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• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  this institution and the work of admissions has meant to me, is too ... mark the passage of time. When people ask me how I got my start in ... into the teeth of the Great Recession, I applied to 63 jobs that spring

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... colleges in terms of waitlist size, usually keeping one of the proportionally ... uncertainty around yield, we decided to significantly increase the size of our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  disheartening than others. A friend of mine offers this: once the cycle of tests ... potentials inside charged cubes. Erons is the type of person who carries all ... . Incidentally, the set of such people that I know contains one member: namely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  degree of arbitrariness to the numbers that demarcate and discretize the ... soreness that has persisted over the last two hours. My room is a mess of ... Robert Galbraith’s novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling. Robert is of course J

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  like we captured the memey, spontaneous, chaotic energy of BC perfectly. I'm a big fan of the "testimonials" section and even wrote my own, but decided to not include it in the final version of the website... burton

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  not because it’s the forbidden food of the gods but because it’s heated to thousands of degrees in the furnace. Talk about defective! I tried ... ancient art form. One heavily-emphasized aspect of the class was “safety

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  Among all the classes that MIT offers, it’s almost impossible to narrow them down to just 4 at the beginning of each semester (or 5 for the ... , we get formal instruction!!! Besides the level of excitement, there

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... demographics of the Class of 2013, see the Freshman Class Profile (freshly updated!). A number of the journalists focus on the financial aid packages

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... for book lovers: MIT and the Greater Boston area have plenty to offer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  , I am reminded of both the breadth and the depth of MIT students and of ... that. Of course, all of the aforementioned makes blogger selection super ... feeling great about the successful applicants and miserable about all of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  My high school didn’t have the broadest range of athletic options, so ... . One of my suitemates is on the Varsity Field Hockey team and attends to ... athletic commitments. Even better, some of the highest-achieving teams here

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  Keuhne (professional golfer who attended the University of Texas) Right ... because I had a sweet research job working in the labs of Massachusetts ... the street from Fenway Park. The first floor of the apartment building

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I ... say the L-word on this blog?), I won't deny that some small part of me ... came here. When I accepted the offer to join Phi Kappa Sigma, I knew that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  , you should accept the offer of admission from another college before May ... I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  from two actual members of the MIT Class of 2010! Thanks for stopping by, Quentin and Kallie! At today's meeting of the faculty, it was proposed ... completes the ascension of BE to superstardom. Yay for Course 20! Tomorrow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission from ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  what the name of Nance's baby is? We're very curious =D" I think I'm at ... actually involved in selecting the class of 2010??" You can view some of them ... , "I am still in the process of getting my supplementary materials

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  questions. How To Respond To Your Offer Of Admission. I hear from the folks ... 'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... cooler to capitalize on the dual "E.Jones" thing instead of having "E

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  your Swim Test offered in the beginning of the year, and it basically ... , after 12+5 days! I'll let pictures tell the story of this last two weeks ... required to attain 8 PE points before the end of his/her sophomore year* as

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007