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• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  sleeping late on weekends, and tears, smiles, and hugs still feel the same to ... my local community college. If you've got your heart set on a specific

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  . So instead I came to Athena and worked on my application to UC Berkeley ... something clean, you're gonna have to clean it yourself. I occasionally go on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on ... at MIT but is expected to be learned on the job. She loved her

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  .014: Calculus (single-variable) with Theory. Join me on a journey to 18-014 and ... class. ;-) If you peek through the windows on the door, you see a few

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  winning science fairs, some spent them cow-tipping. Some like to sit on the ... . Moving on...

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  returned each email and assured the authors that we were on the same side ... surprised. On a related note, I've been meeting with the environmental

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught my eye: When Jessica Alba first appears on screen, introduced as Sue

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  recommendations, browse on over to Mitra's blog (this week: Thai food at Chili Duck ... should read the Nick Hornby novel on which this movie is very loosely based

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the office. Mostly, we're catching up on work, answering individual questions ... ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  to "proove" to you that it's not a reflection on you, rather it's an ... come to that conclusion on your own. As you know from some of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  from the waitlist in the past few years? Should I even bother staying on ... have some waitlist admits. Whether you stay on the list or not is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  know that there are four different states your interview can take on the ... 'll focus super-hard on all the other pieces of your application. No worries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  I came into my office on Friday and guess what was waiting for me? That's right -- the first completed folders of the year. The brown ... case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  wait until after Eid, so you can have your interview on a full, nourished ... is completely optional): "On a separate sheet, show us and/or tell us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / Blog Projects

  how to be a microcelebrity or micro-microcelebrity, or micro-micro-microcelebrity, or...

  

  stocked up on food stores from the plentiful fall, i too shall go hibernate ... flurry of thoughts last night ideas kept on popping up and getting knocked ... query ChatGPT with?  But here I am, writing about myself on a public

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  unleashes a poisonous yellow gas on 1800s Seattle. Anyone who breathes it is ... going on. The story is told in both the mother’s point of view and the ... scientists’ expedition. I read this: on the plane ride to Cambridge. It’s 150

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  , but I'll look into it. If it hasn't appeared on your MyMIT tracking next ... things that I have done that don't really have a designated space on the ... mates. To find out who your interviewer is, log on to MyMIT (if you are a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  heavy and silver with fish. The air is warmer, though not warm, and on ... essays my neighbor gave me as a graduation present. I went on long morning walks and ate many large meals every day, and on most days, found time to

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  )! And don’t even get me started on other things like displays, memory, and ... hitting your eyeballs right now. With the 2023 Nobel Prizes still fresh on ... you can buy on Amazon for 7 cents each. You can find blue LEDs in any

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  's incredibly hard to live on your away from home, especially with your friends ... . It's important to establish this early on with your roommates if you ... more tidy and nice. Keep things well stocked. If you're on your last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021