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• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  place in the 2003 World Solar Challenge in Australia - for a spin on Mount ... , said MIT student Ben Glass, who was traveling ahead in a lead car. ``Obviously it's not built for the road,'' he said.   I don't know if they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  (Jo-Jo) Chang '03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was ... as Freshman Class Vice President. After graduating in 2003 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Joanne now works as a management

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

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  to show the student's passion in the sciences? I know many students who ... your AP courses. In many schools, I know, AP courses are the best (and ... admissions officers) want. I think this is what Marilee is trying to say in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in ... the "Claw," the fountain in front of the bookstore). When I started ... , rectangular. Instead of drowning in camera-armed Chinese tourists you should

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  Yep, I'm officially Course 11. A few interesting things have happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most ... companies' home pages. Everyone was so happy in class today -- I guess the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle ... Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal ... stayed in place despite its best efforts to escape. MIT's victory

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  few people would deny that individuals are shaped by their experiences. Just like humans, cells develop in response to their environment; a heart cannot be grown by simply placing stem cells in a Petri dish. However, Ali

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  created by a team of about six artists. In this blog post, I want to convey ... pumpkins) in a tent on the Kresge oval. There is a one-evening showcase ... glassblowing courses. I missed it this year, but I pulled up my photos from last

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  , when the decisions come out, I know you will feel a range of emotions. I ask you to please be civil and kind in your comments in today's entries ... respectful community. I ask that, even if you become very upset today, that you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  some reason, I waited until senior year to take the mandatory swim test, but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating ... International Development Network (IDN) Crafts Fair in Lobby 10 Though today is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  in a tux **Many thanks to Gheorghe '07, from whom I stole many of ... planning committee, I feel it is my duty to share with you all the exciting ... We held it at the Boston Sheraton In this picture, the Sheraton is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants and the difficult decisions we make in selection. This year, we received ... , undoubtedly, make selection even more difficult this year. I can tell already

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  previous years, I have conducted Central Meetings in Providence, St. Louis ... Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii ... 've sent, or otherwise affirmed your interest in MIT, you will receive an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  Waiting for college decisions is difficult. Trust me, I've been there ... into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I ... calm you down/you think should be added to the playlist? Let me know in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  camer-AHHHHH! redux

  

  Mitra always has snazzy photos on her blog (though I am sad to hear ... my last trip I took pictures of my Central Meetings and promised to put them up on my blog, though unfortunately I also had some camera

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  may want to do in the future. Rule No. 1 Don't be a afraid to put ... GRT (graduate resident tutor). They may know someone who works in the field you are interested in, went to the grad school you are looking at

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  who are struggling extraordinarily well, and some of us (at least I hope ... series by Orson Scott Card.  Unlike many of the MIT students that I know, I have not read the series, but I am aware that this movie is supposed to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  in the pre-mailing tasks. The letters have been printed (I held the stack of admit letters in my hands; it was sublime). I was on the team ... in the mail. I'm not sure of the exact number of admits, but it is very

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  applications and selecting the class in committee. This time next week I'll be enjoying my first day off in quite awhile, and my blogging should return ... being completely awol from the blogs recently. She's right, and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  the holidays, I'll try to field some questions here. Please remember ... mail your materials on or before January 1. However, I strongly discourage procrastination. The closer you send in your application to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008