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• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  into this one. *** Throughout middle school and high school, one of my ... school--schools like MIT (among others, of course). Before I found out ... transformed from one of the schools I wasn't going to apply into one of my top

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  the Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard School of Public Health. The ... the “sleep through it” way, but rather in the “harbor a feeling of ... (that’s 46.5% of the total class load!). The ones at MIT were: 17

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  --Steam Cafe offers two of each per day, one vegetarian and one meat. They change ... chocolate cake, a French pasta salad (huh?) and a metric ton of scallion pancakes made by Ling '07, who hails from Taiwan by way of New Jersey. And

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  final day of school in the comments, graduation day doesn't count unless it was also the last day of school) My summer last year was laid ... By this time I'm sure most of you are finally enjoying summer. (Let

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  're looking for. So this was a great school visit, despite the lack of student ... , got coffee in the lobby, and checked out of the Hyatt (still no sign of Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  school’s build team for robotics). Her focus in the world of computer ... so readily frequented by my floor that we have a stash of Beantown coupons attached to one of our refrigerators and an entire system for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. For the month of ... . I asked some people what they were doing over IAP to show some of ... styles and also learn about the history of Chinese calligraphy. you make

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this sort of territory with my blog, but I think it's directly relevant to ... smartest and most thoughtful high school students in the world, I'm really

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  forget everything that's going on, and sometimes you're not even aware of ... Academy: February 4 All-USA High School Academic Team: mid-February Also, I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  , regardless of who else is applying from a particular school. Dressing like a ... Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  Name: Matt McGann Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY High school: Hampton Bays High School College: MIT, Class of 2000, Course 15 (Management Science) Favorite things about MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  : Philadelphia, PA High school: Philadelphia High School for Girls College: MIT, Class of 2005, Course 1 (Civil Engineering) Favorite things about MIT: interesting and brilliant people; students of every major can take nearly any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  , my buyers withdrew their offer.  All of a sudden I had a house to sell ... this!" she said. She was wrong, of course.  I could definitely not ... wanting one. I took a job 1.5 hours north of where I lived not long before

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  finished a three hour shift of the Admissions Telethon, calling to ... do you tell a high school senior during a surprise phone call on a ... middle of homework. We had a team of roughly 25 students calling students

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  Can you believe... it’s already the middle of August ??? ...and we’re all getting ready to go back to school… Returning students are probably ... the people on this page! This is actually a group shot of Burton 1 - my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging, but hey, we're MIT students, right? :D So you've probably heard of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  Laura asked: "where can you get inexpensive, used textbooks? one of ... 'll definitely hear of online book exchanges (MIT411.com used to be one of them ... the book that you need, then you can get it off of Amazon.com. Worst

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  of all college campuses. I personally like the mix of ultra ... (if you look up, there’s always some array of pipes, wires, gratings above), and the walls are covered with an eclectic mishmash of posters

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  so at first. In senior year of high school, I was not understanding AP ... My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn ... socialization aspect of Science League than the exams.) September of senior year

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  grown out of medical schools, where researchers could tap a ready pool of ... opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005