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  First read

  

  I must say I'm very excited to be starting the application reading ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read ... gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I ... instructor, Laura Ceia-Minjares, seems to be a very knowledgeable, commanding ... Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  he saw was exactly the same... but I'd be willing to bet that there ... ) informing me that a reclusive-cousin-of-a-friend-of-a-friend used to be a ... needs to be censored for language, so I'll just paraphrase and say that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  clue as to what this post will be about. Anybody who read my last post ... usage. The other reason many people found the college essay to be Not Fun ... . Go make 'em great. Err, disclaimer: Despite being employed by MIT

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  advice to the underclassmen! The SAT Subject Tests will be administered for ... . This way, you get to take the test while the material -- especially for ... registering is April 28th. We suggest that when you register, you list MIT to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  after being hit in embarrassing ways.According to Chris, it's done wonders ... light of this, some of the bloggers decided to be some serious ballers up ... expert, you might be calling shenanigans due to the lack of paint on the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone. Everything should be as simple as it can be, yet no simpler Albert Einstein ... . Last Thursday, I attended a Science Journalism panel sponsored by the MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  An (overdue) blogger update! I'm trying to come out of writer's block lol

  

  years of being an undergrad. I just couldn't get myself to write as much ... wonder if it was even interesting enough to be posted, and if I was trying too hard to be entertaining. There was a specific style of humor that I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  transition from high school to college can be a tricky one, but you were always ... superglued to my finger once***. I just wanted to let you know that I’ve met ... freshman anymore, so while most of my fellow freshmen will be on the ABC

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  expected it to be, from looking at the pictures and reading the reviews ... discovery, right before something goes wrong. sometimes we'd be working nine-to ... weird at first, not being able to perform for them on stage. we kind of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  of "rotten" ice, which is really brittle and doesn't like to be hit ... . Looked like we were going to be in for quite a bit colder than the forecasted low of 18. But thankfully by the time we hiked up to the crag in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  be "nice claup." I made a Reddit post that got deleted by the ... be buttoned to the buttons on their own side of the coat (folding the ... to be so much material for the lapel that it might just be a waterfall

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  by the locals. After a week of this, we went to Lima and Cuzco for a few days to be tourists and see Macchu Picchu. The picture is a picture ... in fact (Southern Hemisphere just has to be different, doesn't it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Mateo, we’re at booth I22. If you’re around, feel free to stop by! It ... broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully recovered in a year) More on this later, maybe. If you want to sign my cast

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay ... is by no means the end. Many MIT students have been deferred; you can

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  , you may be wondering, dear reader, why I'm pontificating about the joys of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  Triforce was created by three Goddesses to serve as a symbol of their sacred ... itself hacked. Photo Credit: Eric Schmiedl More photos can be found here ... back to one of my favorite video games from when I was a kid, Zelda! The

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  If you're old like me, you'll remember a classic episode of Saved by ... nerd, Screech, got sick and Zach had to help carry the team. One of his ... -vehn-se-nup' But given that science likes to redefine itself every so often, it may

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 MIT Admissions Statistics Summary statistics from the past year.

  

  By popular demand, below you'll find admissions statistics from this past application cycle. These numbers will be posted on MyMIT later this summer. I also hope to post an enrolling class profile and more statistics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  seasons go by.) When this happens, the setting sun can be seen from the far ... , classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when ... , a reference to Stonehenge.