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  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  , well, commence. This is an exciting day for MIT. I hope you'll check it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Get Animated A holiday comic.

  

  , check out Jennifer's Bakery. I hope you have a good Easter, Passover

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  The Time Traveler Convention keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now, three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it -- NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New York Times -- on page 1 of the national

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  . (if you don't know what twerking is, I direct you to the Oxford Online Dictionary.  Or maybe innocence is bliss?) I think the variety of dances

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  admitted students. Things don't always work out the way we want, but I ... , because everybody hates that guy. Also, I say this twice a year, and it

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  , hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw Snively '11 from ... great to see everyone. Note to '11s: Ben, Bryan and I are generally around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.

  

  ." -- Jane, California "I discovered a super-secret poster of the next ... from it to the 8.01 students. I got the original picture from the page

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Videos and photos and more Lots of cool coverage of MIT stuff from sites, blogs, and vlogs across the web.

  

  folks across campus this past Thursday (I, of course, missed it for the 11 ... and his ASSIST project. I promise you, this is pretty cool.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. After some short training on the ground ... confirmation, take 8.01: Classical Mechanics.) (I did this on my second try, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  about Boston: public transportation (I don't own or need a car!), the ... Fun fact about yourself: I'm (very slowly) learning Mandarin Chinese. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "yield") of greater ... you have submitted. We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to ... very best in college and beyond. We know you will make a huge impact on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  where a lot of people sit in a very small skinny rowboat and row super ... , beating Princeton for the first time in 33 years. Sports are perhaps a ... here. If you're interested in athletics here, or student life--or heck

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... Tootsie Roll, Necco Wafers, and Squirrel Nut Zippers) in the city. Sadly ... more in the way of biomedical internships are quite happy). Tootsie Roll

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  : stove-cook your oatmeal and never look back. If you want to talk to us in

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, and

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  and never look back. If you want to talk to us in the comments below, we

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  don't. In times of stress and disappointment and anxiety, we forget how

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  that by Registration Day in September, we will be slightly above that ... that we might be so fortunate as to see you at MIT in the future, perhaps ... have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT, and regret that we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018