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• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  If you are applying to MIT this year, here's an update on what you ... understand that we can't be everywhere!] Even if you are applying elsewhere via ... community, consider sending in some of your work. If you are interested in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  chances of ever entering an American university, and assisted an elderly man ... language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... culture, a sense of history and background that I simply did not possess or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  of Admissions at MIT, wrote a short book called College Admissions and the Public Interest. It's a longstanding handbook of the admissions profession, and one of those texts that reads basically as true today as it did

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  ) tried to strengthen ties with the University of Zambia (UNZA ... . Instead, we spent more time in the capital city of Lusaka, where we: 1) met ... condition (e.g. "In 2000, an estimated 73% of the population lived below the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  :30pm Kresge Auditorium - MIT - FREE In celebration of Black History ... !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to which Africa has influenced art of all kinds and, with this influence

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  BBQ in the history of the universe. I should warn you that I saw Le ... Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ ... graduation/4th of July decorations were on sale, but I chose to look forward

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  it for my hands/to re-apply throughout the day. All of these are korean ... the clothes they’re wearing, or the things they buy. Of course, this ... true that most people have a degree of choice in what they purchase or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  Content Note: This post contains mentions of death, depression, and ... of MIT students this fall, the characters talk about two types of ... feel happiness or pleasure. It is described as a type of numbness, a numb

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  and 2-5 friends can ask any of your professors out for a feast, to any restaurant. It'll definitely be better than dining hall food. Which actually ... incredible opportunity to develop a closer bond to some of the world's best

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... found a spelling mistake. And nearly died of panic. After receiving ... , impatient for decisions, reluctant to do my other apps, doubtful of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  applied, as you might recall, because I applied out of spite.) It's a little ... Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free ... now, the real stuff A common concern voiced about applying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  hold the first copy in my hands. Those of you who will be applying next ... entire year. Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw the first proofs for the final book. I was blown away

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  , regardless of who else is applying from a particular school. Dressing like a ... Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Name: Matt McGann Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions ... , Class of 2000, Course 15 (Management Science) Favorite things about MIT ... idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things

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

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  , Class of 2005, Course 1 (Civil Engineering) Favorite things about MIT: interesting and brilliant people; students of every major can take nearly any ... 't uncommon; people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences Favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  (Come to the 3rd floor of the Student Center at 12 noon on Friday of CPW. There will be several of us, including a MIT professor, talking about why this can be a really good idea.) So you got into one of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  Last Sunday, one week ago, I moved out of East Campus. The hours ... in my key and walking out the door. I knew it was coming, of course ... the moment of checking out still felt unexpected, and surprising: these

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  Thursday also happened to be the night of a Random Hall study break, hosted ... entry that would exceed the length of The Old Man and the Sea, and so I ... desk, I spied a whiteboard in the hallway with a suspicious bag of candy

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  is that there’s a pretty universal handful of questions that all ... terrifyingly untested (and, thus, unpopulated); little clusters of people ... aforementioned features for the apple of my childhood-reliving eye, the glory of

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC Presents: Black Panther 2

  

  On November 20th in [annotation note="a lecture hall"]26 ... of Black Panther 2. Black Panther 2 had been on LSC's radar since the beginning of the semester. We knew for sure it was something we wanted to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 11, 2022