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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  It's always exciting to get not just a three-day weekend, but an entire week free from classes! Back in high school spring break was in the middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  college (MIT, clearly), your teachers have given up on trying to make you

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  respond. College admissions offices employ standard USPS snail mail to ... any other college, did and does this. MIT, however, decided that it didn ... revolutionize the way colleges advertise. MIT is no longer a photoshopped ad, it

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  As you begin your MIT application and other college applications, I thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  colleges, like Harvard and CalTech, strive for uniform and regal architecture

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  year universities and two year junior/community colleges. There were a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  colleges were flying St. George's flag. The wind was absent that day so if

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  will also attend college fairs this month in New York City and New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  graduated from college; at the same time, I can still remember hopping off the ... room in Baker ready to begin my college experience. My mom always tried ... myself. When I first came to college, my arrogance got the best of me. I

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  connects MIT to Boston), the traffic only moved two car lengths. College

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College Board Conference with a gazillion other admissions professionals. Things are pretty busy by day, but at night we've been heading to this sports

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  Just as you all have been preparing for one of life's biggest rituals -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for another of life's big rituals: getting married. Tomorrow, I will marry an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  family/friends aspect and making new friends =)" Moving away to college ... room and leaving a few posters on the wall. I was going to college. I ... excerpt from my personal blog from the day I came to college: "so i enter

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  , friends, and school. You can worry again about college once you have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  from commerce to politics to college admissions with his invention. No

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  receive your scores. Our College Board Code is 3514. We don't require that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  CPW... our preview weekend is nothing like the "Hearst College

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  brother off at his college yesterday (classes start today), and as far as we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  doing quiz bowl in high school, even though I'm not on the MIT College

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  Zaira, an 11th grade student from Brownsville, Texas (the tip of Texas, by the border), designed this banner. She is considering studying Course 16: Aerospace Engineering in college. Her hobbies and interests

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005