... a slight overgeneralization; most people reported that these classes ... a life in the tech industry." "MAS.863 - how to make almost anything

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  A few months ago the Making Caring Common Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report entitled “Turning the Tide ... it is a very strong report that will help prospective students and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016