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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  't seen an opera in about a decade. My last (only? not sure) opera ... up nicely when he posted on Facebook today that "the differential in ... up at 8:30, sat in bed cooing at pictures of adorable baby zoo animals

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  instinctively stop you in your tracks because it doesn’t make sense for that ... , the children sang a welcoming song in Arabic for us. The head of our ... . That summer was, in short, an amazing epilogue to freshman year, an

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  admitted under 1500 students, for an all-time low admit rate of 14%. Fewer ... room for them in the class. It has been our most competitive year ever ... helpful for you this year, no matter how things turn out for you. I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the ... role and responsibilities in the office. This is a problem, but unlike ... the blogs, for the office. And I'm still helping Kris out with them and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  in our publications, and at our information sessions, is that for MIT ... student loved about MIT. The letter was in an origami style. I have this big ... applicants for next year would need to take a humanities SAT II in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  is the heaviest one yet for me, both in terms of academics and non. So ... handling in hardware? Probability. So far it's been pretty interesting for me ... 's a real opportunity for it to become an actual product for Staples. 2

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  maybe not. I use an RSS reader, so I apologize if I've mistaken you for someone else." You are correct! I had posted an entry in which we turned ... to the word limit for the essays, a lot of space is left over in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  when my family went to Ghana back in 2017. So visiting MIT last April for ... admitted first years that usually takes place in April and spans an ... be submitted for a grade. Applying to MIT wasn’t even an expected

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of ... -the-sky/ Today, for Pi Day, Kris brought in a chocolate cream pie, which was ... out there. For those who are awaiting news on Pi Day, I hope this will

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  from the lemon grove in nearby Cannes. La vie en bowls. (For those who ... not in harmony with our alternating napkin strategy snuck in an extra ... juillet -- Bastille Day! (" 'Bastille.' It's French for 'Why are you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my fall meetings this Sunday in Plainview, NY. Yesterday, I went fishing with my uncle out in Shinnecock Bay. Nothing too big: we were just going

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  this long hiatus, I've been back in Taiwan (for 3 weeks!) catching up on ... , there's no time for puzzlemaking in MIT usually). Then, I returned to ... weeks. I'm working in Oakland, at an Asian health center there, serving as

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  seems to vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Back in Framingham, for ... 've also been on OpenCourseWare from time to time in an attempt to learn a ... West Coast-ers and international students take note: when it snows in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  Our applicant pool for Early Action was really competitive, and unfortunately accepting everyone just isn’t an option. If your decision was deferred, take solace in knowing that we will reconsider your application

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly ... , you're currently doing regular action selection for domestic applicants ... international applications, in parallel to the selection of domestic applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  Interviews are conducted from October through November for Early Action and December through January for Regular Action. Interviews are held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  The February Updates & Notes Form (FUN) is required for Early ... available in your application portal in late January and should be completed ... school; MIT has all of my grades" option. The FUN Form includes an
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  that he expected to be doing the same for us in a few years. Um, no ... 's definitely not hard to get an internship for the summer. First, there are ... intelligent undergrads for summer internships. The labs in the biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  for an extra creative touch, you can also go with the casual scresh, p ... . Incidentally, the first use of “yikes” in an MIT Admissions blog post dates back ... .    For several weeks following finals, I explored and fell in love with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015