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  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  just prior to an annual event we call the Sodium Drop (I'll leave the ... in The Matrix): (Click on either photo for a zoomed-in view)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  Band Party Plus. Each year, they host a big concert in their dining hall ... . Another big concert coming in April will be Cake and unnamed opening act ... had Live. Next year, I'm pushing for Cher's 17th farewell tour or a

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  what's out there. In that spirit, here are some deadline for some programs that MIT applicants are often interested in: Gates Millennium ... , I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other

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

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  once - there is an iterative process in which many applications are seen several times by various committees. In other words, an application is ... spell check! Here are some of our "favorites" (and by "favorites", I mean

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2015 This week, the new freshmen arrive on campus!

  

  students who have served in the armed forces and students who have spent the last year in religious service. The class includes students who did the ... hundreds more who have never heard of international Olympiad competitions (I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  Hockey. Scootah Hockey, while rich in history and strategy, is a simple ... butt on in PE class. Each player was also gifted a weapon of pure magic ... resistance from our opponents, my teammates and I won 1 to 0. Afterwards, I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  . Here's (most of) what happened As I was assembling this blog post, my roommate Mike '13 and I did a quick calculation. Approximating the igloo we ... of 8 feet, we found that almost 13 cubic meters of snow were used in

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  everyone is sitting in a small booth, inches away from the rotating cylinder ... cancelling headphones. This is what Flight is. You are in your small booth ... years later, can say that hasn’t changed. Sleep No More was just as, if

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  discuss it in person. Sometimes, things can get misconstrued or ... , we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS!  We really wanted to ... offered in the fall. So constructing an Independent Study seemed like our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT ... ? Now, I'm on record as saying that the college essay is often one of ... . However, I also know that many of you will be very busy with your academics

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  One thing I like to talk about with prospective students is the fact ... (and a great LGBT community, I might add). While MIT is disporportionately male when compared to the college-going population as a whole (in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  , admitting 16, with 14 enrolling in the fall. This season's admits are a ... countries and four continents. The students come from top schools in applicant ... admission. I'm sure that among this group of students we weren't able to admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  What should I attend tonight? Option 1: 4th Annual LATKE-HAMENTASHEN DEBATE Today, 8:00 p.m. in Room 10-250 Don't miss this exciting debate ... arguments in favor of their respective type of food. Hear the arguments of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  with our mom near the shore at night. We saw a dark moving spot in the ... our mom in Russian (followed by the transliteration and translation ... kleitsya, i veter s okeana veyetsa, molniya nebo obvernulo, I k nam

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  : Nirvana Played MIT. Perhaps MIT's most (in)famous party is Steer Roast. Each ... to have the best taste in music on campus, they tend to get the best ... played Steer Roast in 1990. Here's the contract: One report says that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  Wednesday: “Chariot racing’ = pushing someone in a shopping cart down the ... points in your own jar, or nickels and quarters as negative points in the other jars. They raised $1300 for the Children”s Hospital!!! As you can

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  done, so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, we'll be ... us. If they need another copy of the evaluation form, you can get a PDF ... students, we do not expect that most students have sent in the Mid-Year Grade

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  , so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, there will be ... evaluation form, you can get a PDF from the tracking system. If you had an ... available for most students, we do not expect that most students have sent in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  . Last week, I attended a fascinating xTalk by Professor Shailendra Raj ... . ________________________ Imagine: you are a prospective university student in India, 600 BC ... development of higher education in India. After the final five Indian

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  our Animation class in MassArt and it was super fun, as always. We had a really long critique session (which is basically when everyone in the class ... set screenings that perfectly summed up everything we love in animation

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017