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  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  up until 5am talking to friends instead of doing problem sets. I never ... here for anything in the world.Favorite things about Boston: The Charles ... anywhere and there's so much stuff to do for college kids. I love that the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... the meantime, they have this sign up. Can you imagine what I looked ... busiest hallway on campus? No, really, just think about it for a sec. "Uh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice ... . I wrapped up paternity leave last weekend and have been at the Harvard ... hello. So what do admissions people talk about for 6 days in a row, 16

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  --- EDITED 12/11/04 09:50 AM EST --- The postman picking up all 383 ... spaces for regular action, further pressuring people to apply early. We don ... 're aiming for a smaller class this year. So, given our 1/3 constraint, our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  : I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night ... applications, before heading to Teele Square for my usual Tuesday night pub ... scrimmage at 10pm. Should be a good day. Opening up a big can of worms: so, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great ... ) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Designing the 2025 East Campus Rollercoaster by Zack I. ‘27

  

  year for a project of this scope) as the design is iterated upon and improved until it is ready for construction. From September 2024 until its construction in August of 2025, I was the designer and project lead for the 2025

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 18, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  volunteer for. The text line just opened back up this semester, and it ... mark it up with what has been done/needs to be done for that particular ... my best to set up good practices at the beginning of the semester, but

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  to simply use for their next year at college or spend on themselves ... to farmers. I asked Hassan for pictures of the chicken farm and hE SEn ... graduating (aside from the chicken farm!) and reached out to him for this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  hey! PNR exists for a reason, and now seems like the best time to try ... life, but when Covid struck, I stopped taking classes. For all of high school, I danced at home for fun, twirling through my kitchen in socks and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  friends and I traveled to Europe for a different sort of attraction: single ... Formula SAE – SAE stands for Society of Automotive Engineers – teams from ... wheel formula cars. MIT’s team designs and builds an electric car for the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  from a Harvard professor: “you signed up for an education seminar; here ... longing for lessons past” way. I discovered 5 classes like that junior year ... seemed ideal—an elective for my Philosophy (Course 24-1) major and the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  four I attended last year. I’ll keep you updated for more Boston ... Eagle, Banana Republic, and Uniqlo—a gradient for different budgets. You ... England, behind Faneuil) for local seafood and international cuisine, of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  ) [good for packing with lunches. I grew up drinking one of these every day ... interning for the next four weeks during Independent Activities Period (IAP ... finally figured out how to open the trunk to look for the ice scraper Zipcar

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have ... , dressed them up, transformed her living room into a stage + bar + music, and ... and cheered for their friends. My boyfriend's aunt leaned over to fill

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  enjoyed making things; that hasn't changed at all. This summer, for example ... I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn ... and a metal post for a seat (ouch). I wanted something nice, something

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  completing homework, looking up tutorials for fancier designs, and tearing and ... the months leading up to decision day. I could play with absolutely no ... who I’d stay up late with, chatting and chasing loose threads down

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  infinite; and dedication, choosing to stop and catch up for a few minutes in ... . The runners were going about the pace I’d shoot for in a three-mile race ... for a Green Line train, and were spat out in the middle of Allston. A

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  . Winter break as officially started for me, so life is pretty good right now ... . She’s had to live with the mess for the past month). But last night, as ... up in the most succinct and accurate way possible – Warning: May

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  it for yourselves in the next six months. I can hardly wait. The ... decision. Every day, I wake up. To be more specific, every day I wake up and ... been sleeping. The truth is that MIT isn't right for everyone. Some

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009