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• 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 ... Street, the North End's main drag, had to be closed to traffic. You can see ... an Italian victory in World Cup soccer. It would be hard to imagine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  your Part 1 now, if you haven't already. There are no essays in there ... in advance of the deadline. Most people's problems at the deadline ... , transcripts, and test scores if they are not yet showing up in MyMIT tracking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  the escalators in Catalonia to be down. Certainly— I decided as I rode ... . Not 30 minutes later, I found myself stuck (yes, stuck.) in the bathroom ... in the upstairs restroom.” Suddenly, I heard a storm of footsteps up

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  with the field"]. I finished Oscar Wao on vacation in Germany a few ... modeled after commentators like Bill O'Reilly. And, to help with context in ... ,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive   If you're interested in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see ... anything important happens after the deadline, you can always mail, email or call in any updates. Don't worry if your essay doesn't format as you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  Earlier this evening, I received the official email announcing ... exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  reactor startup targeting goals 7 years in the future, what can you deliver ... subsystem that you can deliver in 3 months?  Small wins build on each other ... .  Here's the main lessons I took away from his talk: How to know when to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  pset was due, we had our only exam in that class (Sustainable Energy). I ... freshman year: "Considering my track record in math, I figured I'd need ... important message in what I hoped were large, friendly letters." This quickly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America. During that interview Hersh - who I think it is fair to say is somewhat

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!

  

  To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  you might find in a BuzzFeed headline. (I’ll do my best.) Since I ... 70%. Or 90%.) In the beginning of this year, I suffered from a lot of ... that in going to college, I had officially left something of myself

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  only take a second, and I haven't blogged in so long that I got pushed ... (CONGRATULATIONS, Class of 2012! I'm way excited to meet all of you, and also not because you make me feel old. But I'm mostly excited

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  For the last six years now, I have started this post with a jaunty ... pandemic disrupted, but here in Cambridge, vaccination rates are high, and so ... inside my house now. i love it, but fear for when it a w a k e n s a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  everyone doing? Not too stressed out, I hope? While you're working on ... , the Admissions Officers had a "mail opening party." In reality, it wasn ... , it can take a week or more to complete all of these steps. The mail is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  contributed by MIT Institutional Research to the Common Data Set (i.e. what powers the US News & World Report and other rankings systems). Now, I ... distinction, but an important one in understanding the agency of admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  ? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action.   When should I ... [Editor’s note in 2023: This post contains outdated information. The ... (including those admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  researchers to make a difference in the world by developing innovative technologies in the lab and bringing them to the marketplace in the form of breakthrough products and new companies. In turn, those innovations can help
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  being waitlisted, and a whole spectrum of feelings in between. I remember ... , I had no idea what MIT was. It could have been in Michigan or Maryland ... essentially, she is why I am right here, right now. In the voice of your mind

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  often at MIT: I could never do it alone.  With this in mind, I wanted to ... '25 and I taking a ginger shot in front of Cambridge City Hall ... L '25 Nina L '24, Paula C '25, Lyne O '25, and I in issue 9 of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021