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• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  wrote. Honestly, I'm a bit embarrassed -mm] Without a doubt, the students ... my passions like playing in a rock band. I'm happy with who and where I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to ... all the news sites: NASA has postponed today's planned shuttle launch. I'm

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

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  Correction from my previous entry: I'm told that you can paint your room in Burton-Connor too, as long as you clear it with the house manager and paint it back at the end of the year. Just so my readers know, I'm

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  birthday and doesn't have a party? I know I'm gonna party when I hit 375 (or ... of the biggest events I'm looking forward to is JULY FOURTH! Boston is

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  look her up the next time I'm in Southern California. Anyway, the first ... (perhaps more on this in a future entry), but I'm happy that it is a program

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  to answer in time, but i'm STILL struggling to decide between Yale and MIT. I love science but I'm also very interested in International

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I'm in New Jersey for the ... the Spring Concert, featuring Fabolous & Lloyd Banks. As for me, I'm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  drink, is on the right. I'm going to have to remember that one. Next, I ... , of course, they were experts in probability and statistics (I'm sure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  knows my research capabilities as well as what I'm like as a person far ... is best to mail supplemental music/art/etc. to us on a CD. I'm told

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  laugh, or at least mutter a perplexed "...what?" Turns out, I'm not the ... how I should've done things differently. I guess I’m not alone in this

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  , I'm trying to figure out how the very intimidating AV box works ... familiar with the runway route and how to walk in sync at 115 BPM. I'm

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  i'm taking a zoom call. — when i say i'd do it again, i mean it. if i ... than done. these are lessons i'm just barely learning my senior year

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  sorts. I didn't look around physically, since I'm not on campus. Through ... dropped some classes later :), which I'm very happy they did 9/11/21 I ... "You can only start at top or half of the hour," religiously, and I'm not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  of hours. One job I'm considering averages about 50-60 hours of work ... I’m just “sheeping” to the natural next steps for me, even as I am ... Guzey’s post “Why You Should Start a Blog Right Now”. I’m usually a person

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  happening to OTHER people, but no, it truly got to me. Now I’m feeling good ... … This semester I’m taking four classes: 2.007, 2.086, 6.1010, and 21 ... averaging 70% on all of my assignments. And I know that I could do better. I’m

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  ’t be the only thing—seeing a movie in a theater is more immersive, and I’m ... misunderstand even each other’s surface level meanings, that I’m unintentionally ... . You’ve just gotta fight your way through. I’m lucky that I started

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  . I was really sad about it. I’m a senior and it’s a fall-only class, so ... ’s going! *comedic sounds of despair*”, “I’m sooo hosed haha” (I was almost ... connection genuinely resonates with most people who come here, so I'm not

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  everyone takes anyway, so I'm here to explain how your first midterm seasons ... . I'm fortunate to not typically have test anxiety, but the amount of ... high school and it was genuinely[annotation note = "Half of it was I'm

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  with each other. Whenever I’m stuck on a problem, I always have someone I ... :30 and go to class. I’m double majoring in [annotation note ... was amazing. I’m excited to compete at NEWMACS and Regionals.” Squash

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  obligations make me feel like i have weight in the world, like i’m not ... don’t think they’re thriving, but i’m also not really sure what thriving ... serious look at until now i’m only now realizing it consciously, but when

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023