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• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  read or listen to the entire story. In the New York Times: Her Mission ... -anxiety college admissions process. The academy discusses this in a new book, Less ... admissions? Jones: It can be a big driver. Many of us in college admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  MITAdmissions. If I could assign reading to prospective students like I can assign ... 've had a tremendous impact. In advance of this anniversary, I decided to ... 've gathered, but I am not that person. Part of the decrease in comment activity

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  likelihood. I hope that you will have another great choice to fall in love with ... still turn out well for you in the end. What should I do about the May 1 ... letting us know one way or the other. Can you tell me where I am on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  and how it will change under the next administration. In late November ... ." As an unofficial advisor to DreaMIT, I know how amazing our ... As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  quite enjoyable. Again, it was all about vectors, and I can do those. Our ... actually allowed to declare yet, but I can take this class. From what I ... sure what could be. In the words of Veruca Salt, "I want one noooooooow

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  lung capacity. After that, I hung out with friends in New House 3. At ... Nov 3: I ended up in an ambulance, then at Cambridge Hospital, then ... weird. 4. Tuesday Nov 6: I voted in the presidential election for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  in the wall next to 224C. I do not know how or why it got there, but it ... at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... in Mollie's wacky professor quotes entry... though I guess, by itself

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  otherwise I'd feel incredibly bad for spending my entire morning writing in ... , it's easier to believe that there was time in-between I spent studying ... that some deadlines are very, very soon. I wouldn't want to tell you how

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  undergraduate who says she's been interested in astronomy for "as long as I can ... As selection continues, I wore my blue & gold tie that I bought in Richmond, VA. I had lunch again at the Steam Cafe, which is turning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  at MIT. As you’ll discover in this post, I can’t recommend it enough ... letter in December. I held tight onto the breath of fresh air I took in ... , there was a place where I could finally breathe. A page in my notes app

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally ... each one was, I can only offer you this news, which has me excited beyond ... It's been hectic for past few days; I had my first German vocabulary

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT goes APE. Not your average Sunday night.

  

  Hello all! I’m just popping in to show you guys a video from an ... /hip-hop/rap group: FM’s songs have been featured in “So You Think You can Dance ... Weekend. Last year, I waited four hours in the rain to see N.E.R.D. I would

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  , in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the ... as a harmless sounding “Exam 1”. I also don’t like how I borderline

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  This semester I’ve lived in an apartment with three roommates: one omnivore, one vegetarian, and one vegan. I decided on the day we moved in that I would try out vegetarianism, just to see how it went. It wasn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go outside again from waves: I watched my wild youth Disappear in front of my ... goodbye: So long, goodbye Hey, here's a fun idea How 'bout I sit on the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to ... from any class, and I don't have any clever terms to describe how I

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will ... -Nehisi Coates, who writes for the Atlantic - which in the past year became my new ... -career Sloan Fellows...we also have to form a IT-based startup in a team...And I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  machine shop in his house, "as early as I can remember, certainly by the ... have they done, and what do they hope to do? So while I can point to ... the stories I collected this summer about the new MIT freshmen... MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  worked in the dining room being waiters. I wanted to dress up, so I asked ... , you can imagine how much running up and down this involved. :) That ... dance instructor come and teach everyone how to do a little swing. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  three classes in some "coherent unit": I've taken a whole bunch of lit ... filled-out completion form. I turned in both to the HASS office, and felt a ... got to MIT, I was pre-med, and planning to double-major in Course 8 and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013