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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  in this situation, MIT Admissions is willing to give an extension on ... the mid-5s, with the great teachers getting in the 6s and the, well, worse teachers getting 4s and below. So, you want to only have great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  will take someday. In addition, I am coding the website and software ... for the dorm, I'm on call in case of emergency, and I get free housing ... this dichotomy in which you have the power to either save the world or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  revel in the idea that every day I come to work I can discover what fantastical new thing someone, somewhere, at MIT has done. Then I get to learn ... weeks touring places like the Media Lab, getting lost in the infinite

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  grab my iPad and go to the decision website in anticipation. It's 9:06 when I think to myself: "I'll just try putting in my username and password, just to confirm that I remember them." So, I put in my information

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  , which you can find in better resolution at the website I linked above ... was released in May, but I was hosed, and now that I am hosed but in a different way, I feel like I have time to write about it. I've been a part of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  not in Intel has the same grades and apply to MIT, whose likely to get in? Do I have a chance to get into MIT considering the fact that I will ... 're likely to get a seminar, whether or not you are in McCormick. The same goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  ’t interested in getting involved in anything romantic with anybody at the moment ... , we struggled through a problem set, we sat next to each other in ... haven’t truly been single in years. I became accustomed to all the broad

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  takes me to the school and Yahoo maps. Interested in attending the Sept ... freshman assigned a particular discipline he is to major in or it is decided in later years?" When you apply to MIT, you are not applying to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  to get them to you in time? A: I previously answered this incorrectly ... trying to get in touch with them, as it may take them several days to ... , and are worried if they will get here in time, we will accept an

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  know, you get temped in a dorm, but if you don't like it, you can opt to ... would be stuck in it, especially since I didn't get to go to my CPW and ... seriously. I cannot stress this enough. Try to pick a place that fits you in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  capsaicin to get a really spicy dish?" "Actually…that would work. Okay ... hear about and have the chance to particupate in. And that's how I ... a treat to join in on. And if you enjoy guitar or the flute or the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  school. Finally, my colleagues in the Financial Aid Office are happy to ... Midyear Report serves two purposes: to get your updated grades since you have applied ("Midyear Grades"). to get any other updates since you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  apartment gym has closed again, but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of ... went to the Air and Space Museum in DC when I lived in Virginia with ... since everyone in the house was super excited to go and really had such a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... attention of the frazzled shopkeeper to put in their order. And it turns out ... are going to end up getting a slice of that beautiful pie and taste

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  hallways. In an effort to spice up the recurring blandness of Maseeh’s white ... room at absolutely no cost. According to the MIT List center’s website ... ! (hopefully).   If you win the lottery, you get to go back to the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  . I’m a teaching assistant. To get funding, most MEngs have to TA or RA ... fellowship. In particular, we have the 6-A program, which allows you to intern ... ’t randomly hit up someone on my floor to go get boba. Plus, many of my closest

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my ... choose to store their stuff in a lot of different ways. Some people have ... to 6 boxes of storage in the dorm itself (usually in basements or suite

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  from the fly-in that will stick with me was getting to each lunch with ... . Meeting the fly-in students, talking over dinner, getting to know the fly-in ... for fun! What made you want to come to the MIT fly-in? “I live in a

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  didn't get back to campus until quarter til 11. I mean, come on. Anyway ... mention them in an entry(Adelaide '09 and Meara '09). Hell, people even get ... all day to tell me, because she knew I was involved in FIRST in high

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  up to get help, with no entrance tests or requirements whatsoever. In ... universities in the world. Are you worried that you have no qualifications to ... being “open to people, places, methods, and ideas.” In order

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016