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• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  causes where I can make a difference. While in grad school at UD I had the ... entered "the profession" as an Admissions Counselor at Ithaca College. Since ... recruitment at Cornell University. Fast-forward six years and I'm the new

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  upcoming nationwide tour, and an in-depth look at the application and its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  The Proposal One part hack + two parts romance = Lobby 7 love!

  

  Many hacks at MIT celebrate something: the 100th anniversary of this, the debut of that, the screening of this, the inauguration of that, etc. For example, last week, some people constructed the following to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  to medical school" Definitely! A lot of people at MIT (about 10%, I ... dropped out some classes at the end of a semester because they took too many classes at the beginning. How many credits are appropriate not to drop out a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  ; it wasn't very polite at all. Shoot me an e-mail or comment or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Westinghouse prize when I was 12, big deal. Published at 19, so what. I got a double doctorate from MIT at 22, chemistry and geology. I taught at ... , the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, ok?" At least they

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  "MIT" - but I suck at shaving. Hope you enjoy anyway. The real shave will

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  reading application files today at the Diesel Cafe, I realized that a woman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  MIT on a moment's notice and still do an okay job. And people laughed at ... class at Harvard, in the Graduate School of Education (all Harvard ... -level Management courses at MIT, as there's no restrictions against it, and really

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  differs from many of the schools who employ them. At MIT, we read and ... committee. At some other schools, some admitting is done on the spot -- when ... , sometimes months. A regular action applicant at one school might be reviewed

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

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read at Diesel Cafe. Reading is kind of like studying: everyone needs to ... the daily, updated events, news, and research at MIT." Thanks! I don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me ... Activities Period. The month of January at MIT, and the most fun time to be on ... understands it at all. kludge - [rhymes with "stooge"] n. (1) A Rube Goldberg

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

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  of a school abroad. My question is: Will this letter put me at a ... always welcome, and wouldn't put you at a disadvantage. existential ... taking classes for credit at a local university? What should they do about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Biological Engineering major

  

  of you waiting for the BE major, it looks like it will be approved at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still ... though. He's been doing it forever and he's amazing. He'll look at files ... meantime, I read applications at my house, in the middle of the woods. I used

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  visit MIT), leave a comment at the end of the entry, k? According to the ... Institute Professor at MIT. Listen to the song at http://libraries.mit.edu/music/facilities/Veni.mp3 See the song at http

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  're in one of those areas, I hope you'll come see me at one of my meetings (you can RSVP at this link). Yesterday was a pretty good day. For most ... at the meeting you attend you hear us repeating some of Kim

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  waived, it will not put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process.
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  -faceted group of investigators is at the core of the Koch Institute’s mission to