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  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  operating smoothly now. I'll spare you all the gory details of what happened ... servers - we're MIT and we have kickass servers - but sometimes I think the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  about Boston: public transportation (I don't own or need a car!), the ... Fun fact about yourself: I'm (very slowly) learning Mandarin Chinese. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  . ``Obviously it's not built for the road,'' he said.   I don't know if they were issued a fine, but if so, I'd be more than happy to help defray the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  motivations. Fun fact about yourself: I flew a jet (alongside a pilot) for about 30 minutes - and I landed it too.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne (Jo-Jo) Chang '03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  I've gotten a few search engine hits for "MIT ISEF Luncheon," so for those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of ... Assistant Director of Admissions Matt McGann. I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  I'm still reeling a bit from the last thread, I must admit. Let me say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give that power to someone else. Don't give it to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  international selection. It was extremely difficult, but I'm very excited ... had a quick item about stress and the college admissions process... I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get ... you're not planning on doing architecture at MIT, I still encourage you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  Congratulations to the Random Hall dormitory team ("Physical Plant") for winning this year's Mystery Hunt! I really enjoyed the hunt, and our ... ? The honor and privilege of writing Mystery Hunt 2006. I hope to see you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  I've stopped listening to Jenny's cozy destress vibes playlist while [annotation note="bloggers: i'm looking at your spotify wrapped and taking in ... and i'm pathologizing them too. and creating narratives

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  are not offering admission, then I want to remind you success is not ... ), then [annotation note="Last week I met up with a student we denied four ... and realize it all worked out okay.[/annotation] I’m closing comments

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... Day and realize it all worked out okay. I'm closing comments on this ... . I wish all of our applicants well. No matter where you enroll next

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past ... order. I excerpt from it below: MIT’s tradition of national service is ... our nation with dignity.   I'm proud of MIT's history of military

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... Day and realize it all worked out okay. I'm closing comments on this ... . I wish all of our applicants well. No matter where you enroll next

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  : it has been truly painful. If you are among them, then all I can say ... you can be amazing wherever you go, if you choose to be. I'm ... . Congratulations to the Class of 2019. I wish all of our applicants well. No matter

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  genre. Today I’m just going to ramble about minor happenings this week ... which nobody was very attentive, I’m sure), and, at the appointed time ... the first floor of Burton-Conner (and by first I mean second, because we

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  the face. The initial (terrible) script I spat out was heavily ... down on the steps of Lobby 10, I set up my normal non-slow-motion camera ... . For those of you with the stomach to watch, I offer you this video

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in the future (I am heading into a little sub-field of civil engineering ... to fruition. When I was younger, I wanted to be a bridge engineer and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012