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• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  than 500 students are on the waitlist. More than 8,000 students, or 80 ... arrive early next week (for many, on Pi Day!). Some folks were calling the office today asking for their decision (reasons: I'm going on vacation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  Having received my MIT degree in Management Science, I'm still on the ... -of-the-art trading room ever built on a university campus. Identical in every detail to ... carrying on the school's tradition of pioneering research in finance and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with ... of my friends, all on their way to Doctorates in AI. He also wrote the ... required reading. In short, lots going on as we race toward the mailing of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  's going on in MyMIT land? I submitted a big proposal just before holiday ... portlets in the next month or two based on requests that you've made for ... date instead of by user-preferences. Based on the feedback I've recevied

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  : I got fed up with racing home from school everyday to check on the ... , and the letters M-I-T inside. looking forward to checking up on this ... arrival of an admit letter. Finally, a little after 3pm on December 19, 2003

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  . Unfortunately, I brought the bureaucracy on myself. Many good questions have been ... 're still planning to be on schedule. Hopefully everyone would have their ... ) < P(Gimmel on the dreidel). Chetan asked a series of interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, by the way) played ... 't dwelling on the derivation of equations but rather getting to the guts of the ... be done on this problem -- and many, many other problems to be solved

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page ... QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  , please allow 7–10 business days for this to be reflected on your Applicant ... school counselor on your Applicant Status page after you submit your QB ... , and they will receive directions on how to submit their letter. We also
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page ... QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  on Instagram to learn more about our events, recipes, team, and general thoughts on food. (PS: Even we’re a little confused about the stylization of ... an act of creation.)"](MINCE),[/annotation] a culinary group on campus

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  ’t even be on campus to try out an intramural sport, for example. I desperately hoped for an on-campus spring, so I still signed up for many sports ... , practices, and other things. It wasn’t relevant to me, but I stayed on the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  update 7:05pm EST) Am I there yet: Yes! Hours in the airport: ~17 Hours on ... :35pm) i get to the airport with jebby. we're planning on rooming ... on the plane to amsterdam. i've already missed the connecting flight to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  —urged to attend by other people on my hall involved in the production ... flips the story on its head in a totally unexpected, fucked-up manner. But ... medium is predicated on the idea that a character’s (or group of characters

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  people and even wrote college essays on the topic. Tragically, I am here ... "C's get degrees" and move on with my life as soon as possible. But ... thought I aced, passed a test I thought I got a 30% on, and had no clue on

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  name than what's on a roster has been so helpful and welcoming ... questions in the comments. My first year, I distinctly remember sitting on ... of baby deer on a frozen lake downstream of the firehose, but knowing

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  video on my friend Jovita L. '23, but she didn't want the video blasted on ... on an issue, either showing both sides of an issue or heavily advocating for one side. I chose to do my video on MIT's closed campus policy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  anniversary, or goes on vacation, they bring cake to work. They send a ... many people go on vacation in summertime, this happens nearly every day ... bakery on the way to work.    I showered quickly, put on one of my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  semester, UROPing, and working on my novel. My classes have been the ... ."]main thing[/annotation] on my mind, and I've been meaning to write a schedule ... like about my classes, the reasons I'm excited to take them. I’m on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  ’s because I found a newer shinier idea to latch on to or because I couldn ... , crossed the small footbridge there, and walked back on the Boston side ... 's possible to fully understand what’s going on the first time it hits you. At

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021