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• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... 'm trying to get over this feeling). The feeling that I shouldn't blog until ... best to get you psyched about MIT. But anxiety runs high, as you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  : schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas ... quoted in a recent Bloomberg News article on stress & college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... different from yours. This opportunity, in fact, may turn out to be the one ... in terms of your backgrounds or aspirations, but simply in how many

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how many countries around the world come to MIT. Here's the challenge: In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  really want to be in a music group, or if you tend to get really nervous at ... smaller role in my life. I was very wrong. When I came to MIT last August, I decided I wanted to be in an instrumental group and a vocal group. I didn

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii). If you have registered for MyMIT, have replied to a letter/email we ... invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  MIT and Boston are in the middle of the actual Snowpocalypse, so what better time to whip up a blog about the beginning of classes? The lighting was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  . To kick off my new blog, I thought I'd do some blogging from the road, with some "day in the life"s, similar to others that have been done in ... . The next day, we slept in, and went to a late brunch at one of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  , the researchers in the Seung Lab designed a robot that learns how to ... little bit of control in how to use these muscles." By creating a ... work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  , I'm trying to tighten my culinary grasp in order to make new and ... now! (Bonus: Thanks to funding from the MIT Class of '22, everyone in 8 ... engaging. Bonus: class participation involves a daytrip to New York City

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  appealing pieces and a better life. You'll know how to gauge for success in ... store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the ... broken, but in the other direction, oops global warming. (And if you're

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... almost any form, from how-to sessions, forums, lecture series and films, to ... in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  article! We’ll be going back to New York in the beginning of June for more ... day in lab. So you may be surprised to hear that 2 MIT students, Alia ... , accomplishments, inspiration, secret obsessions, and more. Until we all went to New

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  :00pm EDT, in order to accommodate both coasts (and all the lovely time zones in-between). The page will go live ~30 minutes prior to each webcast ... /password we emailed to you). The video will come down soon after the CPW

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  hours on a MONDAY. And I got to sleep by 1AM, and then I woke up in time to get to my UROP at 10. Eight hours of sleep. SKILLZ, I TELL YOU ... sometimes I get on my computer to check my mail and somehow spend five hours

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  during my MEng, I’ve fallen hard in love with this city—Cambridge, then ... before I graduate I want to show you more of these places I love, starting with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  not while friends are on vacation in Maine and only get the chance to ... to their houses for a weekend. Joe lives in Portland, which is "Maine ... kind of passed out with A Prayer For Owen Meany open to page 89 in my lap

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  my stretched attempt at trying to tie in a completely unrelated, but ... how many people came to the event. That way, the next year, we can try ... "expressed interest" in the school, and they try to use that piece of data to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009