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• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  try and get things done to graduate in June (eeep! real world! yikes ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanks What is your fantasy class? Vote yet again.

  

  's always nice to see the median voter theorem in action. What courses would ... Thanks for all of the advice on my previous entry. I have decided to ... international development" from an economic perspective in previous courses, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4-5 reading days each week, we ... After struggling to figure out what to blog about today, I decided to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  ), what MIT's role ought to be in national and global energy policy, the ... . Plus I got to meet Bryan in real life, and he promised he would organize a blogger outing to go get ice cream! Best day ever! Argh, now I have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an ... in the sand. I walked to the Harvard Bridge with a friend to sink the ... decided to join in, I let a loud scream rip. A few folks poked their heads

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  and two other ARTalk bloggers in 21M.A12 (Arts at MIT), I would like to ... exhibit. We went to Litchballett (literally, ‘light ballet’ in ... an art show that Hans Haacke held at MIT in 1967. To quote the little

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  'm slowly getting used to the fact that, when I speak in Celsius, people ... MOLECULES IN SPACE (presumably because he realized that adding "in space" to ... last year, but didn't get in - which makes being here now even more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only admitted students can ... information securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• FAQ / Interview

  How am I assigned an interviewer?

  an Educational Counselor (EC) available to conduct an interview. If an EC is available, they will reach out via email to schedule an interview ... frequently. Details about our interview process and what to expect are
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My ... , I bought posters of him in Little Italy, NY, and even went to an ... A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  this homework. it's something strange to come to terms with, how this ... i've ever had the pleasure of knowing. he taught me how to love ... to take choir in my senior year of high school. i played piano and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  freshmen from living in senior house; and second, to institute a "turnaround ... the groups that live in the dorm, they are groups to which the stigma of ... 's how we have the freedom to write honestly about what it's like to be an

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  person to get their picture in before Valentine's Day officially ends. A ... , bad joke.) who may or may not like piña coladas and getting caught in ... . Solid choice. Alright, guys, unless you get me a picture in the next 34

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  woman on a crane directed workmen on the ground while pointing out how to ... campus to the clover food truck to satisfy a craving for their famous soy ... mulch, bushes, brightly colored spring flowers to be planted, and a big

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  as much as my family did: Anyway, I come to you in 2018 bearing ... updates that you want us to know (things like awards, achievements, etc ... obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles ... One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... the first person in their families to go to college, their university

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  lucky ones get put into a folder to be re-read and noted later. (Most don ... Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or ... other eager freshmen, still believed 24 hours in a day was surely enough

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  very close ended to the very open ended: before my time, in the days of ... answer. A) and B) are somewhat in tension, but we try to balance them as ... old applications, which got me down to the Institute Archives, looking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  ’s rights, and race relations. She plans to do the M.Phil. in development ... underprivileged students. He eventually plans to pursue a doctorate in biological ... prestigious Rhodes Scholarships to study next year at Oxford University in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008