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• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play ... need to be an art or media major for this to be considered, and there is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  though- April's dad is an MIT alum, so after discussing with us some of the ... that everyone agrees on is that the actual creation of the review sheet is usually more helpful than the review sheet itself, although it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  . While we're travelling, you can check this out: Everything is Illuminated ... sunflowers, and the poster is pretty bad. Does anybody out there know what I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  nice wrinkly organ that sits between my ears is not working so well, so I ... . This is pretty different from some other places, where students are ... for dinner; Pritchett Dining is open for dinner on east campus. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  soliciting design submissions until Saturday, July 9. What is the benefit of ... , which is probably illegal, so please, don't do that to me.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  . Jacobs is also a former MIT graduate student and faculty member. I don't know what Jacobs will say, but here is a list of previous MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  I've gotten a few search engine hits for "MIT ISEF Luncheon," so for those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of ... family. Majerle's is located at 24 North 2nd Street in Phoenix, just one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  To those of you who received your letters printed upside-down on the MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is ... understand that it was wholly unintentional. Some have remarked that it is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  'd keep and what you'd change. I'd also love to know what you feel is ... influences your relationships with print material. Is a viewbook as useful to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Odds & ends

  

  . The class is officially over when he drinks the Champagne (well, except ... . Plus, Mitra is one of the awesomest people ever. More news soon...

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

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  moving on to the more important parts of the application -- that is, who ... recently. I come to the second to last piece in the folder, which is the guidance counselor letter (the last piece is the interview report). The GC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  building a mini-Sukkah (MIT's is currently up on Kresge Oval, thanks to ... should be my largest meeting of the year. My best estimate is that we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... without a letter. The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto ... History is, of course, a famous book, particularly in certain circles. I ... intrigue, mysticism, and references to the classics. Is it a little corny

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  horrifically cursed system of units, where 12 units is considered the equivalent ... emails as well as I used to. Yet, it is hardly the worst thing that could ... performed better. I think it is often too easy for certain kinds of people

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  , though, is a precious commodity, and I’d like not to squander it, now that it’s hit.  Why am I disappointed? As is often the case, I ... recognize that you’re stuck. Today is one of those days, when I have far too

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  luckiest sophomore in the world when my piece of paper is pulled and I get ... is going online and we have a week to leave. It feels like ... since."]the world is ending.[/annotation]I go to glassblowing anyway

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  I realistically choose one?  Well, the truth is, I’m still pretty ... declared 2A, which is Mechanical Engineering, but you make your own ... was super excited to take 2.007, which is one of the robotics classes at

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  years. Something about college that I didn’t expect is that college is much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... learning happens outside of classes is why overloading on classes isn

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  . I'm so, so happy that this is all over. Signing the lease was such a ... to some degree. So...I've only been through the clusterfuck that is ... . Trust me, everything is going to be okay eventually. You'll figure it out

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020