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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  your mind about what some of the rooms look like (which will become all jumbled in your mind with images from the other dorms anyway), but it's all good fun. If you're dying to see these videos, some residences will host

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  public ramp on the busiest Charles River boating day of the year... your

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  times for viewing in your town here.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian Court for the MIT Commencement ceremonies. For the curious, here would be your projected MIT Commencement dates: MIT Class of 2009

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

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  consultant (Did you know that your name tag should always go on the right? Do

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  '11?), Ilang (Wellesley '09) In case you're wondering, here are some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  share your disappointment today. I wish I had brighter words to share, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 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 inexcusable and all of us are beside ourselves in embarassment and frustration

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

  Quick update

  

  post an entry soon answering your other recent questions. It's been busy

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

  Selecting from 10,439 applications and a dozen ties.

  

  respect and care with which we will treat your application during selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  , it is, you're half way there. My friend acheived all 5 things, and he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard

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

  The mail, and more

  

  . When your application pieces are processed, they will be posted on the My ... worries if you don't see your Part II or a teacher recommendation or whatnot on your tracking system yet. As Quinton says, "She'll be apples." At

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  gather for our meeting to get us prepared to read your thousands of

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

  Branching out

  

  crowds. If you're in the South Bay, I look forward to seeing you there!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  'll have earned not only your degree, but a commission as an officer and
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power ... questions as we can. You can address your question(s) to all of us, or to specific bloggers. Whether you’re a high schooler, MIT student, someone

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  possible to find your people at MIT. On a gut instinct, I ranked Burton ... people you can come home to. Maybe they don't literally live on your same floor, maybe they share your values in different ways, but you need a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  click away if you’re squeamish about medical details.) Yay storytime It ... . Listen to more music. (And if you’re at MIT and reading this, you should ... better than taking the stairs. MIT’s policies don’t care if you’re sick In

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024