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• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably ... , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort ... wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can't wait to ... , and it is. As a matter of philosophy, we have typically preferred to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place ... typically preferred to defer, rather than deny, a majority of our early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has a scale model of the Wright Brothers plane hanging from ... the last six hours, and have another eight to go. But this isn't about

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• 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's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  the material. I've just woken up from a nap, ran to the store, and am now hidden away to study all night. It's a straight push through till ... selection for this particular evening (I tend to listen to the same music

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

  

  , when you don't have psets, you go to concerts right? How about free concerts? Tomorrow, a local radio station here in Boston is sponsoring a free ... did not play my favorite song =[) Awesome, right? EDIT: I'm going to do

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial-aid-specific questions and unfortunately I'm not equipped to answer them - please send them ... Just a quick note - after this morning's build, you should now see

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  President Susan Hockfield

  

    To: "All Members of the MIT Community" From: "Kathryn A ... for Susan Hockfield   To all members of the MIT community:   You are cordially invited to a community reception to welcome Susan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a ... to work on it. So Kim, who is a good painter, asked me if I wanted help ... Coolidge Corner Theater to watch a showing of episodes of the 1999 TV show

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to ... - freshmen are temporarily placed in a dorm, then given the choice to relottery ... and illogical to keep a few freshmen out of the rest of the system. In

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... to realize that I'm the furthest thing from a fighter... and I started ... shop. So actually, scrap the entire recipe. The key to a successful

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus become awash in color (thanks in part to that unusual snowstorm last week ... '08 give me a house tour. Along the way, I saw a door to add to my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a select group of 16 colleges and universities, including MIT, dedicated to ... intended to build upon good work already being done to promote greater access

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of ... ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  I love MIT, because starting a sentence with "Speaking of mu..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities: I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course, 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  questions on a Friday afternoon. Ben used to do these big roundup "answers to ... , according to Google Analytics, but no one is commenting, so here's a place to ... to drive up to a meeting in a few hours, and I've got a sprint

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a ... to link to a while back about technical theater at MIT (you did know we have a Theater Depatment, right?). More to come...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  thing I currently have to a job, and expecting me to have any deep insights about Career Fair right now is kind of like expecting a gorilla to analyze Hamlet, or a Harvard student to solve a math problem. So I'll leave

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012