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  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me ... case you haven't seen the trailer or the commercials, you can watch it here: To celebrate the movie release, I am declaring this weekend to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  , it is not our goal to admit the "best" students (whatever that means ... private school students. It is to say that, at least from my perspective, it ... , rural and urban areas. It is our job as admissions officers to sift

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  away with many good options and a way to finance it. Best wishes! ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... applications. As always, it was quite fascinating; I learned a lot, met some good

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  to Harvard, which of course takes its name from the fantastic Harvard ... professional bus drivers on Earth, making it safely up to Maine in what must have ... it came out well, so you have to look at it.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  place: Austin, Texas. Texas is not what I had expected it to be. The ... . Felt made for me. Felt right. It made me look forward to a hot girl ... get to the parking garage, and my rental car agent greets me with a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  , this IAP really hits different. i forgot what it was like to not have to ... , and also no excuse to skip practice because it's IAP and there's lots of ... this is the third IAP i've spent on MIT. trust me, i really tried to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  and the obvious intersection of her two majors. It's also what a lot of ... other stereotypical conclusion to which people jump is psychology). My ... . First, there was 9.00 (Intro to Psychology) and 9.01 (Intro to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  Science and Engineering. According to its website: Climate change is the ... adapting to climate change require an understanding of both the Earth system ... students to become leaders, helping to accelerate high-impact, science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  It's okay to feel anxious or excited or nervous. But if you can ... ". In hindsight, it's tempting to be black-and-white, and say that you ... . It's impossible to tell, from the outside, which of these factors

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  . It's important to realize that it's not just about what the scores and ... So I had a little free time this morning so I paid a little visit to ... upset about how everyone was trading their "stats" like I used to trade

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  -curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a ... , but they also can be things like (but not limited to) athletics ... (Izzie), riding motorcycles (Cristina), or fly-fishing (Derek), write it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  ) and it was close to Halloween: my birthday. My little sister poked her ... , from Harry Potter. Flattered, I tried to imagine that it was because of ... step in the lesson plan - it said to drop the tablets in the water, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  you want and it’s going to feel so good. Imagine me sending good luck ... Singapore (It’s amazing how we managed to meet at another city half way around ... sweat* I know you are counting down (consciously or unconsciously) to the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  , maintain work-life balance. It's safe to say I'm a different person than the ... lot" on your resume--but nevertheless it is important to know yourself ... MIT to work for Amazon for a semester meant that quite suddenly, I had a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  : Such class! But back to the ring. More than anything, it's proof that ... they put a ring on it :D" - My friend. (I was going to make the same joke ... Avengers that weekend. Do you know how cool it is to hear Tony Stark rattle

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms I forgot: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His ... been answered at the end of it.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  . So don't judge a book by it's cover, and take a chance to try something ... . Now it's time to meet in real life :) And hopefully, you don't tell me ... all night long; could it get any better? Maybe. You get to hang out with

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008