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• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  status, and I'm just sending pictures of my office. Matt and Ben are doing ... the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter ... home. Allow me to give you the grand tour. Picture 1 gives you a great

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to ... , Philosophy or "Outside the Box." To apply, you must submit the Preliminary ... permanent resident, live in the US, and not have your 18th birthday before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  . Pie Kits from Clover To celebrate all the hard work done by the whole ... kit from Clover Food Lab to make cranberry pies. [carousel image1 ... Museum took advantage of the day to announce their new home at...314 Main

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  appear that some hackers decided to turn the Infinite into a zoo, featuring the imagined animalistic avatars of some MIT courses, programs, and student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed ...  today, May 7, and you should receive it shortly thereafter, depending on the ... . As in past years, hundreds of students applied, and we only had space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  and fill out the CPW registration form asap. If you don't have a MyMIT account, you can call the CPW hotline (617.258.6085) to register via ... MIT account and confirm that your registration was recorded by the system

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  character: Nekobasu? Advice about applying to college/MIT: be open and honest ... : the people, the housing system, hacking lore, Mystery Hunt and IAP, the idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things

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

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  and guests from 2:30 to 4pm on Thursday (May 12th) at Majerle's Grill. Majerle's has been named the "best lunch spot" in downtown Phoenix, and we are excited to provide their yummy lunch for the ISEF finalists and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those ... Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for ... disease research, and a comparison of petroleum and coal in the same issue

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  Here's what I will see every Monday, Friday, Saturday, and many ... camera phone here at the library.) I sit in the same chair every day and try to look mysterious so that other people in the library will think I

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  six-week breaks and a summer vacation lasting from mid June to early ... , the lesser time devoted to coursework (and problem sets; they have fewer ... were nearly impossible to guess... First Row 1: Ortaköy Mosque and the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  responding to your questions from last entry, and the Burton 1 Cribs entry ... . However, I ran into a wall while trying to write it, and so I requested help ... waiting to be tapped. And so I tapped that. His mind, I mean. Ladies and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  , startles, and really makes you think. On the train on the way back from a ... From Chimps?The split between the human and chimpanzee lineages may have occurred millions of years later than fossil bones suggest, and the break may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a ... post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  are: 577 (PBT), 233 (CBT) and 90 (iBT). You should aim to meet or exceed ... [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to testing requirements. For the most up-to-date information, please view the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  C-Sail Jack Florey really went Captain Jack on this one.

  

  a closer look at that sail! Looks to me like a sail with a C on it ... 't get it: the Stata Center houses the Computer Science and Artificial

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

  not get to draw Beth R.F. '18 and Crystal W. '18 properly. Here they are ... like her little doodles, and I still get extremely happy whenever I find ... a million times, because four classes at MIT is a full and very

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, strangers. A video, a song, and some doodles.

  

  've posted some doodles and a video (because honestly that last one totally did ... and Tissue Biomechanics): Aaaaand 7.05 (Biochemistry), taught by the ... class for almost 60 years. And yes. HE'S FROM MISSOURI. (He was talking

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  a dream), Roseanne, Patrick, "me," Analiese '10, Vihang, and Elizabeth. Well done! In total, I counted 95 guesses between 10,000 and 20,000 applications. The mean of all guesses was 12,323 (not bad!) and the median was 12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  schools do not calculate GPA, class rank, and other statistics, so your ... you submit your high school transcript with three years of grades and ... entrance to universities in your home country. We understand that many grades