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• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  So, I'm back in the office after this weekend's wedding. It was great to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate ... , admissions officer. At the reception, I got to sit next to Julian Wheatley, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  came highly recommended, and overall I'd have to say I liked it. After it ... Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to ... to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  we do not have enough information. While it is important to file your Part 1 in a timely manner (as close to November 1 as possible), materials ... This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  to many of you. But it's true) Being a nerd, I did nerd things. I read ... . This is all a bit scary. But it's also very rewarding. This year, I ... 'd like to teach and do. It's also been incredibly rewarding to see these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 9 ZigZag presents the Vehicle Design Summit and more.

  

  The newest episode of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is now available. It ... checking out. Which student-designed alternative fuel car is your favorite? Check it out: Enjoy the episode!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  first week madness memes does anyone relate? lol

  

  [annotation note="The reason we have to take an entrance exam is because we do not have the prerequisite, which is understandable, but alas :^("]note[/annotation][annotation note="These memes were brought to you by us

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only thing I gained this year was academic hardship." Sophomore year tends to ... myself working harder than I ever have to keep up. But there's much more

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  ) flew by quickly. That is until we got to the arachnids exhibit (finally ... with the background; I would never have imagined it to be bright, Barbie ... animal noises. For dinner, we went to another [annotation note="Is an

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... your applications for early action. Truly. I consider it a privilege to read your essays, to learn about your cultural heritage and family

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  and 6PM. So we had planned on leaving at 4PM to play it safe. So before ... : Spreak! Spring break took too long to come by. Spent most of it doing ... academic experience. The following is a letter from the past. It was

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT homepage

  

  By the way, if you haven't been to the MIT homepage today, you should check it out!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  't changed is my personal proclivity towards "doing things": whether it ... was writing. Now I think I know what pushed me to write it: my ... what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  Hi! this is going to be a sorta long blog so here’s a tldr: I went ... . It was one of the most interesting classes I’ve ever had, getting to ... the doors that went to the interesting places were locked, and it took

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  elsewhere:     While it is incredibly dated now - though not ... Before I say what I have to say about video, remember: Blogger ... have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  several of my MIT friends were incredulous when I explained it to them. By ... It's been a while since my last entry. Right now I'm visiting my mom ... . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... -developing formal curriculum to support it. And, as someone who has taught MIT ...  hyped for it, so I'm attaching it to the bottom of this blog post in case you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  fine. Remember, college is mostly what you make of it, here or anywhere ... application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create ... competitive: 538 students applied to transfer, and we have admitted 23. And as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  Toy Story Hack! And Other Hacks from Fall 2015

  

   installation appeared on the bridge between buildings 56 and 18. For three days, it brought smiles to all those who passed by. To share the happiness, here are some photographs of the hack on a sunny autumn day. (also below is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  'll hear from me after that :) However, in the meantime: Congratulations to ... " groups started to form; however, there was one semi-official one that we linked to here on the blogs (although I wasn't a part of the "we", then

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  ). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman ... Schoenfeld told ref Don Koharski to "eat another dougnut, you fat pig!" and was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008