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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  , to heterogeneity," which inspires a "recognition that there are a lot ... season coming up, I should note that a home subscription to the New York ... , this time a long and insightful article in the Sunday Magazine. Take some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  did take a lot of pictures from the event, there is one that I think ... 's birthday, and I honestly had not had that much fun in a very long time. 5-WITS is the brainchild of a MIT course 2 alumnus, and it's basically an

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  more efficient way and tries to change it in the middle. (Trust me, I ... . It was leaked to us in a joke flyer that was handed out before the ... diploma. This is really the moment I looked forward to. It was like a final

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  ) Haha, that Ben is a giant gossip. Adam and I haven't done the whole knee ... office hours and starting a relationship from there is probably the best ... on less than $20 a week. That is a true story. When I got back to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  tier-listing all the classes i’ve taken at mit and some other things

  

  , and that I’m ambivalent about having taken. Finally, at the bottom, is ... without. For the bottom tiers, I want to add a disclaimer that I don ... project classes that took a lot of grinding my brain against the wall and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  get a traditional advisor? Is there any way to indicate that I want non ... he always did and I'm imagining things. Is there a reason that you don ... experiments and things. Since the Intel class is offered to freshmans and I wasn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  , China, and Canada many times, and Italy once, this is the first time that I’m traveling to a country that has none of my family members in it ... values. For better or worse, it’s a simple fact that the world is more

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  -depth in another entry, but the point is that it was a critical year, because ... . As a side note, I thought that when I came back to the US, it'd be a ... office or a lab, would help me do my part to help the world, and allow me

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  homeland. The reason for the commentary is a proposal to clamp down on binge ... the consequences of alcohol abuse. Grace's article is a great read, and ... is very interesting to see the American (and MIT) college social life

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  . A lot of the time, the highlights of my day and the events that I ... wondered if moving across the country to school was taking a huge risk. I ... before I adjusted to a new environment and began to enjoy everything that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  Lydia is a kind shepherd of the blogs who puts too much trust in my sense of judgement, and I have taken advantage of that trust. While I can ... . AWESOME. Let me back up a bit. See, back before dubsmash and the Doge meme

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  and precedes a forthcoming trip to Kansas and Nebraska. The trip began ... always great -- use the web to get inspiration for a project that you can ... Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  the river just to get to school is a pain. But at the same time, it ... . Pass/No Record is not an excuse to slack off and not learn the basics - it's a chance to adjust to MIT and learn the study habits you'll need

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  to be up there, on THAT VERY STAGE, doing standup with a hand puppet ... the ground itself, and for that reason they needed ropes, gates, and a ... me a paper bag to breathe in, I take a look around and realize 1) that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  will to work as a unit. To not buy into that is to diminish the ... . Rowing is the total focus of the trip. We practice twice a day and spend ... that it is one of the few sports that you can pick up in college and be

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  that year and then suddenly float off, a big "fuck you" to the person who ... of the futures and possibilities and pray to whoever is listening that ... is a terrible pit of fear that it is not going to work, but I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  effective communication and the ability to work well with others is a big plus ... company names). Now, I’m a junior, so the Career Fair is starting to get a ... . Both are equally valid career paths. The Career Fair is a great place to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  .   Conversation #2 (assuming there is an answer to my first question) Me: Does the ... is important and what you would like for a reader to know. Student: Oh ... essay is really an opportunity to focus on who you are and the ways in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  anywhere. If I go onto collegeboard's site there is a link "Send scores to ... , forgot to write the essay this time and wound up with a 300 on this section the 2nd time around, or is that just a really bad plan? We will only

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  there was a glass wall between me and the rest of the world that I might ... There’s a clear, one-to-one correspondence between the semesters at ... the problem and then teaches the other person. To actually solve a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024