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• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  't get a chance to thank you in person so here it is, "thank you". My ... college rankings in 1983, and the rest, as they say, is history ... hammer home the point of how blogs can be used to build a community, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few ... standards for "popular demand" are low), is a basic guide for those newbies ... .  Working with a dull knife is not fun (and pretty dangerous).  Groceries Most

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population ... have to look forward to is a down market. According to this article, the ... first trading day after a country's team is eliminated from the World Cup

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... assisting me in weeding out who's a friend and who's foe, it also helps me ... (I have a lot more unfinished posts on their way - as well as answers

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  faculty involved in the program were also invited. We enjoyed a 3 course ... I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Best from staff

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

  

  10th will always hold a [annotation note='Beyond the matter in Lisbon ... wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... .']totalizing,[/annotation] a topic to actually write about in a comprehensive way in a single

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

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  was a little room for sadness to creep in around the edges: as my room ... a little teary as we linked arms. On my last night in EC, more than ... crowd must have lived in a certain dorm, and whispered a certain something

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  mercifully scarce in a job that regularly involves glorifying the trivialities ... I write, no matter how stupidly punctuated, is fraught with tightropes ... wish: to pluck the wings of a fleeting moment, spread it out in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... be penalized if there is not a report in your account by November 1st ... question is here! Q: What do I do next? A: First, you should create a My

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  for the past four months. Winter in PA is grey trees against a warm ... I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where ... weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face ... 't receive a letter, now is a great time to sign up for MyMIT! It's also worth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  you and anyone else will have a similar experience is 1 in a bajillion ... from you soon! See you in 9 days! CPW is a blast -- tips for conquering ... Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  multipurpose 9x13 pan is a Pyrex pan which costs only $8.00? It's my last night ... purcahsed a lottery ticket in my otherwise typical suburban life. So, on the ... play, I was lucky enough to get a tractor in the bonus barn, netting me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  !). I ate way too much food and tried to tone down my age a bit by putting ... entire entry. But I got your attention, right? So, as I reported in my last entry, my New Year's Eve plans included sitting in my living room

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  . This is actually a good pic, though I bet my mom would disagree (she was ... necklace that I'm wearing in the UAP/VP '06 debate. A more wishful ... One of the requested entries a while back was for me to post some

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  about how to access our MIT QuestBridge Supplement. If you are a Quest ... you must let us know in advance by emailing [email protected]. After you email us, we will contact you about how to access our MIT Quest
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  I got this postcard from my dad a few weeks ago. It's funny how when ... 've crapped on my head.'" (That last one is a personal favorite, from my ... total power, apparently, is the highest in the world.) "And the bus doors

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  little bus sick and a cleaning is in order. Then there’s “deadheading ... -Schwarz Inequality” is back in high school. I’m not a math wizard like Terence Tao, but ... don’t need to have a “We’re off to see the wizard” moment in the middle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  Divorce on Thursday, so I'm feeling a little, how do you say, francophone at ... Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ ... , besides insisting that we serve corn on the cob, was deciding on a theme

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  .   Everything is jarringly British in Bristol (wow what a shock). I know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025