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  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  Happy September! You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application ... us will be scanned. I recommend that you consider things like staples and binding, and ability to be viewed in a 2-D environment, before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  applications. Unfortunately, I missed another classic IAP event last night: the ... .70/2.007 robotics competition, 6.270 throws in an interesting twist: the robots must be autonomous. The competition is so popular, they hold it in the 1200

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  can describe, in 250 words or fewer, any extenuating circumstances that ... I'm writing to announce that the application for first-year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  approaching, one week from Friday. For those of you who were there, I hope you enjoyed CPW as much as I did. It was great to meet many of you at the "Meet ... bloggers via hidden messages in the comments was a joke). For those of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  years to prepare for that. But I suppose you could say that in all of the ... resilient. I snapped out of pondering in a couple of minutes and quickly ... [I'm at MIT now, but wrote this entry earlier today while still

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  time in Cambridge where I can always find: interesting people who share ... University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art History Favorite things about MIT: Personally, I love all the stereotypical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

      Typed out notes in review: I wrote this two weeks ago I apologize for my handwriting Ceri's post is here I am also very inspired by Lydia K. '14's posts like her Dragons post. I really

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  understanding. In that class, every time I looked up at that quote, I felt my ... to different far away lands to do great things. In the moment, I didn ... and made a notes document of everything I wanted to accomplish in high

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes ... entertaining my face is. But, I guess you can play along for yourself, if you ... 're like me (interested in both digital education/media and biology), I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  dispatched aggregate of users worldwide, I can easily declare that the entire ... an MIT student performs, one that usually leads to statements like, “I ... Saw Franchise to baking cookies to video games—and in my case, to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... a train in Switzerland. I was worried about finding a replacement ... that in mind, I looked up the word for "umbrella" in Google translator

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On schools & context

  

  I've said in the past, the large majority of our applicants are highly ... A while back, I asked for parent questions and received exactly one, which I haven't yet answered. It was: "It would be good if you could talk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  . Your experience in 2.009 can depend a lot on your team, so I feel super ... covered in this liveblog by Janet and Kayode, and you can watch the ... thinking, How in the world did they make that in a semester? Now I know

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  successful college/MIT student? I'll be happy to answer any questions left in ... blindfolded? Can they go a whole night speaking only in palindromes? These ... "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  . Depending on your subject and which year you're in, you can have anywhere from ... general feeling of panic. I, myself, only got about 5-6 hours of sleep each day last week. This is non-trivial because I like to, and usually do

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  simply enjoy life. For those who don’t l know, I come from a town in ... personal book challenge that I’ll blog about in a few weeks!) snacks, my ... Portland, and I exited the train in a nervous hurry thinking I was going to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  cognitive framework within which we can reason about events and states in the ... (It's from "Chicago," people) I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking. (I stuck

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... least in my opinion.) Well, Dr. Francis Collins is the director of the ... picnic a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  Is Love?   Burton 3rd My floor! I've talked about it in great ... I'm a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors ... , and although I'll [annotation note = "I really don't know how the COVID

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  . . . " Me: ". . . what!?!" Jon: "Wait, you can't even solve this! I hate math ... -night delirious whims of posting. Oh well. So, it's late (3:00 AM) and I just finished most of a Diff Eq. PSET (I started at 10:45 PM, it's been a long day

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008