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  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 / 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 / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  With Orientation set to begin for the new MIT freshmen this weekend ... important note for today: All of MIT's financial aid is based on financial ... &M University-Commerce for middle school students, high school students, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  it’s hot and will burn you if you screw up. The fire isn’t any less ... archery, dance, and sailing, all for slightly different reasons. Fire ... things do catch fire. And for every prop we spin and every move we try, we

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 21, 2025
• 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
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  have enough real ones to make up for it. The Bay Area is pretty conducive ... interested in 4-145, the Blackjack Team practice room. For example, Chris wrote ... at MIT). But see for yourself. Below is the movie 4-145, then the real

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  rally race at Hasbro's headquarters Overheard at MIT (these hold up ... really do, but first I want to catch you up on what's been going on with me ... adorable. Here's him learning to use scissors for the first time at our local

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  those "get your child ready for college!" lists; when I read those lists ... ! Well, except for..." Except for the cooking. Cue shrug from me. At just ... submitting our dorm ranking choices, agonizing over the wait for results, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  for an audience). Soak up the town and culture you live in, because ... , and soak up all the trivial goodness that is: Q&A Are MIT students ... talks about fashion guidelines for people interested in that stuff, but I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008