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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  high schools, highway miles, and an MIT story waiting in rural ohio ft. Max B. '24

  

  talking with a group of teachers while setting up for the college fair ... . For most of my life the prospect of going to a “fancy” out ... pursuing a place in the MIT community. What Max shared stays with me for

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  't set any target for that number. We won't have a final count of regular action applications for another month or so, and I don't know what the ultimate target for admits is this year. A few notes, for the record: Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• 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 ... thought I'd put up a post that collects some of the best pi(e) references ... be a fun diversion for you as you wait. And for those who are not

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

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  Technology Initiatives) program called Highlights for High Schools . The five ... really want to do a segway tour of Berlin, though I'd probably fall off the ... country for a litttle while: Look familiar? To summarize ~ (1) Ahhh, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  -credit class that meets twice a week for an hour and spend the rest of my time ... meets for 9 hours a day 4 days of the week. That sounds like a plan ... 'll give you all a few days to work on it, then I'll tell you the funny story

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  interview with the Graphics Editor, I knew I had a new goal to join the Times ... this past spring when the Times came to campus to recruit. With a stroke of luck, I got an offer to join their team for the summer and am

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a ... twenty miles tip-to-tail. We’d speed through the middle for a few minutes ... foresight to grind a Duolingo course on the flight there, my half

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  on the December date and still be considered for Early Action? A: Well ... order’. How can I indicate that someone else is providing the fee? A: Just ... . _________________________________ Q: I have a question about one of the short answer questions. There is

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a ... prepared by a gourmet chef. The retreat was a mix of bonding and business

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MITAdmissions.org: Now 100% More Clickable also, report any other bugs you have here

  

  first blog weren't clickable. The upshot is that our CDN was for some injecting visibility:hidden to a div at the top of the page. It's been ... toupee" is not a bug, but expected operation. Thank you for your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading Some final notes before decisions are posted.

  

  Jones: It's More Than A Job Marilee Jones: Sending You My Best Also: Bryan Nance A Post For Parents and It's All About the Process, Bryan Don ... Imagination, Laura The Moment of Truth And a few numbers: we received a record

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... . Keeping up with the standard I had set by eating for the Internet, they ... hall. Here is the menu they set for themselves: Plate 1: Spaghetti

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  [Guest Post] How to get paid to be funny by Abby S. '26

  

  practically leaped off the table and were gone in a matter of hours. As for me ... room looked like a duck farm for weeks. Finally, on the day of the march ... pool outside of the Stud for a magnetic fish. The more ‘high quality’ I

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 31, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  : Gap years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  for this weekend: studying for the upcoming 20.110 (thermodynamics ... 18.02 grading shopping at the Garment District for my Halloween ... It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  glasses. Just imagine James Bond at a cocktail party, waiting for just the ... with the Men In Black Headquarters, except without aliens (for now ... class (MAS.110) or for just getting "lost" in the many halls of the labs

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I'm wrong: American Idol has a finite number of phone lines. The phone lines stay open for two hours following the show. Seacrest said that 50 million

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  guess what a group's mailing list name might be). Take, for example, the ... mailing lists that only see use for a semester, others that get used for a ... such a pattern? Create and claim ownership over the first unclaimed list

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  being a blogger, which, lol). But for tonight, though, you can watch the ... (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... rooms and a live webcast, and covered by MIT News, the Boston Globe, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  a thesis for my program, and the profs - from day 1 - tend to scare ... with Michael about his vision for the next generation of college campus ... school for a Masters in Comparative Media Studies. Basically, there is no

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007