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• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  of work to be done. So, you may ask, what are we up to right now? Preparing for the influx of summer visitors. Beginning in a few weeks, crowds for our twice-daily information sessions and tours should start getting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  is the Siemens Research Competition. MIT is a University Partner for ... -12 during the 2016-2017 school year are eligible to win up to $100,000 in ... Resources page. The deadline for submission is September 20th, 2016. Just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  semester-long class for mechanical engineering students. The class teaches ... dump tea bags into the Boston Harbor, hang up lanterns in the North ... warning of British soldiers. They also got bonus points for things like

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  watched nervously to see if our landing gear was up for the job.   Corn ... the hangar for some more tune-ups and adjustments in anticipation of our ... Remember, kids, consent is sexy--so ask for permission before

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience ... , most MIT staff are out of the office today and tomorrow for the holiday ... news from our friends in IS&T. In the meantime, thanks for your

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Latest Updates Updates about MyMIT and the EA interview deadline.

  

  So, MyMIT is back up, and things are back to normal around here. (Or ... students who were affected by the problem. For those of you who are applying ... " delaying your application, but it's better for your peace of mind to complete

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  Just a reminder...there are a lot of new UROP opportunities for IAP ... -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to ... to be more successful for a longer period of time. Responsibilities of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this ... examples: the "Bicilavadora" team, for their pedal-powered washing machine ... week they typically spend hand-washing clothes" the "Robopsy" team, for

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  Hi everyone! Just finally got caught up with answering your questions ... . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the ... 've been thinking about that's open for discussion. The announcement of MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  turned up great news for both of them. My Baker House dormmate Dylan ... days, Geeta Dayal, is also a writer, but for periodicals. She most frequently writes for The Village Voice, and last week, her piece was the cover

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  ") for winning this year's Mystery Hunt! I really enjoyed the hunt, and our ... gather...   This year, we gathered not only for a kickoff speech (announcing the theme: "Normalville"), but also for a giant kickoff puzzle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  frosh, taking us out for ice cream or staying up until 3 in the morning to ... buy us Asian pears and cut them up for us like every immigrant mom ... about it gets me so excited and seeing the events we have lined up for CP

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  judges for the presentations. So I basically just showed up, listened to a ... for anything- so I just show up and help out whoever needs an extra hand ... .) Friday seems so long ago that I barely remember it at all. I know for a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  everyone, As you may know, I am not-so-secretly a blogger for MIT Admissions. I want to put up an entry highlighting the various awesome things that MIT students (being, ourselves, awesome) do for the summer. So if you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  And now for something completely different. Sam is allowing me (Ruth '07) to write a guest blog entry. It might not make for the best guest ... song for the entry title. As the most Humanities-oriented student at MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  up, smiles, and says "Satan! I've been waiting for you!" "I've been ... !" , and piggybacks out at a sprint. "Order up for Tasha?" calls an ... 2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  webcast here. You should watch it and cheer for me.) My parents and younger brother are coming up from Ohio, and that weekend is also Adam's 21st birthday, so his parents are coming up from Plymouth for a big family dinner

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  !, 2003 (this puzzle, instead of a word answer, has an image for an answer ... reading day, which, for our office, is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday ... figure out how they work best. For me, coffee shops work quite well, for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  life for a second. Whether you're a current senior and getting excited for CPW, a current undergrad and getting excited for CPW, or a prospective student who will one day be excited for your CPW, we all have a lot

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for ... Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a ... universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007