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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... . We will reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  better portion of my eighteen years. I'm back at MIT now -- got here the other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I'm glad I had a time to see my parents, friends, and get a taste of home

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  disease research, and a comparison of petroleum and coal in the same issue ... Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  at this ungodly hour while I was in the process of training to become ... Memorial Drive at 2 in the morning. I grew attached to the feeling of being ... closed down with most of the rest of campus in March, you can now stream

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... can return, and become once again a great symbol of science in this ... LuisObispo.com. You can read the story yourself here, but I'll pull out some choice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I spent at least an hour going through a massive checklist of everything in ... images of injuries requiring the use of these resources often danced in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  niche in the giant machine of moving parts that is college? I was sure ... reality halfway around the world, but I’m sure a lot of you have heard all about it before- some of you have even lived it yourselves. In addition to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  : Class of 2011 Guestbook. Sign in, learn about your classmates, post a ... students admitted to the Class of 2011, as soon as tomorrow night (I ... when the meeting in your area is. CPW Registration. You can now register

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  So in case anybody's unaware, I finished my project at the lab at the end of July so I could spend the month of August working on Ben's couch. True story. I'm going through and tagging all of the bloggers' entries

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  some of the more interesting events as IAP progresses. Also, I asked in a ... events tomorrow catch my eye. They are: The History of the Universe in One ... ) can play. We would hope this would be more of a dialogue than a lecture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  practicioners of pitching biomechanics in the world. Wanting to know more, I ... paper I worked on the mechanics of the golf swing. I told the professor in charge of the lab that I wanted to get a job in this field; he laughed and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  -serving social events I can conceive for the chapter in the coming year. After ... reactor. Of course, I'm totally forbidden to tell you anything about what ... -hazing agreement, but you can use your imagination as to the kind of requirements for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in ... " graffiti in corinth       wow I can't believe those ... , home of great fish       Day 4: Olympia   I was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  .0 is the way of the future. I can't even begin to talk about everything ... 'm not sure what I can say in order to make you believe it more, other than ... it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  theory and verify the age of the universe. Smoot received B.S. degrees in ... bridge in the unit of the Smoot (equal to Oliver's height) and found that ... . He is one of the few people to win a Nobel prize in the sciences

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  , I did the same, pointing out the complete lack of transparency in the ... the one that was chosen. In sending that design to the class of 2012, I ... results of the class sweatshirt design contest.* In that email, they also

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  and (b) I can blog about it. (By the way - while I may write ... of (a) from said lunch: She: You're a nerd. He: No I'm not. She: Yes ... , general cuteness.) I love this place. So Mollie can tell you all about

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  out of Legos. You know, you can get a UROP here? I mean c'mon, who ... sometimes takes place in the form of an advising seminar, where 7 or 8 ... happens in there. I've found that it's sometimes easy to forget that this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I ... in the days to come members of the community will organize additional ... system. In the wake of the events at Virginia Tech, many have asked about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007