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• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  're available; this is mostly for the Regular Action selection committee ... I see that there's been a bit of discussion in the comments about the ... contact you or your school. That being said, it is your responsibility to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means ... video game nerds. Order of the Stick D&D comes to life, basically

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game ... mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the ... is supposed to be fun; don't let the application get you even before

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  happy to tag along. (It is very telling that when the crowd started ... because the woman standing right in front of me got to take home the ... ! Those are the disco balls in space." My turn to be totally astonished. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  "abogado," or "lawyer." This is because the Spaniards who came to the New ... the Spanish word that sounded closest to it. Hey, according to Matt ... like, two-thirds of the way up the block, and I was pretty dumb in high

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  . Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best ... One year ago tomorrow -- August 6, 2004 -- I started the first of six blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  thing to do at the time, in some sense it was the right thing to do at the ... was mostly luck. I was lucky that I got to take the classes that I did in the semesters that I did them. I was lucky to have gotten research

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the winter the grass is covered in hoarfrost (иней in Russian, I learned) that ... for the past four months. Winter in PA is grey trees against a warm

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  direct you here. Suffice it to say that Professor Dumbledore is the reason ... my name in the blanks. Instead, we met in person to discuss my ... our understanding of the universe.  One of those winners is an MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do ... they want things to keep getting done, they need to know the people in ... the department in charge of student groups, sole, describes their

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  laugh) My primary mission is to start working on my new project in lab ... "Too Much Clue" in some of the fun that weekend. If you're interested in ... hope you had an umbrella, Mollie. (Yes, I decided to watch in on TV

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  Engineering Tools." 2.670's job is to get students familiar with the tools and ... had the chance to work with the actual machinery involved in ... to. Keep in mind, there are about 50 people in my section of the class

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad ... marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one of the most exciting times of the year. There's just a lot of things

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment ... third choice for any student. 2. Megan '08 for introducing me to the song ... loved was born with roses in her eyes." 4. Joe '08, for inviting me to go

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Northern Lights in the Not-So-North! aka GO OUTSIDE TONIGHT

  

  drove all the way out into rural Mass to get these views![/caption]   ... HEAR YE HEAR YE THIS IS YOUR TOWN CRIER SPEAKING! It is my solemn duty to inform you that NORTHERN LIGHTS ARE AGAIN PREDICTED FOR TONIGHT

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  decorated like a homeless guy's scrapbook. In addition to the gems below ... It's a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only ... nature. I stashed the water in my assigned kitchen cabinet back at Random

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  I'm frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who are they? What is their story? Beginning today, I'm going to be posting ... mostly come from local newspapers. The stories are pretty inspirational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  is the same. With a sigh, I walk into 10-250 and try not to think about ... the way forward. In the afternoon we might open up to discussion, feel ... phases of reason and tolerance, and this is just a blip in the movement

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  the kind of work I’ve always wanted to do. But - as in every Groundhog ... sleep… only to do it all again the next day. In every episode, breaking out of the time loop is easy. The character comes to the life

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

   these the best noodles in the greater Boston area? This place is located in a ... is right in the middle of Chinatown, so I've walked by it countless ... "]Roxy's.[/annotation] Now, most of these places are closed, so if I'm too lazy to cook, I have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020