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• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  done a "remarkable job" in that capacity. "Under his committed leadership, the office successfully completed the 2007-2008 admissions cycle--a cycle that saw a record number of applicants and which we have every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  anything to say, so I'm going to do a google search, find some misconception ... wading through it* OMG guys! You made a CollegeConfidential thread about ... here, I've only been officially blogging for a couple of months, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  class on Tuesday (a math recitation at 1 o'clock for an hour). I ... enough to know what he's doing, a rare combination. I think I'll be able to ... actually allowed to declare yet, but I can take this class. From what I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week that I haven't had a chance to think up any good entries - sorry guys. Hope to fix that soon! So what have I been doing... First, a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  Name: Mollie Burgoon Hometown: Pickerington, Ohio (a two-horse town ... . Susumu Tonegawa, who's a Nobel laureate, taught 9.301, and Rudolf Jaenisch, who's going to be a Nobel laureate, taught 7.31. Favorite professor at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  -up lines   Here's a picture from one of my favorite websites: (Note ... In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  different sizes that represent grades ranging from A, B, C, and D. The table ... build a car to complete a specific task or set of tasks and score as many ... friend, Mark Cote, won the competition and he and a few of the other top

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  'll excommunicate you from MIT, lock you in a pillory, and melt the key MIT's nuclear ... make me a little bit uncomfortable. Now, TBP isn't anything like one of MIT's 27 fraternities or 5 sororities, but I still had to sign a non

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to ... number) Ok I'm done making you look at walls. We'll graduate from walls to

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

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  ... I am predicting a Federer vs. Roddick final (would anyone like a wager ... to visit me and we went to see a semifinal match of the Legg Mason ... and fortunately we did! He played Paradorn Srichaphan, a 26 year

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  . Many of you will receive a call or email from your host in the next few ... Jane W asked, Matt, I have a question about CPW. Will we know who ... at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking ... Admissions (and taking off the tie that I wore today!). In a nutshell, here's how selection works. We've spent a month reading and crafting great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  complete and submit the QuestBridge Match application. If you’re named a ... additional MIT QuestBridge Supplement. You do not need to fill out a first-year application if you are a Finalist; the QuestBridge application and MIT Quest
• Blog / Academics & Research

  kindness friday and affording myself a little bit of grace

  

  , more importantly, we talked. We talked for a while. We caught up from not ... from the gym, I walked over to the Maseeh BlueBike station, checked out a ... is mine. [annotation note="sometimes blogs take a long time to write

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • March 26, 2026
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  kind of embarrassed for disappearing for a month from the blogs, especially when the blogs have been such a cozy, homey place for me, a respite ... 's a nice keepsake from the concert if you're lucky enough to get one

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  and Barrel is about a 30-minute walk from my dorm. For those of you who ... , Dugan and I got to sign up for a new Barefoot Contessa mailing list, from ... sneak downstairs with him just in time to try a sample from one of Ina

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  counselors from top tier schools gave a panel discussion about the college ... friend in Florida over a conversation about a broken plastic fork. And from ... hour bus ride away from our home, and our second high school was a 1 - 1

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  from NYC to Providence, I started reading Stone Butch Blues as a pdf on ... , a relatively brainless distraction from things that consumed me like ... A lot of my time this summer has been spent in transit. I take the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse ... to a gospel choir concert to support my big from BWA sometime freshman ... samosas from cafe spice at least twice a week. After a certain point, I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  across the street. A boy unloaded crates from it. His breath must have ... really fun to dive into; and I'm a frosh on [annotation note ="pass/no record, ie I can afford to take the time away from studying for my physics

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020