Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  -provoking conference. Thursday through Sunday, I was in St. Louis for the annual ... we do in admissions, and what we can do to improve our process. One ... conference I've attended where the participants are housed in dormitories. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  everything which occurs, in the style of posts by Shuli and Cami before me. I ... acknowledge it. Instead of getting up, I lie in bed, check my email, and read ... "getting to class exactly on time" down to a science; I can afford to waste a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  About two weeks ago, not too long after my 21st birthday, I climbed ... a mountain climber in any form, shape, or capacity. I hike occasionally but the last full mountain I climbed was in 4th grade, when it was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Recipe for Fun Learning how to cook is as easy as 1..2..3!

  

  either boil sweet potatoes, then peel them... Or you can cheat and buy yams in a can. Blend the sweet potatoes with a little water or milk. Add ... , so here it goes. Disclaimer: I kinda eyeballed everything and nothing

  • by Bryan
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  This was originally going to be a post about how now that I’m in ... this, I failed to account for the fact that I am now in the most beautiful city in the world. I’m serious. It’s incredible. Look at this

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  school student and want to go to MIT. Tell me how to get in.” I just write it off and never think about it again. Sorry, “How do I get in” is a ... for domestic students but with the following exceptions: 1) SAT I can

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  every iap at mit. i took the class in 2020 and was an instructor in 2022 ... personal site and hackmit project, that i gradually got enough reps in to ... that make the world a better place (in my opinion) and i want to do

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  Green Building stairs when I can just live all my 3.5 years on campus in ... This blog has been in the works for a… long time. I first started ... team that has no reason to be in the C league. Last semester, I picked up

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  I especially love all the year in review lists. Because this was my first year in the Admissions office at MIT, I thought I would post 10 ... . 5. Blogs and more blogs. I love the new look of our admission website

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  about living in Macgregor next year, but I have a question. I know everyone says that you can buy anything in the convenience store, but how do ... [I am completely blanking... Shalimar, maybe?] in Central Square -- if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  people here, with brains that function in ways that I can barely comprehend ... . Something about their intensity just draws me in. “But no, I’m a Pisces.” “Oh ... . Spotify holds such a place in my heart that I’ve said it’s one of my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  staples I've learned to look before I sit: Finally, in picture 3 you can ... a far better job than I could of keeping the masses in the know about ... -programming. Behold in Awesome Wonderment the pace from which I execute MIT Admissions

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  awesome things (including making this website)-- I'm so proud of them!) We ... on rare earth elements, to be brief (more info in website!^^) If you ... there was a storm coming in from the west. Not cute. Luckily, I had my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  . From the website (biographical links added by me): In Fall 2020, all MIT ... up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on media and the election, and so for the past week I've been meeting with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or ... seemed *changed*, calmer. I guess going abroad changed me. Later in the ... miscellaneous assignments due. I put in solid training practices at the rink

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  District (where I buy hair dye when I put green streaks in my hair every so ... hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt ... me (with my hair down - it's usually in a ponytail). I've decided that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  strange place to be in, and I can't help but feel greedy and selfish for it ... I am taking. In fact, this is actually the last GIR I need in order to ... -S requirement and luckily for me 9.00 is offered in the spring time! I'm really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  decir "la noche madrileña." In other words, I'm totally settled in ... Telefónica in Madrid. Well, I got here last Saturday, so I've been living here for a two whole weeks. I have a room in Puerta del Sol, a new cell phone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  I am back in the office, did you miss me? :-) St. John was awesome ... . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach: I even made my wife do some recruiting: To make it seem as though

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006