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• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  Mental Health Issue." Like many who are involved with admissions, Marilee ... are reading this, I hope you'll say a quick "hi" in the comments section ... , where Crucial Admissions Business is voted upon. I also learned a bit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  a humanities teacher ("Evaluation B"). If you are applying this year ... letter on your behalf. Please recognize that teachers are very busy -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  the feeling. one. I recently bought a [annotation note="Bluebikes are a service where you can check out bikes for a set period of time. there are ... surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  made it, that mean I made it Everything I had was for the team, I

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  have those times where everything just feels right. There might not be anything especially special about the moment that you are in, but ... have interest in this school, you are in this group of “coolest people

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  the little ones, who are where I was maybe a decade ago. They are still ... school taught me how to fail. All those B’s (okay, B’s are really not that ... sad about my failures in high school, and I found out there are tons and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world ... showcase some MIT-related products that are for sale. All of these are real ... 100 and 500 miles right now, chances are you’d probably drive unless you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  because we are too scared of changing for the worst. Here's where we need ... different platforms where the blogs were shared. The blogs aren't going away ... , both ours and prospectives, a carefully designed space where they can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  along with me to find another vending machine. We also had no idea where ... are unfortunately not placed on the same tier of importance, even though they totally are. So I decided to take matters into my own hands. On

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  times where things don’t feel like they’re falling into place and you need ... to know that there are other people in the same boat, and that feeling ... ’s common to feel stuck in a rut at times, and there are ways to get out of it

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  purpose of this list is to just let you know where else they are on the web ... Anastassia B: tumblr Vincent A: tumblr Again, these are all 'personal

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  the Boston area. Here are 5 Random things I Learned 1. Food trucks do ... experience. At an (guestimated) average of $5 per lunch, food truck meals are ... "MIT Trucks") Do you have food trucks where you live?

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  residents are not enrolled in the MIT Dining Meal Plan, but we are blessed ... one. I bought a pan. We'll see where I go from here... How do you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are ... like Orlando in Korea... Where there is a Teddy Bear Museum! And ... has officially started, a lot of my friends are back in Boston, and a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  , hopefully two-way, where the EC gets to know you: what drives you, interests ... are as a person and a student. Applicants are expected to contact their

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  . During the last week I spent my days out on the flight line where I ... cadets while we were there. We are able to get C-130 flights, B1-B ... school year, we are only exposed to a very small sliver of what the real

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  Deans and drove them to Briggs field where the flight demonstrations were ... out the window, you get the sensation of flight, like you are a part of the aircraft. It can really feel like you are flying. We came up over

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  lead to a collision. Bathroom exits have stop signs too. If you are ... ? The Infinite is no different! I'm sure there are things that I'm forgetting, but these should get you started. Anyone know where I can get a

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve ... these four fun puzzles. People are starting to make significant progress ... of the Hunt Kickoff. Right now, though, things are very quiet... 11

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  Worth, Texas area, where I'll be spending all of IAP (and the summer ... the home of my boss-to-be while he and his family are vacationing. I had ... . I'll provide a few updates as time goes on. I bet you all are relieved

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007