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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  , I want my free space. So that’s why architecture has been such a pain ... install a billion types of software. Over the last few weeks, I've had to ... -D; Note: every line has 10 segments, each segment has to be moved a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means ... it finally became time to find a new solution. My solution for the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  semester (or after completion of the second quarter, if your school uses a quarter-based system). If your school uses a trimester schedule, please use ... February. Even with this information, questions about the Midyear Report (a.k.a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  Ahhhh. Wednesday. Veteran's Day. A day FREE of classes. A one-day weekend! Wooohooo!!! Yesterday, I decided that today would be perfect for a ... SOMETHING today. So I made a nice schedule: I would wake up at 9:30ish, watch

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  . We have a special envelope opening machine that is pretty awesome; non ... then entered into the computer system, one at a time, by the great ... ,000+ applications in a small space, so the filing can get a little crowded! When your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  a great program in Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) at MIT, I am able to stay on to complete a Master's Degree. The M ... two degrees were completed sequentially, they would generally take a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  " with MIT! ;) 14. Sometime soon, Matt will post a blog about Admission ... be coming soon to a postbox near you. :) 5,897. Let any of us know if ... receive a very mysterious phone call. 84,626. Check. it. out! boo-yah! 433

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will probably never happen. Even more unfortunately, I am a ridiculously heavy sleeper who could slumber through the initiation of a massive nuclear war

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really ... -efficient retrofits in low-income housing. I made a few site visits along the way ... Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate sponsored a free trip the day after classes

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  a variety of reasons, none of which I'm going to touch. The long and ... talk about such a big issue when it's currently in a state of development ... explained well in any of the material and it also seemed like a really

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your application will ... , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data ... decisions in mid-March. Should I send in a whole new version of my application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Tracking update All EA application mail has been processed; check your MyMIT Tracking.

  

  for EA applicants. This is a good time for you to check your application ... , Secondary School Report and Transcript, Evaluation A, Evaluation B, Testing ... application component at this time. We will wait a while longer before having it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  A preview, courtesy of today's MIT homepage: It was 2:03 pm when I ... scheduled to end at 5 pm, today was the end of a four-day experiment and we ... ), was scheduled to give a talk titled "Health System Transformation

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  Every once in a while something so noteworthy comes along that it ... take a trip to Hasbro's world headquarters, conveniently located in nearby Rhode Island (which is about a 1 hour drive from MIT). Thursday came

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  just been absolutely crazy and I'm just waking up from a power nap. I don ... puzzles solved yet this morning. Can we get a hint? And everyone is still asleep. :( Update #4 (11:41 AM) The dry spell is over! We just solved a

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  during lunch when a friend of mine ran over and said "You have to watch ... Tube. He searched for "Improv Everywhere Best Buy" and showed me a hilarious ... . . ." Since getting to MIT I've been a part of several riots and a flash mob

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  . Here's a little more about them: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six-week residential, academic ... Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous academic program which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  ), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... with knew a grad student from MIT and asked us whether we would like to stay over for a night at the Institute. Having heard so many amazing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  academic school year and the possibility of a New England World Series ... hackers... I am more excited than usual because I will be a freshman ... . My oldest daughter is a high school junior this year, so I'll get to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007