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• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  December 20 would be the likely dates, but it could be any day in December ... specific dates for decisions would be just that -- speculation. I promise you ... countries). I have a few updated notes for applicants in these countries. For

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  feel like I have developed my own signature style in cooking – dishes ... catering to other people’s tastes for so long that I couldn’t find myself in my cooking. As if lost in a dark wood, I felt, with a direness, my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad ... ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... placing third, with a total of 103 climbs! I climbed the Green Building a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  season is in full swing and I’ve been kept passably sane by practice and ... previous only works if you say it in one of those movie-trailer voices. I ... Day eve and all of a sudden I have to go to school again! Weird (in an

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran into someone in vienna today… hi nisha

  

  [annotation note="the dark&stormy is an s-tier drink."].[/annotation] [annotation note="believe it or not, us being in vienna at the same time was completely coincidental."].[/annotation]

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  Hello party people!  I know. November 1 is looming and you are ... today, I've been helping answer your calls and want you to know that ... , so I'm listing the most common questions we're getting below. I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  in their applications to other great schools. Unfortunately, I suspect ... defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window ... mistaken for anything else. Jane asked, "I always wondered....why is MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  people in civic that i work with, around, and next to. they are my honest ... in case you didn't know, it's currently independent activities period ... people take "externships" (short one-month internships) in industry or

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  guest-speakers at the event, when I myself had been a prefrosh sitting in ... place yesterday was Meet the Bloggers! I'd been told that it would be ... excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  appear in your notebook but you have no memory of writing them. they are ... semester goes on sometimes the TA for the next recitation comes in and does ... beanbag in the sun :( we hate sun it burns[/caption] 4. banana lounge is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  well. We want to see that students are involved in things because they care about them, not just because they think certain activities would ... 't have any required classes, but a strong academic foundation in high
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  There was another hack on campus this morning! This time, it would ... student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos ... , and that none of them were harmed in the making of this hack.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  serving the community - entire communities can pitch in, too. "I grasped the ... Amanda David, a sophomore at MIT majoring in management, had in mind when ... societies at MIT to serve the community at large. "Kristi, Sally and I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  are reading this, I hope you'll say a quick "hi" in the comments section ... more about options for international students. Coming in, I knew about ... (behind the camera: Ben) I'm in the office in Cambridge briefly again today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the ... school counselor handed me the microphone after her warm welcome I was in ... the Grand Tetons[/caption] This spring, I had the chance to reconnect

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  useful as that button seems to be, I'm not sure how much it could actually ... . Every once in a while you walk by a door with a sign on it and you wonder "What could possible be in that room?!" Some are pretty easy to figure

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  I was just reading Wired Magazine online and came across this. Specifically, let's look at 1998. 1998 Disney has bought MIT for $6.9 billion ... MIT homepage. Hey, anything's better than trying to work in an Athena

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  Happy Thanksgiving! My friend Jennifer (MIT '01) is an artist/baker extraordinaire. This week I got her annual Thanksgiving comic in my inbox: Dear ... Thanksgiving group, including how to fry a turkey. But the awesomest Thanksgiving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  (I should note that I stole this title from a People article on Kate Hudson's wedding in Aspen, Colorado.) Last weekend, I went up to Seattle ... during Class of 2005 Orientation in August 2001, and they've been

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system ... to pick a place you feel most connected to the people in. I can ... . I don't actually know much I can in conscience say about it. Near the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011