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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  butt though, really. What are your holiday stories? (P.S. All questions

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  presidential election, Massachusetts public schools, university riots in the '60s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  ), Medieval French Literature (a grad-level class) APs: seven 5s, five 4s, one 3 ... National Honor Society, and have a 4.0, 5s on all your APs, 1600 (or 2400 now, I guess) SAT, 800s on all your SAT IIs, attend a summer program at a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Name: Stu SchmillJob title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens)High school: Benjamin N. Cardozo HSCollege: MIT ’86, mechanical engineeringFavorite thing about…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  into a boat p.s. I've just been informed that Ben scooped me on this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  things. Simply amazing. More soon. -B P.S. Shameless plug: I sing &

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  , Anthony, Rob, and all the other MIT '09s we saw. We were energized to pick

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  comment somewhere in their rec letter(s) regarding contact information if ... about the process used to evaluate international/non-U.S. school system ... 's academic preparation? Are international/non-U.S. school system applications

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  > -B P.S. Don't expect to hear from McGann for awhile - Mystery

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  demonstrate their ability to handle MIT’s rigorous academic standards. The
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  ACT, as scores are evaluated within an applicant’s context. We don
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  -to pizza spot for many MIT students. But not me. I am A4's biggest hater ... for A4) that former U.S. President Barack Obama chose to dine at A4 when ... mushroom and fontina pizza! I'm still A4's biggest hater because of all the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  I can only see the skeletal remains, there is an honoring of what’s ... opportunity to revisit on our 20th anniversary. So, what’s the legacy? How has ... true – “You can never go home again”. But here’s hoping you can at least

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  of of United Airline’s weight limit— it was the perfect day for all of ... childhood— ”that’s odd, you don’t strike me as the very quiet type.” Here ... "][/annotation] last year. It’s why I’ll always be a big advocate for programs like

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  . ... These new steps to enhance MIT’s affordability for students and families ... unusual wealth atypical of a given income level. For example, let’s say you ... expenses while they farm and sell quail eggs at the Northampton farmer’s

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

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

  

  Food at Jerry’s Cafe in Gallup, drove through Navajo National Monument ... barriers to higher education. After all, it’s easy to feel discouraged when ... reminds me why this work is so important. It’s about making dreams feel

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  first year and have been on my year’s class council since. It has been ... , but we winded up just using a monocle, a top hat, 1800s-era TIM instead ... Illustrator. I first removed [annotation note="scandalous, I know"]TIM’s shirt

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  I hate Bevi. It’s frustratingly slow, the user interface makes me ... blissfully unaware of Bevi’s existence, prepare to have your day ruined as I ... , so here’s a story about the one time when Bevi brought a glimmer of joy

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  process takes maybe twenty minutes at most, but it’s so essential in helping ... an exercise in color theory or proportions. It’s a chance to experiment ... remember reading about Zuckerberg’s choice to wear the same type of shirt

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023