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• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get ... . Neighbours. He had retired to the town next to mine. I don't remember much from ... is to be yourself. Treat the interview as a conversation, and as an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  Is it already the seventh week of the semester? To be honest, I ... although MIT is indubitably hard, much of the difficulty is self ... in the differential equation, the system that is my life, and I am oh

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  my IAP with my head in the books, trying to absorb as much information ... sponsors the class, but it’s open to anyone in the MIT community and is ... in the center of the field. My team is all girls, so we're going to get

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  students throw their hat in the ring because they have nothing to lose! Students can apply to up to three externships in the middle of Fall semester ... contributions to the place you are working at. (For more on getting the most out

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  voice in the movement. Many are surprised to hear that the first ... that allowed the US to become the current world leader in higher ... Education: the idea behind this was (and still is) to completely transform an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  much to say in this entry other than to give a brief update of how my ... , with medical school acceptances in hand, ready to begin the next chapter ... lab this past semester (and having to walk back to the dorm in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  last week, i failed at a jigsaw puzzle and knot theory and some fears about returning

  

  much of the same, spending hours upon hours trying to speed run this god ... that all the end are connected, which is,  in all fair, completely ... .? My concerns were solely about being able to survive and thrive in the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 31, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... . Round Three: You can only use hand gestures. So, the idea is that in each ... guesses is one point, and at the end, the team with the most points wins

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  . Because the program is so small, it can be hard to find information about ... counterpart to the more rigid, studio-based Architecture major. In 2018, it was ... interrelated in a lot of ways. 2 - What is design (at MIT)? Gloria: The

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  projects too--the Design/Build/Fly team is working towards competition day in ... can learn it, and that the best way to learn it is to do it without ... it to make a program that did things on the Internet. In fact, I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a ... answers in order to find a new answer. A large puzzlehunt like the Mystery ... , this feels like an FRC kickoff to me…there is so much to be revealed

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  just one more gnome game it will fix me

  

  always ends a run. But likely the most powerful tool in the game is the log ... comments. Logs When attempting to enter a log, the best strategy is to go in ... small game" -Cyan “GNOME GAME IS JUST LIKE JUGGLING IN THAT THE GNOME IS

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  . Has life been perfect in the Alpha Phi House? Of course not and to say ... bus during the day on Sunday and I need to go to campus and it is ... Dixie, and Jeopardy to name just a few). We have laughed at the antics in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  , and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to ... ;     The memorial unveiled today is, however, the most ... shot in the line of duty. Carved into the south-facing wall is an epitaph

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  admitted. The transfer process is very similar to the freshman process, in ... teacher to note the situation in his response/letter. Overall, this is not a ... the scores have not yet been received. Is this due to a delay in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  logic, math and probability inherent in the game. "Most people who write ... will get made over by the Fab Five as part of their new season in Las ... episode is being advertised with the tag line, "Turn a Poker Dud Into a Five

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  senior year was easier than the first, my activity was much higher in the ... is to stay indoors nearly all the time; how lonely it is to barely see ... my priority, and I'm much happier now. MIT is confusing in many more

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  HASS is the one I look forward to all Monday, Wednesday, Friday. So I ... week passes so quickly, and the weekend is over in a flash. I don't know ... , writing things down? That's what I do, day-to-day. I've pretty much got the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  culturally connected to the ‘tute. From the long days in committee that I ... am making is this: accepted or not, you all have the ability to perform ... dream will have been dashed. In one of the moments that I was thinking

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  know one way or the other. It is in your best interest to complete your ... are some things you should not do: Fly to campus to make the case in ... predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009