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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  the damage and we realize that it will be months before any sense of ... situation. The feeling of anguish and helplessness can be overwhelming. Life ... disaster, and it's just too early to tell what the best course of action will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  staff will be visiting 70 US cities this September and October, from ... the months to come. For example, next month I'll be attending a ... I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  one of these programs does not mean you will necessarily be admitted to ... was infinitely long?), and the room is packed full. I'll be back in the ... Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the

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

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  here, but um...that'd just be weird. Because the rest of this entry is SO ... , completely mind-numbing oddities that can be found in the tubes. Do you ... thing. So, when Ben informed all of the bloggers that he'd be leaving MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Cafe. I want to be that cool. Perhaps someday I will be. In the ... famous work) just might be my favorite place on earth - in the warmer ... Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  interesting way of looking biology, and next semester I will be taking the lab ... move towards making something that can be used. I will be addressing ... can be very much limited by how much the lab has. A lot of my friends

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  Memorial. The stand will be run by Russo's, the Watertown-based retailer that ... likely you'll be at the mercy of whatever treats the school gives you ... fruit in the form of a campus produce stand that will open for business

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  . Other news: I have at this point exhausted the bloggability of not being awake. The rest of this post will be about things I did yesterday in ... desk will make you appear far more approachable to students than the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  around the U.S. and it's entrepreneurs, will be premiering next year. I ... of the entrepreneurs that will be featured on the show. And so here I ... believes in them. These stories are a collection of the everyman being an

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  is alright, but being able to find a connection with the guys that will ... something like “haha that was honestly as hot as MIT will be in December, I am ... of being in a fraternity when the time comes around, but to your

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  ="61419" /] This guide is not a permanent fix; it will need to be repeated as ... whiteboard is definitely dirty by the end) intended to be used on new whiteboards that still erase well; this will ruin the existing coating that is

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  wrote was about the MIT Musical Theater Guild, which will be performing 2 ... nomber of students willing to live single exceeds the availability of rooms ... about the Cricket project. Crickets are currently still being developed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  at the same time? Probably not. But there should be. Because how else ... won’t be able to do justice to all of the crazy things that have ... the original metaphor, I might be covered in milk now and out of breath

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  . Explore the stories of those people around you - you will be pleasantly ... the "person that adcoms like." I wasn't being myself. I re-read my Early ... impress, trying hard to be unique, but I hardly recognized the person that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  happy, as it will be the first time in my life that I'm not home to help ... ate it up. I will be having more turkey on Thursday in Plymouth, MA ... The thing about short weeks at MIT is that they're not really all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  finite. You wonder, at some 17-25 years old, how you will fill the blank ... graduates, amplifying the imposter syndrome that many of us will have ... , the unbreakable backbone I will need to continue in this field is no

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  points will be given for the most creative expressions of thanks. ... after the document is entered into the system, it will show up in the ... documents have arrive, been entered, and been filed -- a cover sheet will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  about applications for the next round of fellows will be available at 20 ... Yesterday, the Thiel Foundation announced the first class of the "20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows." Though actually numbering 24, all of the Fellows

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  for EA will be extended to accommodate things. Also, Grommit (where ... know about. Send it to the usual Admissions address and be sure to put ... Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004