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  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  applications makes me extremely optimistic about the state of our schools. And ... stack of applications before me. To my right, out the window, I see big, fluffy flakes of snow falling from the sky. I start to think that I could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  Business School, neither of which I've ever been to before. I really wanted ... of the Harvard Business School and the location of some of the panels ... , the conference’s content focused on the untold truths of Social

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  their kids start going to school. Many of them believe that a woman must ... schools, which I believe have a high percentage of women in the liberal arts ... female students and administrators from Ivy League schools such as Yale

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly ... of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  to our Central Meeting there hosted by Dean of Admissions, Stuart Schmill ’86. We had a great group of students and families who attended (one young woman came all the way from Hawaii) and a terrific group of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  academic school year and the possibility of a New England World Series ... School of Business-Duke University. This just proves that learning is a ... million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  3rd week of school, but you can usually get something ridable for ... those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike ... pick up some other college essentials... " Enjoy the last week of summer!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  live or attend school. Don't be concerned about having a lot of extra ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... other countries may not have access to such a diverse range of options
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  President Obama has proclaimed today National Day of Making, an opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  of time (sorry!) and after Ruth's balloon adventure, I headed over to ... are 4 of us!" So he rounded me, Keri, and Jess into the frame and had ... . Anyway, I had an awesome time at the party, which was actually kind of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  during the school year. But those seven days at the end of the summer ... seven years - we were friends at the end of middle school and freshman year of high school, but he moved and we didn't really keep in touch. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an MIT Flying Club?

  offers regular general body meetings for members, hosts helicopter fly
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  processing. If your school uses Naviance/Docufide to submit letters of ... : The admissions officers will be reading these applications all of ... letters without it are at no disadvantage. We will accept your school's

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... variety of diets. They all offer cheaper options and discounts for first ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  I will skip, except to note that one of the proposed designs for the ... newspapers will spin you a cybertastically-juiceless tale of a bleach ... notice as a truckload of detonated TNT, of a Polaroid press conference

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  frustration made me aloof. I didn't want college to be a repeat of high school ... I saw going to college as a rebirth. I really disliked high school ... up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  government I knew about was the prom-planning of the high school level and ... Over the last year, I've had the pleasure of being the Undergraduate Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  of downtown Boston. I knew that this semester would be particularly tough though, and that I would struggle to get myself out of my room if I ... with a total of[annotation note="these also have associated numbers

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  is not admitted to his or her first-choice school. In the face of ... , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large population out there of parents who are readers of the blog. While most of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of ... the names of their kids' schools as status symbols. You've craved an ... world". MIT is not one of those schools. It's not a holding pen. You will

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005